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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2005
Harehide Sasaki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Reiki Okamoto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Kato, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a terminal manufacturing method of the present invention, first a thin plate-like body including a thin plate-like terminal portion and a thin plate-like leg portion is formed with a die. The thin plate-like terminal portion has a shape corresponding to a terminal portionof an upper-level terminaland a terminal portionof a lower-level terminal. The thin plate-like leg portion has the shape corresponding to a leg portionof the upper-level terminaland a leg portionof the lower-level terminal. Then, the upper-level terminalis formed by bending the thin plate-like leg portion toward one side of a plate-thickness direction. Also, the lower-level terminalis formed by bending the thin plate-like leg portion toward the other side of the plate-thickness direction. Thus, by simply changing the bending direction of the thin plate-like leg portion, either the upper-level terminalor the lower-level terminalcan be formed. According to the terminal manufacturing method of the invention, when the terminal includes a first terminal mounted in an upper-level mounting hole of a connector housing and a second terminal mounted in a lower-level mounting hole, these two terminals can share a blank material of the same type in common at the manufacturing stage thereof.