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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2008
Mark J. Heacox, Aurora, OH (US);
Scott Shemitz, Middlefield, OH (US);
Xuefu Xu, KunShan, CN;
David A. Beck, El Paso, TX (US);
Mark J. Heacox, Aurora, OH (US);
Scott Shemitz, Middlefield, OH (US);
Xuefu Xu, KunShan, CN;
David A. Beck, El Paso, TX (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A series of electric terminals in which each member of the series has an identical receptacle portion at one end and a unique cable attachment portion at an opposite end is manufactured by forming a generic strip of partially formed terminals having a receptacle portion at one end in a first progressive die forming operation for all members of the series of electric terminals. Strips of completely formed electric terminals of particular members of the series of electric terminals are then completed in respective unique die progressive die forming operations using the generic strip of partially formed terminals. A modular die may be used for forming the strips of completely formed electric terminals from the intermediate generic the strip of partially formed terminals.