ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR UPPER AND LOWER CONTACTS MADE FROM A SINGLE CONTACT CARRIER AND INSULATIVE HOUSING MOLDED BY ONE SHOT
First Claim
1. A method of making an electrical connector which includes an insulative housing having a tongue with two opposite surfaces and a plurality of contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue, characterized by the steps of:
- forming the plurality of contacts from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a contacting portion of another contact thereof;
insert-molding the plurality of contacts with an insulator to form the insulative housing while exposing front ends of the contacts; and
severing a carrier strip of the contact carrier from the front ends of the contacts while leaving the front ends inwardly of a front end surface of the insulative housing.
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Abstract
A method of making an electrical connector which includes an insulative housing having a tongue with two opposite surfaces and plural contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue, characterized by the steps of: forming the plural contacts from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a contacting portion of another contact thereof; insert-molding the plurality of contacts with an insulator to form the insulative housing while exposing front ends of the contacts; and severing a carrier strip of the contact carrier from the front ends of the contacts while leaving the front ends inwardly of a front end surface of the insulative housing.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of making an electrical connector which includes an insulative housing having a tongue with two opposite surfaces and a plurality of contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue, characterized by the steps of:
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forming the plurality of contacts from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a contacting portion of another contact thereof; insert-molding the plurality of contacts with an insulator to form the insulative housing while exposing front ends of the contacts; and severing a carrier strip of the contact carrier from the front ends of the contacts while leaving the front ends inwardly of a front end surface of the insulative housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing having a front tongue with two opposite surfaces; and a plurality of contacts being molded with the insulative housing and having respective contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the front tongue;
whereinthe plurality of contacts are formed from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a contacting portion of another contact thereof; and respective front ends of the plurality of contacts are exposed and located inwardly of a front end surface of the front tongue. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electrical connector comprising:
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a contact module including a plurality of contacts integrally formed within an insulative housing, said housing including a rear base and a front tongue forwardly extending from the base along a front-to-back direction and defining opposite first and second surfaces thereon in a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction, each contacts including a front contacting portion and a rear soldering portion, front ends of all the contacts being located at a same first level and said soldering portions of all the contacts being located at a same second level;
whereinthe first surface of the front tongue defines twelve positions along a transverse direction, which is perpendicular to both the front-to-back direction and the vertical direction, to locate the contacting portions of said contacts;
wherein a total amount of the contacts is less than twelve. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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