Electrical connector and method of making the same
AssigneeAmphenol Corporation
InventorMatthew Robert Simonds
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Abstract
Electrical connectors and methods of making the connectors. The method steps include inserting one or more contacts into a temporary contact holder; removably coupling the contact holder with a connector housing, thereby creating a pour receiving cavity inside of the housing; adding a flowable curable material into the cavity to at least partially fill the cavity and surround at least part of the contacts residing in the connector housing; and removing the contact holder from the connector housing, thereby leaving mating contact ends of the one or more contacts exposed and leaving the mating contact ends set in the ready position for mating with a complementary connector.
Claims28
A method of making an electrical connector, comprising the steps of:
- inserting one or more contacts into a temporary contact holder prior to removably coupling the temporary contact holder to a connector housing, the temporary contact holder configured to temporarily hold the one or more contacts in an orientation such that the one or more contacts are arranged in a ready position for mating with a complementary connector;
- removably coupling the temporary contact holder with a connector housing, thereby creating a pour receiving cavity inside of the connector housing;
- adding a flowable curable material into the pour receiving cavity to at least partially fill the pour receiving cavity and surround at least part of the one or more contacts that extend through the pour receiving cavity with termination contacts ends of the one or more contacts being exposed;
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- removing the temporary contact holder from the connector housing, thereby leaving mating contact ends of the one or more contacts exposed and set in the ready position for mating.
A method of making an electrical connector, comprising the steps of:
- inserting one or more contacts into a temporary contact holder prior to removably coupling the temporary contact holder to a connector housing, the temporary contact holder configured to temporarily hold the one or more contacts in an orientation such that the one or more contacts are arranged in a ready position for mating with a complementary connector;
- placing a front end of a connector housing over at least a portion of the temporary contact holder, thereby creating a pour receiving cavity inside of the connector housing , wherein mating end portions of the one or more contacts held in the temporary contact holder extend through the pour receiving cavity in a ready position for mating with a complementary connector;
- sealing the connector housing to the temporary contact holder;
- after sealing the connector housing to the temporary contact holder, adding a flowable curable material into a top end of the connector housing and into the pour receiving cavity to at least partially fill the pour receiving cavity and surround at least part of the one or more contacts that extend through the pour receiving cavity with termination contacts ends of the one or more contacts being exposed;
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- removing the temporary contact holder from the front end of the connector housing, thereby leaving mating contact ends of the one or more contacts exposed in the ready position for mating.
A method of making an electrical connector, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a connector housing for the electrical connector, the connector housing having opposite first and second ends;
- inserting one or more contacts into a temporary contact holder prior to removably coupling the temporary contact holder to a connector housing, the temporary contact holder configured to temporarily hold the one or more contacts in an orientation such that the one or more contacts are arranged in a ready position for mating with a complementary connector;
- removably coupling the first end of the connector housing over the at least a portion of the temporary contact holder in an interference fit, thereby creating a pour receiving cavity inside of the connector housing between the first and second ends thereof;
- sealing the connector housing to the temporary contact holder when removably coupling the first end of the connector housing with the temporary contact holder;
- after sealing the connector housing to the temporary contact holder, adding a flowable curable material into a top end of the connector housing and into the pour receiving cavity to at least partially fill the pour receiving cavity and surround at least part of the one or more contacts that extend through the pour receiving cavity with termination contacts ends of the one or more contacts being exposed;
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- removing the temporary contact holder from the first end of the connector housing, thereby leaving mating contact ends of the one or more contacts exposed in the ready position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.