Method of manufacturing terminal

A method of manufacturing a terminal, the terminal including a connector housing mounted on a board, a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal being mounted in an upper mounting hole of two-level mounting holes, the second terminal being mounted in a lower mounting hole of the two-level mounting holes, the two-level mounting holes being made in the connector housing,

• the first terminal having a first terminal portion engaged in the upper mounting hole and a first leg portion extending integrally from the first terminal portion, a center position in a width direction of the first leg portion being displaced from the center position in the width direction of the first terminal portion, the first leg portion being bent toward the board, a front-end portion of the first leg portion is mounted on the board,
• the second terminal having a second terminal portion engaged in the lower mounting hole and a second leg portion extending integrally from the second terminal portion, the center position in the width direction of the second leg portion being displaced from the center position in the width direction of the second terminal portion toward the opposite side of the first leg portion, the second leg portion being bent toward the board, a front-end portion of the second leg portion is mounted on the board,
• a shape obtained by rotating a sectional shape in the width direction of the first leg portion by 180° coinciding with a sectional shape in the width direction of the second leg portion,
• the terminal manufacturing method comprising the steps of:
• forming a thin plate-like body constituted of a thin plate-like terminal portion and a thin plate-like leg portion, the thin plate-like terminal portion having a shape corresponding to the first terminal portion of the first terminal, the thin plate-like leg portion having the shape corresponding to the first leg portion of the first terminal;
• forming the first terminal by bending the thin plate-like leg portion of one thin plate-like body toward one side of a plate-thickness direction;
• and
• forming the second terminal by bending the thin plate-like leg portion of another thin plate-like body toward the other side of the plate-thickness direction.