Stamped housings to facilitate assembly and related methods
AssigneeBal Seal Engineering, Inc.
InventorMajid Ghasiri
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Abstract
Connector housings and connector assemblies for mechanically connecting a pin to a housing with or without electrical conductivity. A connector housing can be formed by attaching two housing sections together with one or both housing sections formed at least in part by a stamping process. The connector housing can have an outer contour, such as an outer perimeter, with one or more sides and with a joining section connecting two adjacent sides together. The two or more sides can be used for handling, aligning, and/or assembling of the connector housing to a cavity.
Claims18
A method of manufacturing a connector comprising:
- providing a single tubing section having a body with a bore, a first end, a second end, and a first length measured between the first end and the second end;
- sizing a generally cylindrical section at the first end, which is opposite the second end, with a first outside diameter;
- sizing a section of the body between the first end and the second end with a second outside diameter that is larger than the first outside diameter;
- and
- placing a canted coil spring comprising a plurality of coils in a groove inside the bore, between the first end and the second end.
A method of manufacturing a connector comprising:
- attaching at least one plate with an outside perimeter and an inside perimeter defining an opening to a first end of a cylinder section to form a sidewall of a groove at the first end;
- wherein the cylinder section has an inside diameter and wherein the opening of the inside perimeter is smaller than the inside diameter of the cylinder section;
- placing a canted coil spring in the groove;
- and
- placing a pin in contact with the canted coil spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.