Connector and method for manufacturing connector

A method for manufacturing a connector, the method comprising:

• closing together a first mold including a first insert and a second mold including a second insert and housing a shell into a cavity of the first and second molds, the shell including a shell body, the shell body having a generally tubular shape and extending in a first direction, blocking the shell body of the shell with the first insert from one side in the first direction, and inserting the second insert into the shell body from the other side in the first direction to bring the second insert into abutment with the first insert and to block the shell body with the second insert from the other side in the first direction, so that the shell body, the first insert, and the second insert define an injection space and a gate in the first insert is brought into communication with the injection space;
• injecting a molten resin through the gate into the injection space in the shell body, charging the molten resin into the injection space, and solidifying the charged molten resin to insert-mold the body entirely inside the shell body;
• opening the first mold and the second mold apart from each other, removing the first insert and the second insert from the shell and the body, and thereby forming a housing hole in a portion of the body from which the second insert has been removed;
• preparing a terminal and a cable connected to the terminal;
• and
• inserting the terminal into the shell body from the other side in the first direction to hold the terminal in the housing hole of the body such that the terminal is entirely disposed inside the shell body, and to insert the cable partly into the shell body from the other side in the first direction.