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US 4,099,323 AGranted
Method of making electrical connector
AssigneeThe Bendix Corporation
InventorAlfred Joseph Bouvier
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AssigneeThe Bendix Corporation
InventorAlfred Joseph Bouvier
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A method of making an electrical connector, which has a shell, an insert member and a wafer member, said insert member and wafer member stacked in the shell having apertures therein for receiving electrical terminals, the method including assembling the insert member with the wafer member with the apertures in the member and wafer aligned, wrapping a deformable laminate around the members, inserting the assembled members and laminate into the shell with the insert member, engaging a forward-face of the shell, then inserting a first sleeve into the shell in engagement with the laminate and applying a force to the sleeve to deform the laminate in the space between the shell and the insert member and wafer member. The deformed laminate preferably substantially fills the forward portion of the shell and is coated with a thermo-setting material which may be cured to more completely fill the forward portion of the shell. A grommet and a seal may be assembled with the insert member.
The method of assembling a connector having a shell and an insert member and wafer with appertures therein for receiving electrical terminals, comprising assembling the insert member and wafer member, wrapping a deformable laminate around the members, inserting the assembled members and laminate into the shell with the insert member abutting a shoulder on the inner face of the shell, inserting a first sleeve into the shell in engagement with the laminate, applying force to the first sleeve to deform the laminate in a space between the shell and members, maintaining a second sleeve within the first sleeve in engagement with a shoulder on the wafer member to maintain the members in assembled position with the insert member abutting the shoulder in the shell while applying force to the first sleeve to deform the laminate, and removing the first and second sleeves from the shell including the assembled members.
A method of assembling a connector having a shell and an insert member and wafer with appertures therein for receiving electrical terminals, the steps of the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.