Electrical connector receptacles

An electrical connector receptacle of the telephone jack type comprising an insulating housing having a plug-receiving end and a rearward end, a plug-receiving opening extending into said plug-receiving end, said opening having opposed internal sidewalls and opposed internal endwalls, said housing having oppositely directed external sidewalls and oppositely directed external endwalls, a plurality of electrical conductors in side-by-side spaced-apart relationship, each of said conductors comprising a first end which serves as a contact spring extending from one of said internal sidewalls diagonally into said opening and towards said rearward end, an intermediate portion extending from said plug-receiving end through said housing between said one internal sidewall and the adjacent external sidewall and towards said rearward end and a second end which extends externally of said housing, said plug-receiving opening being dimensioned to receive a connector plug having spaced-apart contact members therein which engage said contact springs, said connector receptacle being characterized in that:

• said housing comprises a one-piece molded part and said conductors comprise single-piece stamped and formed members, said intermediate portions of said conductors being insert molded in said housing, said second ends of said conductors emerging from said adjacent external sidewall, said first ends of said conductors emerging from said one internal sidewall at a location proximate to said plug-receiving end, said intermediate portion of each conductors being tightly and immovably embedded in said housing, and said opening extends through said housing and opens onto said rearward end,
• said connector having been manufactured by the steps of producing a continuous conductor strip comprising a carrier strip having groups of said conductors extending laterally therefrom, positioning one of said groups of said conductors in the cavity of a molding apparatus with said first ends of said conductors clamped between the ends of aligned core pins, injecting molding material into said cavity, removing the molded connector receptacle from said molding apparatus, and severing said carrier strip from said conductors.