Electrical connection and method of making same

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulating case (3) having a pair of support walls (5, 6) extending upwardly from a bottom thereof; and a plurality of terminals (7, 8) having a crank portion (10b, 11b) integrally molded within the insulating case such that contact portions of the terminals are exposed from the insides of the support walls. A method of making an electrical connector includes joining a pair of slide molds (16, 17) with a lower mold (15) to hold leg portions of terminals (7, 8); setting an upper mold (14) in the slide molds so as to insert a protruded portion (18) of the upper mold between the slide molds so that terminal guides (34, 44) abut on the protruded portion to form a mold cavity and terminal holders (36, 46) in which the terminals are held, and injecting a molding material into the mold cavity to mold an electrical connector.

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