Electrical connector with different lead arrangements at its opposite ends

A method for making an electrical connector, comprising:

• providing a strip of electrically conductive material having a length and a width, said strip having a planar surface and a plurality of electrically conductive fingers extending in a direction away from said strip, each of said plurality of electrically conductive fingers having a connective portion attached to said strip, a distal portion extending away from said strip and an intermediate portion connecting said connective portion to said distal portion, a preselected one of said plurality of electrically conductive fingers having said distal portion displaced from said connective portion in a direction generally parallel to said length and in a direction generally perpendicular to said planar surface of said strip;
• molding said plurality of electrically conductive fingers within an electrically nonconductive material with said distal portions protruding from said nonconductive material in a first direction and said connective portions protruding from said nonconductive material in a second direction;
• and
• severing said connective ends from said strip.

A method for making an electrical connector, comprising:

• providing a generally flat strip of an electrically conductive material having a length and a width, said strip having a first axis extending along said length and a second axis extending along said width, said first and second axes being disposed within the plane of said strip and being generally perpendicular to each other;
• forming a plurality of generally parallel cuts in said strip, each of said cuts extending partially through said width in a direction generally parallel to said second axis, said plurality of cuts defining a plurality of electrically conductive fingers extending perpendicular to said first axis, each of said plurality of electrically conductive fingers having a connective end attached to an uncut portion of said strip and a distal end extending away from said uncut portion;
• defining first and second bend lines on each of said plurality of electrically conductive fingers, said first and second bend lines being in nonparallel relation to said first axis;
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• bending each of said plurality of electrically conductive fingers at each of said first and second bend lines to displace said distal end of each electrically conductive finger away from said connective end of the same electrically conductive finger in a direction parallel to said first axis and in a direction perpendicular to the plane of said strip.