Electrical connector with over-molded housing member and method of over-molding
AssigneeBerg Technology, Inc.
InventorsDavid F. Fusselman, Robert D. Gale, David C. Horchler
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprising an electrical contact; and a housing. The housing comprises a first member and a second member. The first member comprises a contact receiving channel. The second member is over-molded onto the first member. The electrical contact is located in the channel and retained on the housing by a capture of the contact between the first and second members. The first member and the contact extend past a first end of the capture of the contact between the first and second members.
Claims18
An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrical contact;
- and
- a housing comprising a first member and a second member, the first member comprising a contact receiving channel, the second member being over-molded onto the first member, wherein the electrical contact is located in the channel and is retained on the housing by capturing the contact between the first and second members at a capture location, wherein the first member and the contact extend past a first end of the capture location, and wherein the contact is not captured between the first and second members past the first end of the capture location.
An electrical connector comprising:
- electrical contacts;
- and
- a housing connected to the electrical contacts, the housing comprising a first member and a second member over-molded onto the first member, wherein the first member comprises first elongate contact receiving channels with open elongate sides along a first exterior side of the first member, wherein the electrical contacts are inserted into the channels at the exterior side of the first member through the open sides of the channels and the over-molded second member contacts the electrical contacts, and the second member covers the electrical contacts along a majority of the open sides of the channels, wherein the first member supports three sides of the electrical contacts in the channels, and wherein the over-molded second member does not cover a first portion of the first exterior side of the first member at a first end of the first member where the contacts project out from the first end of the first member.
A method of manufacturing an electrical connector comprising steps of:
- providing a first housing member with a first contact receiving channel;
- inserting a first electrical contact into the contact receiving channel, a portion of the contact extending out of the first housing member at a first end of the first housing member;
- and
- over-molding a second housing member directly onto the first housing member and directly onto the first electrical contact, wherein an over-molding die forms a first seal with the first housing member and the first electrical contact at the first end of the first housing member during the step of over-molding to prevent material which forms the second housing member from contacting the portion of the contact located past the end of the first housing member to prevent the portion from being deformed during the step of over-molding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.