Electrical connector and method for manufacturing same

A method for manufacturing an electrical connector comprises the steps of:

• (a) providing an insulative housing defining an upper surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of passageways spanning the upper and bottom surfaces;
• (b) providing a plurality of terminals corresponding to the passageways, each of the terminals being provided with a contacting portion, a medial portion, and a soldering portion, the medial portion being provided with a plurality of wings located spatially beside said soldering portion while extending toward the soldering portion;
• (c)providing a tool defining a top surface and a plurality of recesses corresponding to the terminals;
• (d)putting the soldering portions of the terminals into the recesses, respectively, and locating distal ends of the wings on the top surface;
• (e) inserting the terminals into the passageways by actuating the tool, and pushing the tool toward the housing, till the distal ends of the wings are below the bottom surface and a predetermined distance is configured between the distal ends of the wings and the bottom surface wherein said distance remains after fully assembly with the distal ends of the wings being exposed below the bottom surface whereby they can be acted upon by tools.

An electrical connector for electrically connecting a first plate-like electrical component to a second plate-like electrical component comprising:

• an insulative housing defining an upper surface for confrontation with said first plate-like electrical component, a bottom surface opposite to said upper surface for confrontation with said second plate-like electrical component, and a plurality of passageways communicatively extending between the upper surface and bottom surface;
• and
• a plurality of terminals received in the corresponding passageways, each of the terminal defining a resilient contacting portion extending upward above the upper surface for connecting with the first plate-like electrical component, a tail portion extending downwardly below the bottom surface for connecting with the second plate-like electrical component, and a medial portion located between the contacting portion and the tail portion to retain the corresponding terminal in the corresponding passageways;
• wherein
• the medial portion defines a tool engagement section essentially constantly extending below the bottom surface after fully assembled for allowing a manufacturing tool to engage therewith for further upwardly pushing the corresponding terminal to adjust a height of said contacting portion relative to the upper surface for compensating insufficient. engagement between the contacting portion and the first plate-like electrical component;
• wherein
• said tool engagement section is laterally spaced from the tail portion.