Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1989-02-09
1989-08-29
Eley, Timothy V.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
156 731, 1565801, 174 524, 357 74, H01R 916
Patent
active
048604453
ABSTRACT:
In a method of fixing an electrical contact into a connector body, said connector body having at least one relatively thin-walled portion including a plurality of transversely extending slots, each of said slots including oppositely disposed wings upstanding from said thin-walled portion; and an electrical contact portion in said slot and extending normal thereto and projecting therefrom, the steps comprising: positioning said connector body and its attendent contacts at a work station; engaging said contacts with an alignment plate to position said contacts at the rearwardmost portion of said slots; lifting said connector body and alignment plate until the projecting portions of said contacts engaging mating apertures in an ultrasonic horn, said horn having ribs which engage said wings; and ultrasonically vibrating said horn to melt said wings and substantially close said slots, thereby securing said contacts.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3735214 (1973-05-01), Renskers et al.
Arbes Carl J.
Eley Timothy V.
GTE Products Corporation
McNeill William H.
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