| 摘要 |
A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL TERMINALS AND/OR A TERMINAL MODULE (36) IS DISCLOSED. THE METHOD INCLUDES THE STEPS OF STAMPING FROM A SHEET OF METAL MATERIAL A BLANK (10) FOR A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED TERMINALS HAVING CONTACT PORTIONS (30) AT ONE END AND TERMINAL PORTIONS (28A,28B) AT THE OTHER END AND JOINING THE TERMINALS BY A TIE BAR (16) INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS. THE CONTACT PORTIONS (30) OF THE RESPECTIVE TERMINALS ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY THE STAMPING STEP. THE TERMINAL PORTIONS (28A,28B) REMAIN JOINED IN THE SHEET OF METAL AFTER THE STAMPING STEP. THE BLANK THEN IS SHEARED TO SEPARATE THE TERMINAL PORTIONS (28A,28B). THE TIE BAR (16) IS CUT TO SEPARATE THE TERMINALS. IN ORDER TO FORM A TERMINAL MODULE (36), A DIELECTRIC HOUSING (34) IS OVERMOLDED ABOUT THE TERMINALS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, WITH THE TIE BAR (16) BEING LOCATED OUTSIDE THE HOUSING AND REMOVED AFTER THE OVERMOLDING PROCESS. |
