Method and apparatus for terminating wire-wound electronic devices

Abstract

An exemplary connector insert assembly and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the connector insert assembly includes an insert body assembly consisting of two insert body elements, the insert body elements being made of a high temperature polymer. The insert body assembly includes an electronic component receiving cavity configured to receive any number of electronic components including without limitation chip chokes and wire wound electronic components. The insert body assembly includes a wire termination feature including a termination slot positioned adjacent to a substrate to which a wire end of the wirewound electronic assembly is ultimately secured. the wire ends. The wire ends are then secured to the substrate using, for example, bulk termination techniques. The aforementioned connector insertion assembly may then be inserted into a single-port or multi-port connector assembly. The present invention also discloses methods of manufacturing the aforementioned single-port or multi-port connector assemblies.

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[0001] priority [0002] This application claims priority benefit from commonly owned U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 14 / 285,529 of the same title filed on May 22, 2014, which is claimed on May 23, 2013 The application has the benefit of priority of commonly owned US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61 / 826,908 having the same title, the contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. [0003] copyright [0004] Portions of the disclosure of this patent document contain copyrighted material. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as appearing in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. technical field [0005] The present invention relates generally to electronic components, and in particular, in one exemplary aspect, to an improved design and method of securing electronic...

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However, each of the transformer and choke coil present within this electrical connector has three (3) to (4) windings with more than six hundred and ninety-six (696) wire terminations, The windings may have to be manually wound on the terminals and soldered (which can be an extremely time consuming process that contributes significantly to the overall cost of the connector assembly)

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