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Abstract

A method of simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of connectors involves: molding a resin to form a connector member assembly containing multiple connector members, each member having one or two opposite longitudinally elongated through-holes extending between front and rear faces of the member along opposite sides thereof; forming a first metal coating on the front and rear faces and on an inner surface of each through-hole; providing metal-platable and non-metal-platable regions on each first-metal-coated front and rear face; forming a second metal coating on the metal-platable regions to form conductive patterns and on each first-metal-plated inner surface to form a conductive inner surface; removing the first metal coating from the non-metal-platable regions to form non-conductive patterns; then detaching each connector member from the connector assembly, each detached member having one or two side faces containing the metal-plated inner surface of the one or two through-holes; and removing the first and second metal coatings from a portion of each side face to form a side-face conductive pattern disposed in electrical communication with the conductive patterns of the front and rear faces.

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