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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Pontus Subsea Connectors Llc, Ormond Beach, FL (US);

Inventor:

James L. Cairns, Ormond Beach, FL (US);

Assignee:

Pontus Subsea Connectors LLC, Ormond Beach, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/523 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3816 (2013.01); G02B 6/389 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01); H01R 13/523 (2013.01);
Abstract

A connector for sealably engaging and disengaging contacts therein can include a first unit and a second unit that is movable with respect to the first unit between an unmated position and a mated position. The first unit can have one or more closed chambers therein. Each closed chamber of the first unit contains fluid and one or more first contacts. The second unit can have one or more closed chambers therein, each closed chamber of the second unit containing fluid and one or more second contacts. Each second contact is configured to engage one of the first contacts. The one or more closed chambers of the first unit remain sealed from the one or more closed chambers of the second unit throughout mating and demating of the first and second units.


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