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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Inventors:
Marjorie Kay Myers, Mount Wolf, PA (US);
Nathan Philip Myer, Middletown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/18 (2006.01); F16N 11/04 (2006.01); H01R 13/187 (2006.01); H01R 13/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/18 (2013.01); F16N 11/04 (2013.01); H01R 13/052 (2013.01); H01R 13/187 (2013.01); H01R 13/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-lubricating connector with a housing having a contact receiving cavity with a contact provided therein. A lubricating device is positioned in the housing proximate the contact. The lubricating device extends into the contact receiving cavity and has lubricant provided therein. The lubricant from the lubricating device is deposited or on the outside surface of the contact as the contact is moved between the first position and the second position, reducing wear on the contacts as the contacts are moved between the first position and the second position.