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US 2014/0273614 A1Published application
Electrical connectors with encapsulated corrosion inhibitor
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJoseph Kuczynski, Robert E. Meyer, III, Mark D. Plucinski, Timothy J. Tofil, Jason T. Wertz
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Abstract
According to embodiments of the invention, an electrical connector structure with an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor may be provided. The structure may include a first electrical connector having a first contact surface. The structure may also include an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor applied to at least a portion of the first contact surface.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a first electrical connector having a first contact surface;
- and
- an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor applied to at least a portion of the first contact surface.
An assembly comprising:
- a first electrical connector having a first electrical connector body and a plurality of electrically conductive pins, wherein at least a portion of the surface of the pins comprise a first electrically conductive contact surface;
- a second electrical connector having a second electrical connector body and a plurality of receptacles containing one or more electrically conductive contacts, wherein the electrically conductive contacts comprise a second electrically conductive contact surface and the receptacles are adapted to receive the pins in a coupled position, and the second contact surface is adapted to contact the first contact surface;
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- an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor applied to at least a portion of the first contact surface, wherein at least a portion of the encapsulated corrosion inhibitor is adapted to rupture and release the corrosion inhibitor when the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are coupled.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- providing a first electrical connector having a first contact surface;
- and
- providing an encapsulated corrosion inhibitor applied to at least a portion of the first contact surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.