Cleaning electrical connections
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorChristopher Lee Moncrief
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Abstract
A device for cleaning inside electrical-connection sockets, methods for constructing such cleaning devices, and methods for using such cleaning devices are illustrated herein. The device may be shaped like an electrical plug designed for coupling with the electrical-connection socket. The device includes a primary fluid-duct, ejection ducts, and ejection ports for allowing fluid to be injected into the chamber. A cleaning fluid is pushed through the device into the chamber. Air can then be pushed into the chamber.
Claims18
A device for cleaning a chamber of an electrical-connection socket, the device comprising:
- a plug body having a length, a first end and a second end, wherein:
- said plug body having a shape of an electrical connection plug configured for coupling with the electrical connection socket;
- and the shape of said plug body
- is configured to open an electrical-connection switch of the electrical-connection socket upon the plug body being inserted into the chamber;
- a primary fluid-duct that extends throughout the length of the plug body and terminates at to the second end of the plug body;
- and
- at least one of ejection duct extending away from the primary fluid-duct and terminates in an ejection port disposed on a surface of the plug body such that an angle defined between the primary fluid-duct and the ejection duct is less than ninety degrees.
A device for cleaning a chamber of an electrical-connection socket, wherein the chamber is designed to receive an electrical plug that engages a plurality of electrical contacts within the chamber, thereby completing an electrical circuit, the device comprising:
- a plug body having a length, a first end and a second end, wherein the plug body has a shape profile that is similar to a shape profile of the electrical plug;
- a primary fluid-duct that extends through the length of the plug body and terminates at to the second end of the plug body;
- a fluid-injection mechanism located at to the first end of the plug body, the fluid-injection mechanism configured to cause a predetermined portion of cleaning fluid to enter the primary fluid-duct;
- and
- a plurality of ejection ducts;
- and wherein each of the plurality of ejection ducts extends away from the primary fluid-duct and terminates, at a second end, in an ejection port disposed on an outside surface of the plug body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.