Patent ID: 7913383
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: B05D,H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing gel filled wire connectors without an isolated cure stage comprising; directing a first gel precursor at a room temperature through a heat transfer member maintained at a temperature in the range of about 45 C to 65 C at a flow rate that allows the first gel precursor to approach the temperature of the heat transfer member as the first gel precursor exits the heat transfer member; directing a second gel precursor at room temperature through a separate heat transfer member maintained at a temperature in the range of about 45 C to 65 C at a flow rate that allows the second gel precursor to approach the temperature of the second heat transfer member as the second gel precursor exits the separate heat transfer member; mixing the first gel precursor at a temperature approaching the temperature of the first heat transfer member with the second gel precursor at the temperature approaching the temperature of the second heat transfer member to form a mixed gel precursor; dispensing the mixed gel precursor into a cavity of a wire connector; and curing the mixed gel precursor at room temperature to produce a gel containing wire connector wherein the gel in the wire connector remains in an unseparated state during the shelf life of the gel.