Inventors:
Martha F. Story - Atlanta GA
Glen W. Ragland - St. Louis MO
William H. Humphries - Patterson CA
Lowell Koht - Foster City CA
William D. Uken - Fremont CA
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation - Menlo Park CA
International Classification:
H01R 1300
Abstract:
An apparatus for protecting a substrate includes a collapsible reservoir filled with a three-dimensional elastic gel which is relatively soft and has an ultimate elongation of at elast 200%. The apparatus is disposed in contact with a substrate having a recess therein to be environmentally protected, and a force is applied to the reservoir to at least partially collapse the reservoir forcing the gel from an open surface of the reservoir into the recess so as to substantially fill and encapsulate the recess.