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Dust Tolerant Quick Disconnect With Self-Sealing Barrier

Unique Filament Grid Removes Dust During Connector Mating NASA Kennedy Space Center seeks partners interested in the commercial application of the Dust Tolerant Quick Disconnect With Self-Sealing Barrier. NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is offering companies licensing and partnering opportunities for the development and commercialization of this innovative technology. Designed at KSC, this technology is intended fo...
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Dust Tolerant Quick Disconnect With Self-Sealing Barrier

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Electrical Connector Protruding Through Filament Barrier Dusty, dirty environments can be very tough on connectors. The abrasive nature of dust and dirt particles can rub and wear down connector surfaces through friction, and have a negative effect on coatings used on gaskets to seal equipment. Dust on umbilical connections can also make mating and de-mating electrical and fluid connections difficult, hazardous, and unreliable. NASA's Quick Disconnect (QD) design consists of columnar arrays of parallel filaments. All the pins of the electrical connector easily penetrate the barriers when the umbilicals are brought together. They are wiped clean of dust when they penetrate the barrier and mate cleanly and reliably. Likewise, the male end of a fluid connector penetrates the filament arrays of both connector ends. Since the filament arrays are oriented perpendicular to each other, the entir...

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