US 12,343,757 B2
Lubricant applicator, applicator device, assembly and charging station and method for applying a solid lubricant
Helge Schmidt, Speyer (DE)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed by TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,504.
Claims priority of application No. 102020134045.1 (DE), filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0193713 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B05C 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/60 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B05C 7/00 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H01R 13/60 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lubricant applicator for applying a solid lubricant to an electrically conductive contact element of a plug and socket device, comprising:
an applicator section having a lubricating surface formed by a solid body made of or containing the solid lubricant, the applicator section is sized and shaped in the form of a complementary mating contact to be plugged together with the contact element; and
a base body on which the applicator section is arranged, the base body defining a cover forming a joinable counterpart of the plug and socket device, wherein with the cover fully joined to the plug and socket device, only the lubricating surface of the applicator section is in contact with the electrically conductive contact element.