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| tszaboo:
Sounds like a job for soft-tooling injection moulding. If you can make the part from Urethane or similar rubber-y material, then you can possibly use pouring to produce it. You are looking at maybe a few hundred USD setup costs and 1-2 USD part costs for these technologies, YMMW. I wouldn't worry about the patent at all. |
| geggi1:
If you consider making your own caps or have them manufactured you should check if the connector is made according to a standard or if there are multiple manufacturers. In case the answer is yes on one or two of these two questions above i beleve you are OK getting it manufactured. If you require a larger number (500+) of these caps you might be lucky ask the manufacturer to buy a large volume. Usually manufacturers of parts are not interested in smaller orders. They might also direct you to where you can buy what you need. |
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