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How to source hard-to-find parts (and the legality of making them yourself)
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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