Boxes And Housings Patents (Class 174/17R)
  • Patent number: 6108194
    Abstract: An electronics casing is formed from interlocking upper, lower and side panels and a pair of end plates. Grooves are formed in the outer surface of the lower panel for mounting the casing on the legs or struts of tripods or other lighting supports. The weight of the casing helps counter-balance lighting elements supported on the tripod and holds the casing in place. Multiple casings may be connected together using dovetail tongue and groove connectors on the sides of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin Seligman, Chi Yu
  • Patent number: 6087581
    Abstract: An insulation system is described which includes a containment wall with an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface at least in part defining a volume for containment of fluids or solids, an absorbent material which releases absorbed material when heated, the absorbent being in thermal contact with the outer surface of the containment wall, a structural wall contiguous to the outer surface of the containment wall, and an interior surface of the structural wall and the outer surface of the containment wall defining a volume of space where a vacuum can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: MVE, Inc.
    Inventors: Claus Emmer, Jon Robert Turner, Timothy A. Nesser
  • Patent number: 6057509
    Abstract: A modularized electric box system provides a minimum of modular elements, typically two or three from which a basic anchor box may be formed with protruding members for support by a building body, and from which gangable extensions thereto may be fashioned. The modules may constitute a basic open front electrical box frame having at least one open side with interlocking structure for receiving and supporting either a sidewall panel or a gangable U-shaped extension box module. An anchoring box may be formed with anchoring structure integrally protruding from end panels thereof adapted for attachment to a building body. Thus minimally a basic U-shaped box frame module without sidewalls interlockable with a similar module and a removable sidewall module interlockable upon a U-shaped box frame at the open sidewalls will form a gangable box system. Interlocking channelwork permits unimpeded insertion and removal of modules by sliding movement perpendicular to the open box fronts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: Michael L. Simmons
  • Patent number: 5923530
    Abstract: A circuit module comprising a circuit board, a function component, and a heat sink. The circuit board has a number of circuit components and a circuit element which generates heat while operating. The function component is secured to the circuit board by screws. The heat sink is connected to the circuit board by the screws, for radiating heat generated by the circuit element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomomi Murayama, Satoshi Ooka, Yoshinori Kamikawa
  • Patent number: 5892663
    Abstract: A device for protecting against electrical shock or other hazards from electrical components on a card includes a thin relatively flat one piece member cut and scored to form folding lines, integral latching tabs and natural hinges therein. When placed on the card and folded along the scored lines and natural hinges a protective cover for at least the pin sides and circuit sides of electrical components (modules) is provided. The device is ideally suited to protect electrical components, in situ, on a circuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy J. Bolinger, Andre Byungyup Minn, Challis Llewellyn Purrington, Sr., Franklin Gerald Darroch
  • Patent number: 5687064
    Abstract: A integrated circuit card having a rigidized frame to surround the electronic devices on a printed circuit (PC) board. The card includes a frame and integral cover for the top and bottom. The top and bottom are constructed out of a material that does not interfere with the use of an antenna coupled to the board assembly within the card. The bottom and top are coupled together using pins. When the two are coupled together the frame is better supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Wireless Access, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffreys R. Nichols
  • Patent number: 5668350
    Abstract: Since an opening of a lower cover and a side wall of an upper cover are formed in a trapezoid shape so that an upper width is larger than a lower width, a packing between fitting portions is suitably compressed on right and left inclined portions on the side wall and the opening only by fitting the upper cover to the lower cover from above. As a result, high waterproofing can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Yanase
  • Patent number: 5576936
    Abstract: A compact electronic data module is provided which includes non-volatile memory, device. The memory device is mounted on a printed circuit board, which in turn is housed in a unitary tubular casing. The memory device is in the form of an integrated circuit (in a low-height package, such as a flat-pack or SOIC) which is mounted on the printed circuit board. One side of the printed circuit board is exposed to provide exterior contacts and the other side is placed inside the casing and covered with potting material. Simple wiring on the small board, using a through-hole vias, suffices to route power, ground, and data lines to the integrated circuit, while providing a sealed durable package with three external contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: MacSema, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Brorby
  • Patent number: 5568364
    Abstract: A integrated circuit card having a rigidized frame to surround the electronic devices on a printed circuit (PC) board. The card includes a frame and integral cover for the top and bottom. The top and bottom are constructed out of a material that does not interfere with the use of an antenna coupled to the board assembly within the card. The bottom and top are coupled together using pins. When the two are coupled together the frame is better supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Wireless Access Inc.
    Inventor: Henry R. Madden
  • Patent number: 5563772
    Abstract: A integrated circuit card having a rigidized frame to surround the electronic devices on a printed circuit (PC) board. The card includes a frame and integral cover for the top and bottom. The top and bottom are constructed out of a material that does not interfere with the use of an antenna coupled to the board assembly within the card. The bottom and top are coupled together using pins. When the two are coupled together the frame is better supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Wireless Access
    Inventor: Jeffreys R. Nichols
  • Patent number: 5513079
    Abstract: An improved terminal block for permitting the connection of inputs and outputs of an electronics mainframe module, such as a VXI mainframe module, to external devices, such as devices under test. The improved terminal block includes insertion and ejection levers to ease the connection and disconnection of the terminal block to the module. A ledge of the insertion and ejection lever engages an insertion beating surface on a front panel of the module during the insertion process and is then rotated in the appropriate direction until the terminal block is securely connected to the module. The ledge of the insertion and ejection lever engages an ejection beating surface on the front panel of the module during the ejection process and is then rotated in the appropriate direction until the terminal block is disengaged from the module. The levers can also be shaped in such a manner to permit top and bottom cable routing apertures, as well as a back side cable routing aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventor: Robert A. Millard
  • Patent number: 5506757
    Abstract: A compact electronic data module is provided which includes non-volatile memory, device. The memory device is mounted on a printed circuit board, which in turn is housed in a unitary tubular casing. The memory device is in the form of an integrated circuit (in a low-height package, such as a flat-pack or SOIC) which is mounted on the printed circuit board. One side of the printed circuit board is exposed to provide exterior contacts and the other side is placed inside the casing and covered with potting material. Simple wiring on the small board, using a through-hole vias, suffices to route power, ground, and data lines to the integrated circuit, while providing a sealed durable package with three external contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: MacSema, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Brorby
  • Patent number: 5502622
    Abstract: A retaining clip to retain a circuit board insertion/extraction handle on a circuit board. The present invention is a retaining clip which is part of a circuit board inserter and extractor apparatus particularly suited for use with circuit boards utilizing high insertion force connectors requiring in excess of 50 lbs of force. The handle of the inserter/extractor has novel insertion and extraction surfaces which cooperate with corresponding surfaces fabricated as part of a card guide. As the circuit board is inserted into the card guide, the handle is automatically positioned so that the user can press the bottom of the handle to insert the circuit board. The handle and card guide interface is designed to provide a large positive force to extract the circuit board from the card guide until the circuit board is unseated from the associated high insertion force connectors. The clip is constructed of stainless steel and formed into a generally flat "U" shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: S. Daniel Cromwell
  • Patent number: 5497292
    Abstract: A computer chassis having a port adapted to be configured to receive electrical connectors of differing dimensions therethrough and a method of manufacturing such configurable ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Dell USA, L.P.
    Inventor: Jerry D. Gandre
  • Patent number: 5493477
    Abstract: An IC card device has a frame, a print circuit board which is supported by the frame and on which are mounted electronic parts such as IC's or the like, as well as connectors, and a pair of electrically conductive covers which cover front and rear surfaces of the print circuit boards and which are fixed to the frame. The electrically conductive covers have elasticity and channel shaped bent portions at least on both side edges thereof. The frame has tapered surfaces at least in both external side corner portions thereof as well as slits on both external side surfaces thereof. Both side edges of the channel shaped bent portions are caused to slide, when the electrically conductive covers are pressed towards each other, along the tapered surfaces into engagement with the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Honda Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Hirai
  • Patent number: 5491614
    Abstract: A control device and method of making the same are provided, the control device comprising two generally flat and rectangular circuit boards each having a component carrying side and an opposite solder side, each circuit board having a peripheral edge, and mounting structure holding the two circuit boards in spaced apart generally parallel relation with certain sides thereof facing each other, the mounting structure comprising a bracket unit generally engaging and encircling the peripheral edges of the two circuit boards so as to generally close the space between the two circuit boards around generally the entire peripheral edges thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventors: Daniel L. Fowler, William S. Hayes
  • Patent number: 5455746
    Abstract: A personal computer comprises a housing having a bottom wall. A plurality of functional components are arranged side by side on the bottom wall of the housing. A fixture plate is arranged on top of the functional components and secured to the functional components and the bottom wall by means of screws. The functional components are held between the fixture plate and the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Youji Sato, Yuji Nakajima, Kinji Taki, Toshikazu Konno
  • Patent number: 5453912
    Abstract: A radio assembly (100) includes a radio chassis (120) and radio housing (150). The radio chassis (120) includes a resilient cantilever arm (130) having an engaging portion (135). The radio housing (150) includes a mount channel (156) to position the cantilever arm (130), and a ramped catch portion (157) within the mount channel (156) to engage the engaging portion (135) of the cantilever arm (130) and to secure the radio chassis (120) within the radio housing (150). The chassis (120) is mounted to the radio housing (150) such that the engaging portion (135) of the cantilever arm (130) is positioned within the mount channel (156). The engaging portion (135) of the cantilever arm (130) is biasedly engaged with the ramped catch portion (157), and is deflectable so as to disengage from the ramped catch portion (157) when a deflecting force is applied to the engaging portion (135).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Michael Lytle, Martin E. Holmes, Mark F. Witczak, Peter D. Iezzi, William M. Bradford
  • Patent number: 5430612
    Abstract: A combination instrument having a front frame (12), a transparent cover glass (16), display systems (2) and/or operating elements mounted in the combination instrument, a circuit board (6) arranged behind them and bearing electronic components, the display systems and/or operating elements contacting the circuit board, and having a rear closure cover (13) for the combination instrument. Such a combination instrument is particularly easy to construct and mount and can thus be produced at favorable cost when it has a system support (1) developed as supporting structural part provided with recesses for the positioning and holding of the display systems and/or operating elements. The circuit board is connected to the system support. The system support thus represents the supporting element of the combination instrument around which all other parts of the combination instrument are grouped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Ernst-Ulrich Simon, Stephan Zech, Josef Langhammer
  • Patent number: 5392196
    Abstract: An electrical installation device for fastening in an attachment position on a carrier rail includes an instrument housing made of insulating plastic and having an instrument housing wall and a bottom facing the carrier rail in an attachment position. A sliding latch is shaped in one piece to the instrument housing wall and is movable in a locking direction outside of the housing bottom transversely to the attachment direction and to the carrier rail direction. A flexible web, spring elastic in the locking direction, is connected between the sliding latch and the instrument housing wall. A detent lug is attached to the sliding latch and, in the locking direction, grips behind the carrier rail. An actuating end is connected to the flexible web and faces away from the detent lug, whereby the sliding latch is returnable against the spring elasticity of the flexible web from a locked position into a release position by actuation of the actuating end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventor: Josep Kinner
  • Patent number: 5383096
    Abstract: An apparatus for increasing the number of electrical I/O ports on an existing computer system chassis, while maintaining the RF shield of the chassis and without changing the design of the existing chassis, by the use of an I/O expansion box. The I/O expansion box comprises a bottom and a cover. The bottom has a base plate with openings for cables from the computer chassis to pass therethrough and has lips at the openings. The lips extend outwardly away from the recess and are used to attach the base plate to the chassis at its I/O port openings. The cover has a top with openings therein for the attachment of electrical cable connectors that are attached to the cables from the computer chassis. The number of openings in the top of the cover are greater than the number of openings in the base plate of the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew C. Benson, Laurence M. Mazzone
  • Patent number: 5377082
    Abstract: A terminal board assembly for a dynamoelectric machine, adapted for supporting an overload device, comprises a body and an overload device support integral with the body and extending therefrom for cradling the overload device when the overload device is supported on the terminal board assembly. The body and the overload device support each include apparatus releasably secured in engagement with the overload device for retaining the overload device against displacement from the overload device support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lynn E. Fisher, Richard A. Wandler, James P. Frank
  • Patent number: 5373421
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting fiber optic transceivers. A front wall having a plurality of holes is provided. A plurality of mounting members are attached to the rear of the front wall and extend perpendicularly from each of the plurality of holes. The mounting members include a base, a pair of side walls and rear wall coupled to the base, and a flexible clamp member attached to the rear wall. The flexible clamp member includes a pair of short wall portions impressed at each end to provide securing dimples and an integral back wall portion to seat the fiber optic transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher T. Detsikas, Timothy P. Spellman
  • Patent number: 5315488
    Abstract: A host structure is provided for terminal adapters that are part of a distributed computer architecture. Each computer system is in turn connected to a number of synchronous or asynchronous terminals via the network and terminal adapters, each terminal adapter connected, on one hand, to the network and, on the other hand, to at least one terminal via a synchronous or asynchronous transmission link. The host structure can contain a number of adapter cards, each containing the electronic circuit of an adapter, and is composed of a first compartment with the adapter cards, and a second compartment with an equal number of connection cards. The connection cards each enable connecting a number of terminals to a particular adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Bull S.A
    Inventors: Remy Le Gallo, Gerard Lyvet, Bernard Malgogne
  • Patent number: 5285355
    Abstract: Modular electronic unit comprised of pivotably mounted modules leaning against a support in the form of a plate, notably for programmable controllers. A tightening spring is placed between the housing of each module and the support, near the lower rear end of the housing, and is gradually brought under stress by pressing on a heel during pivoting of the module, while stops of the housing come and rest frontally against the web plate of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Chabert, Andre Goletto
  • Patent number: 5247133
    Abstract: An enclosure providing an evacuated region about an array of microelectronic vacuum devices including a substrate, a first encapsulation member defining a cavity, a second encapsulation member defining a cavity and mating with the first encapsulation member so as to define an encapsulated region, a ledge formed in the first encapsulation member for supporting the substrate and defining a communicating passage between the cavities and a sealing agent disposed between the mating surfaces of the encapsulation members to effect a vacuum seal such that when the encapsulated region is evacuated it will be at the same vacuum levels throughout to eliminate differential pressure induced deformation of the substrate. The evacuated substrate enclosure further provides for assembly without an evacuated environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Wiemann, James E. Jaskie, John Summers, Robert C. Kane
  • Patent number: 4707726
    Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a packaged semiconductor with a heat sink includes the heat sink having a channel formed therein with a pair of opposed side walls and utilizes one or more spring beams acting against one side wall of the channel to urge the semiconductor package into good heat transferring relation or engagement with the other side wall. The arrangement is especially suited for use with TO-220 transistor packages and uses an array of spring beam fingers joined by a spine in comb-like fashion to facilitate assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: United Technologies Automotive, Inc.
    Inventor: David V. Tinder
  • Patent number: 4683489
    Abstract: A common housing for two semi-conductor bodies is provided, comprising a front and back section for two spatially separate semi-conductor bodies attached in the housing interior but preferably connected in electrically conductive fashion to one another, whereby the housing surface preferably composed entirely of metal is cooled during operation by a flowable coolant, preferably cooling air. The front, first semi-conductor body is attached in the front section thereof and the back, second semi-conductor body is attached in the back section thereof, the maximum operating temperature of the back semi-conductor body being higher than the maximum operating temperature of the front semi-conductor body, at least at times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Langenwalter, Karl H. Moehrmann, Herbert Prussas, Lothar Spaeter
  • Patent number: 4675720
    Abstract: An enclosed thyristor valve of the type dividable into first and second portions comprises a tank, a thyristor valve assembly including a plurality of thyristor elements encased in the tank, a plurality of light guides extending through the tank for transmitting light signals for firing the thyristor elements, cooling pipes extending through the tank for circulating a coolant to cool the thyristor assembly, and bushings mounted on the tank for connecting the thyristor valve assembly with a power line system. The first and second portions are connected at mating flange portions disposed to the first and second portions of the tank. The light guides and cooling pipes are provided for the first portion of the tank so that the light guides and the cooling pipes are not disconnected from the first portion when the inspection and the maintenance of the thyristor valve are required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroo Ikegame, Tadashi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4440971
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus which is resistant to electrical breakdown consisting of a chamber containing electrodes separated by dielectric gas supersaturated with the vapor from a dielectric liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald T. Harrold
  • Patent number: 4082866
    Abstract: The unique, relatively nonflammable, environmentally safe, insulating oil comprises a saturated hydrocarbon oil having a molecular weight of about 500 to about 700, and a fire point above 200.degree. C. The electrical equipment comprises an oil-sealed tank, a unique insulating oil filling said tank, and an electrical component such as a conductive coil immersed in said insulating oil. A method of filling the oil-sealed tank of an electrical apparatus with the unique insulating oil also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: RTE Corporation
    Inventor: Edwin A. Link