# US 10,317,382 B2 · Gas sensor packaging including structure to maintain devices in a state of readiness > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,317,382 B2 - Document ID: US10317382B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/564,804 - Filed: 2014-12-09 - Published: 2015-08-27 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-27 - Assignees: Life Safety Distribution AG - Applicants: Life Safety Distribution AG - Inventors: Stuart Alistair Harris; Richard James Peacock; Graeme Ramsay Mitchell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10317382B2 ## CPC - G01N 33/0031: {comprising two or more sensors, e.g. a sensor array} - G01N 33/4875: {Details of handling test elements, e.g. dispensing or storage, not specific to a particular test method (test-elements per se B01L, automatic analysers G01N35/00, in-vivo analysis on the human body for medical diagnosis A61B)} - G01N 33/48778: {Containers specially adapted therefor, e.g. for dry storage} - G01N 2035/00297: {Antistatic arrangements} - Y10T 29/49002: Electrical device making - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract Packaging for electronic components includes provisions to short selected electrodes of the components together. A plastic base portion with a plurality of component receiving cavities carries a flexible, carbonized shorting element which extends between cavities. The cavities include a recess which is adjacent to the shorting element. Components can be inserted into respective cavities, and some of the electrodes will contact the shorting element. Other electrodes will extend into the recess and not be shorted. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a multi-electrode electrochemical gas sensor comprising electrodes; a tray, wherein the tray comprises a plurality of moldable pockets each configured to removably hold the sensor, wherein each moldable pocket includes a recessed surface; a shorting element positioned on the tray, wherein the shorting element comprises a conductive foam; wherein the sensor is positioned and removably held within one of the moldable pockets of the tray; wherein the multi-electrode electrochemical gas sensor is positioned in contact with the conductive foam; wherein the shorting element is electrically connected to short selected electrodes to one another while the gas sensor is removably held in the tray, but wherein the selected electrodes are asynchronously unshorted upon removal of the gas sensor from the tray; wherein the recessed surface is adjacent to the shorting element; wherein the shorting element is sufficiently elongated to extend through the plurality of pockets; and wherein the shorting element is received in an elongated depression formed in the tray which spans the plurality of pockets. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a pin is electrically coupled to a non-shorted electrode, and wherein the pin is positioned in an open region of the recessed surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein portions of the tray include break-away segments whereby a portion carrying at least one cavity is separable from the remainder of the tray. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shorting element extends into at least one of the moldable pockets. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the tray defines a trough which receives the shorting element so as to provide a plurality of shorting regions in the tray. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the shorting element defines breakaway regions, whereby portions of the shorting element are separable from one another at predetermined regions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shorting element comprises carbon. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a resistance of the shorting element is less than 10,000 ohms. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shorting element is retained in the tray. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein at least some of the pockets comprise an electrode receiving recess. ### Claim 11 An apparatus comprising: a multi-electrode electrochemical gas sensor comprising electrodes; a tray, wherein the tray comprises a plurality of moldable pockets each configured to removably hold the sensor, wherein each moldable pocket includes a recessed surface; a shorting element positioned on the tray, wherein the shorting element comprises a conductive foam; wherein the sensor is positioned and removably held within one of the moldable pockets of the tray; wherein the multi-electrode electrochemical gas sensor is positioned in contact with the conductive foam; wherein the shorting element is electrically connected to short selected electrodes to one another while the gas sensor is removably held in the tray, but wherein the selected electrodes are asynchronously unshorted upon removal of the gas sensor from the tray; wherein the recessed surface is adjacent to the shorting element; and wherein a pin is electrically coupled to a non-shorted electrode, and wherein the pin is positioned in an open region of the recessed surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the shorting element is sufficiently elongated to extend through the plurality of pockets. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein portions of the tray include break-away segments whereby a portion carrying at least one cavity is separable from the remainder of the tray. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the shorting element extends into at least one of the moldable pockets. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the tray defines a trough which receives the shorting element so as to provide a plurality of shorting regions in the tray. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the shorting element defines breakaway regions, whereby portions of the shorting element are separable from one another at predetermined regions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the shorting element comprises carbon. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein a resistance of the shorting element is less than 10,000 ohms. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the shorting element is retained in the tray. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least some of the pockets comprise an electrode receiving recess.