Water ingress prevention in electronic components
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorFernando L. Castro
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for preventing or minimizing water ingress in electronic components, particularly card cages or similarly sized and configured components, which may be used in many applications including, but not limited to, materials testing. A gutter is formed around a first portion of the perimeter of a chassis cover and a second channel is formed around a second portion of the perimeter of the chassis cover. This configuration is arranged and constructed to direct the impinging water or liquid away from such components as the air intake, the backplane, openings and exposed electronic terminals.
Claims20
An electronics enclosure including an upper chassis cover, wherein the upper chassis cover includes a first channel around at least a first portion of the periphery thereof, the first channel arranged and constructed to direct liquid impinging from above the electronics enclosure to at least one pre-determined location of the periphery to flow downwardly therefrom along an exterior of the electronics enclosure thereby avoiding or minimizing entry of liquid into an interior of the electronics enclosure.
An upper chassis cover for an electronics enclosure, the upper chassis cover including a first channel around at least a first portion of the periphery thereof, the first channel arranged and constructed to direct liquid impinging from above the electronics enclosure to at least one pre-determined location of the periphery to flow downwardly therefrom along an exterior of the electronics enclosure thereby avoiding or minimizing entry of liquid into an interior of the electronics enclosure.
A materials testing device including an electronics enclosure which further includes an upper chassis cover, wherein the upper chassis cover includes a first channel around at least a first portion of the periphery thereof, the first channel arranged and constructed to direct liquid impinging from above the electronics enclosure to at least one pre-determined location of the periphery to flow downwardly therefrom along an exterior of the electronics enclosure thereby avoiding or minimizing entry of liquid into an interior of the electronics enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.