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US 11,122,698 B2Granted
Low stress electronic board retainers and assemblies
AssigneeN2 Imaging Systems, LLC
InventorsDarren M. Zack, Jay Meyer
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Abstract
An electronics assembly can include a circuit board comprising a stress sensitive device and a stiffening member operatively connected to the circuit board to stiffen the circuit board. The assembly can include a housing disposed around the circuit board and the stiffening member to contain circuit board and the stiffening member. The assembly can include one or more elastic and/or flexible bumpers disposed between the circuit board and the housing to provide shock absorption to the circuit board within the housing.
Claims13
An electronics assembly, comprising:
- a circuit board comprising a stress sensitive device;
- a stiffening member operatively connected to the circuit board to stiffen the circuit board;
- a housing disposed around the circuit board and the stiffening member to contain the circuit board and the stiffening member;
- and
- one or more elastic and/or flexible bumpers disposed between the circuit board and the housing to provide shock absorption to the circuit board within the housing, wherein at least one of the one or more bumpers includes a dumbbell shape having a plurality of wide portions connected by a thinner neck,
- wherein the housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member that clip together to retain the circuit board, the stiffening member, and the one or more elastic and/or flexible bumpers,
- wherein the one or more bumpers include a plurality of bumpers disposed on a device side of the circuit board between the second housing member and the circuit board and a plurality of bumpers disposed on a stiffening side between the stiffening member and the first housing member.
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A method comprising:
- attaching a circuit board comprising a stress sensitive device to a stiffening member operatively connected to the circuit board to stiffen the circuit board;
- disposing the circuit board and stiffening member within a housing to contain the circuit board and the stiffening member;
- and
- disposing one or more elastic and/or flexible bumpers between the circuit board and the housing to provide shock absorption to the circuit board within the housing, wherein at least one of the one or more of bumpers includes a dumbbell shape having a plurality of wide portions connected by a thinner neck,
- wherein the housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member that clip together to retain the circuit board, the stiffening member, and the one or more elastic and/or flexible bumpers,
- wherein the one or more bumpers include a plurality of bumpers disposed on a device side of the circuit board between the second housing member and the circuit board and a plurality of bumpers disposed on a stiffening side between the stiffening member and the first housing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.