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US 12,193,191 B2Granted
Domestic appliance and board housing
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorAldo Vincent Kremmel
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Abstract
An appliance or board housing may include a housing pan, a printed circuit board (PCB), a spacer frame, and a thermally conductive insulator pad (TCIP). The housing pan may define an internal bottom surface. The PCB may be held within the housing pan above the internal bottom surface. The spacer frame may include a skeletal platform extending beneath the PCB in support thereof. The TCIP may be held on the spacer frame between PCB and the housing pan.
Claims20
An appliance board housing comprising:
- a housing pan defining an internal bottom surface;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) held within the housing pan above the internal bottom surface;
- a spacer frame comprising a skeletal platform extending beneath the PCB in support thereof;
- and
- a thermally conductive insulator pad (TCIP) held on the spacer frame between PCB and the housing pan,
- wherein the internal bottom surface comprises a raised ridge aligned with the TCIP.
3 more elements
A domestic appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a vertical direction;
- and
- a board housing movably attached to the cabinet, the board housing comprising
- a housing pan defining an internal bottom surface,
- a printed circuit board (PCB) held within the housing pan above the internal bottom surface along the vertical direction,
- a spacer frame comprising a skeletal platform extending beneath the PCB in support thereof, the spacer frame further comprising a retention door selectively clasped to the skeletal platform, and
- a thermally conductive insulator pad (TCIP) held on the spacer frame between PCB and the housing pan.
4 more elements
An appliance board housing comprising:
- a housing pan defining an internal bottom surface;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) held within the housing pan above the internal bottom surface;
- a spacer frame comprising a skeletal platform extending beneath the PCB in support thereof, the spacer frame further comprising a retention door selectively clasped to the skeletal platform and a living hinge pivotally joining the retention door to the skeletal platform;
- and
- a thermally conductive insulator pad (TCIP) held on the spacer frame between PCB and the housing pan;
- wherein the spacer frame comprises a retention door selectively clasped to the skeletal platform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.