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US 2006/0214751 A1Published application
Multi-planar sealing gasket for waveguide assembly
AssigneeAndrew Corporation
InventorsMax Leadley-Brown, Ian Grant, Stephen Buchan
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Abstract
A sealing gasket for a waveguide assembly having a primary sealing surface loop defining a first plane and at least one secondary loop defining a second plane. The primary sealing surface loop intersecting with and being broken by the at least one secondary loop at two locations around the secondary loop.
Claims13
A sealing gasket for a waveguide assembly, comprising:
- a primary sealing surface loop defining a first plane;
- at least one secondary loop defining a second plane;
- the primary sealing surface loop intersecting with and being broken by the at least one secondary loop at two locations around the secondary loop.
A waveguide assembly, comprising:
- a first portion and a second portion adapted to mate together along a first plane;
- the first portion and the second portion enclosing waveguide feature(s) between the first portion and the second portion;
- an input port formed at a peripheral edge of the first and second portion(s) is coupled to the waveguide features, a cross section of the input port at the edge defining a second plane;
- a sealing groove in at least one of the first portion and the second portion, along the first plane, circumferentially surrounds the waveguide features and intersects the second plane at two positions;
- between the two positions, the sealing groove circumferentially loops around the input port in the second plane;
- a unitary sealing gasket is positioned in the sealing groove, surrounding the waveguide features in the first plane and the input port in the second plane.
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A method for manufacturing a sealing gasket, comprising the steps of:
- adapting at least three die molds to co-operate to form a loop in a first plane and a second plane;
- the first plane intersecting the second plane at two locations;
- filling the mold with a liquid or semi-liquid caulk;
- opening the molds after the caulk has hardened.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.