Electrical Insulator Casing
AssigneeSolarBridge Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEduardo Escamilla, Marco Marroquin, William John Morris, John Trevor Morrison, Thomas Paul Parker, Stephen Wurmlinger
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Abstract
Systems, processes, and manufactures are provided that employ a casing associated with an electrical component to provide some, most, substantially all or all electrical insulative protection necessary for the electrical component. This casing may be further employed with potting or other materials to supplement and add additional or different protections for the component. These additional protections can include additional insulative resistance, thermal protection, moisture protection and other buffers to and from the environment.
Claims19
A power converter comprising:
- a plurality of electrical components connected to a printed circuit board;
- an outer enclosure surrounding one or more of the electrical components;
- an electrical insulative casing positioned between one or more of the electrical components and the outer enclosure, the casing comprising a polymer or other nonmetallic material;
- and
- a potting material, the potting material positioned between the electrical insulative casing and one or more of the electrical components.
A process for assembling an electrical component enclosure, the process comprising:
- positioning a printed circuit board within an electrical insulative casing;
- positioning the printed circuit board and insulative casing within an outer enclosure;
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- before or after each of the previous positioning steps, deploying potting material near and around electrical components on the printed circuit board, the potting material insufficient by itself to provide the amount of electrical insulative resistance necessary to satisfy United Laboratory electrical requirements for the printed circuit board and electrical components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.