Cooled electronic part enclosure
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorCHRISTOPHER J. SCHMIT
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Abstract
A case assembly encloses heat generating electronic components. The case includes first and second housing parts which can be cast from the same mold. Covers are mounted to the housings to form coolant passages. The housing parts include built-in the connecting parts which are coupled together to form additional coolant passages. One of the connecting parts has a lip which sealingly receives an end of another connecting part. The lip is received by a slot adjacent to the other connecting part. The slot communicates with an exterior of the housing.
Claims21
A case assembly for containing a heat generating electronic component, said case assembly comprising:
- a first housing, the first housing comprising a first main body and a hollow first connecting part which is joined to the first main body;
- a second housing for attaching to the first housing so that the first and second housings form an inner enclosure which surrounds the electronic component, the second housing comprising a second main body and a hollow second connecting part which is joined to the second main body;
- a first cover mounted to the first housing;
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- a second cover mounted to the second housing;
- a first coolant passage formed between the first housing and the first cover;
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- a second coolant passage formed between the second housing and the second cover, the first and second connecting parts being coupled together to form a third coolant passage which communicates the first coolant passage with the second coolant passage.
A case assembly for containing a heat generating electronic component, said case assembly comprising:
- a first housing, the first housing comprising a first main body and hollow first and second connecting parts which are joined to the first main body;
- a second housing for attaching to the first housing so that the first and second housings form an inner enclosure which surrounds the electronic component, the second housing comprising a second main body and hollow third and fourth connecting part which are joined to the second main body;
- a first cover mounted to the first housing;
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- a second cover mounted to the second housing;
- a first coolant passage formed between the first housing and the first cover;
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- a second coolant passage formed between the second housing and the second cover, the first and third connecting parts being coupled together to form a third coolant passage which communicates the first coolant passage with the second coolant passage, and the second and fourth connecting parts being coupled together to form a fourth coolant passage which communicates the first coolant passage with the second coolant passage.
A case assembly for containing a heat generating electronic component, said case assembly comprising:
- a first housing, the first housing comprising a first main body, an integral hollow first connecting part which is joined to the first main body, and a first main sealing surface;
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- a second housing for attaching to the first housing so that the first and second housings form an inner enclosure which surrounds the electronic component, the second housing comprising a second main body, an integral hollow second connecting part which is joined to the second main body, and a second main sealing surface which sealingly engages the first main sealing surface, the first and second connecting parts being coupled together to form a portion of a coolant passage, first and second connecting parts having inter-engaging sealing parts which are separate from the main sealing surfaces.
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