Gas Sensor Packaging Including Structure To Maintain Devices In A State of Readiness
AssigneeLife Safety Distribution AG
InventorsStuart Alistair Harris, Richard James Peacock, Graeme Ramsay Mitchell
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Packaging for electronic components includes provisions to short selected electrodes of the components together. A plastic base portion with a plurality of component receiving cavities carries a flexible, carbonized shorting element which extends between cavities. The cavities include a recess which is adjacent to the shorting element. Components can be inserted into respective cavities, and some of the electrodes will contact the shorting element. Other electrodes will extend into the recess and not be shorted.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a multi-electrode electrochemical gas sensor;
- packaging for the sensor;
- and
- a conductive shorting element carried by and attached to the packaging to short selected of the electrodes to one another when the sensor is in the packaging.
A method comprising:
- providing a non-conductive housing which includes defining a plurality of spaced apart pockets in the housing;
- inserting an elongated, flexible shorting element into the housing;
- and
- inserting electrodes of a component into and releasably engaging the shorting element.
A structure for carrying components comprising:
- a base portion formed of a selected non-conductive material which defines a first plurality of component receiving pockets;
- and
- a substantially conductive element which extends into at least one of the pockets, the element providing a shorting region in at least one of the pockets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.