Enclosure seal and sealing method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas Smith, Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson, Christopher William Coyne
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Abstract
An exemplary enclosure assembly includes, among other things, first and second pieces of an enclosure having an interior area. The first and second pieces are pressed vertically together at an interface. A gasket seal seals the interface at a position outside the interface relative to the interior area. An exemplary enclosure securing method includes, among other things, sealing an interface by compressing a gasket seal horizontally between first and second enclosure pieces of an enclosure that provides an interior area. The first and second pieces are pressed vertically together along the interface.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- first and second pieces of an enclosure having an interior area, the first and second pieces pressed vertically together at an interface;
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- a gasket seal that seals the interface at a position outside the interface relative to the interior area.
An enclosure securing method, comprising:
- sealing an interface by compressing a gasket seal horizontally between first and second enclosure pieces of an enclosure that provides an interior area, the first and second pieces pressed vertically together along the interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.