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US 2023/0086708 A1Published application
Induction weld joint for an enclosure
OwnerBarry Wayne Allen, Jos Corstjens +1inventors
InventorsBarry Wayne Allen, Jos Corstjens, Filip DF Ponsaerts
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a housing having an interior and an exterior. The housing includes a first housing piece and a second housing piece that are coupled together by a joint. The joint includes a bonding material and the joint is configured such that when the bonding material is pressurized during formation of the joint the bonding material is predisposed to move toward the interior of the housing as compared to the exterior of the housing.
Claims27
An enclosure comprising:
- a housing having an interior and an exterior, the housing including a first housing piece and a second housing piece that are coupled together by an induction weld strength joint, the induction weld strength joint including a bonding material including susceptors adapted to generate heat when exposed to magnetic energy, wherein the induction weld strength joint has a preferred vent path that extends toward the interior of the housing such that when the bonding material is heated via magnetic energy, softened and pressurized during induction welding, the bonding material is predisposed to vent toward the interior of the housing as compared to the exterior of the housing.
An enclosure comprising:
- a housing having an interior and an exterior, the housing including a first housing piece and a second housing piece that are coupled together by a joint, the joint including a bonding material and the joint being configured such that when the bonding material is pressurized during formation of the joint the bonding material is predisposed to move toward the interior of the housing as compared to the exterior of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.