Back to results
US 3,944,310 AGranted
Electronics cabinet assembly
AssigneeLangley Corporation
InventorJames W. Welsh
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A cabinet for high shock and vibration environments such as shipboard use. A pair of side panels are bolted to the deck or other rigid structure. Front, top and back panels are then secured to the side panels through mating surfaces capable of transferring shear forces. The mating surfaces include cooperating tooth forms. The tooth forms have sloping sides that produce a wedging interfitting relationship between the plates and side panels.
Claims8
A cabinet assembly comprising:
- a pair of side panels,
- said side panels being generally planar and adapted for vertically upright and parallel mounting,
- said side panels being adapted to be secured together in spaced apart relationship by being secured through the upper and lower ends thereof,
- said side panels having a mating surface along at least a portion of the forward facing edges thereof,
- at least one generally planar front plate,
- said front plate being adapted for extending between spaced side panels and having spaced mating surfaces adapted to cooperatively engage said mating surfaces on said side panels,
- said mating surface collectively having a plurality of parallel elongated protrusions and alternate parallel channels,
- said protrusions having sloping sides converging toward the outer portions of said protrusions,
- fastener means adapted for being received on said front plate and said side panels for drawing opposing protrusions and channels into a wedging interfitting engagement so that vibrationally induced shear forces are transferred between said front plates and said side panels through the engaged protrusions and channels.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.