Housing having non-planar radial seal

A housing having a non-planar radial seal, comprising:

• a first housing member having a rib about a substantial portion of a periphery of the first housing member, said rib being on at least two planes;
• a second housing member for receiving the first housing member so that when said first housing member is disposed within the second housing member a gap is formed between the first housing member and the second housing member, the gap having a width;
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• means for forming a non-planar radial seal in the gap between the first housing member and the second housing member comprising a compliant material having a cross sectional diameter that is larger than the width of the gap.

A housing for an electronic product, said housing having a non-planar radial seal, comprising:

• a first housing member containing electronic circuitry for the electronic product, the housing member having a first perimeter;
• a second housing member for mating with the first housing member, said second housing member having a second perimeter that is larger than the first perimeter so that when the first housing member is mated with the second housing member a gap is formed between the first housing member and the second housing member, said gap having a width;
• a perimeter seal formed in the gap between the first housing member and the second housing member, said perimeter seal comprising a compliant material having a cross sectional diameter that is larger than the width of the gap;
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• complementary means formed on the first housing member and the second housing members for guiding the perimeter seal into a non-planar orientation.

An electronic product having a non-planar radial seal, comprising

• a first housing member containing electronic circuitry for the electronic product and having a rib about a substantial portion of a periphery of the first housing member, the rib being on at least two planes, the first housing member having a first perimeter;
• a second housing member having protrusions on portions of the second housing member for mating with portions of the rib about the periphery of the first housing member, said second housing member having a second perimeter being larger than the first perimeter so that when the first housing member is mated with the second housing member a gap is formed between the first housing member and the second housing member, said gap having a width;
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• an O-ring having a cross sectional diameter that is larger than the width of the gap, said O-ring being placed within the gap and on the rib of the first housing member, said O-ring forming a radial seal when the second housing member is coupled to the first housing member.