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US 5,700,342 AGranted
Composite enclosure for electronic hardware
AssigneeSimmonds Precision Products, Inc.
InventorWilliam Bernard Giannetti
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Abstract
An enclosure for electronic modules, comprising walls made of composite material including conductive fibers for shielding the enclosure interior from electromagnetic radiation, and means for securely mounting at least one module inside the enclosure with a fastener means, the mounting means comprising composite material.
Claims8
A method for making a unibody enclosure for electronic modules comprising the steps of:
- a. laying up uncured carbon and resin layers in a mold;
- b. laying up additional uncured carbon and resin layers in the mold;
- c. performing a single step cure by applying heat and pressure to the materials in the mold to form said enclosure;
- d. laying up a plurality of carbon and resin laminates to form a first composite block and then curing said first composite block;
- e. cutting said block into a plurality of segments,
- f. joining said segments together to form a second block;
- g. cutting said second block to form a plurality of guide ribs integral with a cold wall;
- and
- h. mounting the finished cold wall and ribs in said enclosure.
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A method for making a unibody enclosure for electronic modules comprising the steps of:
- a. laying up a woven uncured carbon layer of conductive fibers and in a mold;
- b. applying an uncured resin layer over the first layer in the mold;
- c. laying up additional uncured carbon and resin layers in the mold;
- d. laying up an uncured glass and resin core in the mold;
- e. laying up additional uncured carbon and resin layers in the mold;
- f. performing a single step cure by applying heat and pressure to the materials in the mold to form said enclosure;
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- g. laying up a plurality of carbon and resin laminates to form a first composite block:
- then applying heat and pressure to cure the composite block:
- h. cutting said block into a plurality of segments,
- i. aligning said segments in a predetermined orientation to produce a preferred direction of heat transfer;
- j. joining said segments together to form a second block;
- k. cutting said second block to form a plurality of guide ribs integral with a cold wall;
- said ribs and cold wall having a preferred direction of heat transfer;
- l. bonding cooling fins to said cold wall;
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- m. mounting the finished cold wall and ribs in said enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.