US 6,556,447 B2 · Electronic apparatus with an enclosure

Abstract

The electronic apparatus (1) has an enclosure (10), which has a terminal compartment (12) and an electronics compartment (11). These two compartments are separated by an internal wall (13) which has a longitudinal slot (131) of depth T in which a bushing (14) is fitted. The bushing is to be flameproof designed. To this the enclosure (10) comprises: 1) A baseboard (141) which extends into and is mounted in the electronics compartment, has a stop (142), and can be fitted with electronic components (143); 2) a lead arrangement (144) extending into the terminal compartment (12) and contacting the components on the baseboard; and 3) a plastic part (146) which surrounds the lead arrangement, is formed integrally with the stop (142), and has the shape of, and thus fills, the longitudinal slot (131).

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Dependent claims

An electronic apparatus with an enclosure having a terminal compartment and an electronics compartment, said terminal compartment being separated from said electronics compartment by an internal wall having a longitudinal slot fitted with a bushing, said bushing comprising:

a baseboard extending into the electronics compartment, said baseboard being fitted with electronic components;
a stop designed to prevent any disengaging of the bushing from said slot into said terminal compartment;
a lead arrangement extending into the terminal compartment and contacting the components on the baseboard;
and
a plastic part extending into said longitudinal slot and surrounding a part of said lead arrangement, said plastic part being formed integrally with the stop and having a shape corresponding with a shape of the longitudinal slot;
wherein said lead arrangement includes a flat cable at least partially surrounded by said plastic part.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic apparatus with an enclosure

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Electronic apparatus with an enclosure

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Abstract

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