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US 9,320,151 B2Granted
Protective sleeve for electrical components
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorKhanh Q. Nguyen
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Abstract
A sleeve structure includes an electrically insulating protective sleeve having clips that retain and capture component pins and regulate a mounting distance of the electrical component from a wiring structure. A method of component wiring assembly is also included.
Claims19
A sleeve structure, comprising:
- a plurality of substantially planar shoulders;
- a plurality of boots, wherein each boot is located between and adjoined to a pair of substantially planar shoulders;
- each boot comprises at least a first clip and a second clip, the first clip having an inner surface including a first tapered portion proximate a top of the first clip and a first flat portion proximate a bottom of the first clip, the second clip having an inner surface including a second tapered portion proximate a top of the second clip and a second flat portion proximate a bottom of the second clip, wherein said first clip and said second clip each comprise an electrically non-conductive material configured to contact an electronic pin;
- a gap in between the two clips, wherein a major plane of the gap is substantially perpendicular to the substantially planar shoulders such that the major plane of the gap extends between adjacent substantially planar shoulders;
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- a second gap between the first tapered portion and the second tapered portion, with the first tapered portion facing the second tapered portion.
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A method of protecting electronic pins, comprising:
- mating a protective sleeve with pins of an electrical component;
- catching the pins in the protective sleeve having boots, each having two tapered clips, with each tapered clip having a planar lower portion surrounding and retaining one pin;
- and insulating adjacent pairs of pins electrically using non-conductive substantially planar barriers between adjacent boots;
- wherein the boots include a pair of integral boots located between a plurality of shoulder legs;
- each of the pair of integral boots having a first and second clip, the first clip having an inner surface including a first tapered portion proximate a top of the first clip and a first flat portion proximate a bottom of the first clip, the second clip having a second tapered portion proximate a top of the second clip and a second flat portion proximate a bottom of the second clip, wherein a first gap is defined between the first and second tapered portions and a second gap is defined between the first and second flat portion of the first and second clips, wherein an external pin of said external pins is configured for insertion into said first gap and wherein said first clip and said second clip each comprise an electrically non-conductive material configured to contact said pin.
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A protection device, comprising:
- a power electronic device having a plurality of external pins;
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- an electrically insulating sleeve having:
- a plurality of shoulder legs;
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- a pair of integral boots located between the plurality of shoulder legs;
- each of the pair of integral boots having a first and second clip, the first clip having an inner surface including a first tapered portion proximate a top of the first clip and a first flat portion proximate a bottom of the first clip, the second clip having a second tapered portion proximate a top of the second clip and a second flat portion proximate a bottom of the second clip, wherein a first gap is defined between the first and second tapered portions and a second gap is defined between the first and second flat portion of the first and second clips, wherein an external pin of said external pins is configured for insertion into said first gap, and wherein said first clip and said second clip each comprise an electrically non-conductive material configured to contact said external pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.