US5256833A
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Metal housing for electronic devices and method of producing such a housing
Assignee: Schroff GmbH
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Filing: 1992-01-09
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Granted: 1993-10-26
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Expires: 2012-01-09
Abstract
Abstract A metal housing for electronic devices configured for electromagnetic compatibility includes a housing body whose opening can be closed by a closing element. Metal contact faces are provided around the opening at the housing body and correspondingly at the closing element. Thin contact strips of electrically conductive and corrosion resistant metal are applied to the contact faces. These contact strips may be subsequently melted or welded on by means of a laser beam as a weld trace or as a thin metal foil. To seal the groove between the housing body and the closing element against interfering electromagnetic radiation, the contact faces are brought into a good electrically conductive connection with one another by way of the bare metal surfaces of the contact strips applied thereonto, for example by means of an intermediately disposed elastic and electrically conductive seal.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans M. Schwenk
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:33
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K9/00; H05K9/0007; H05K9/0015; H05K9/0016
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A metal housing for electronic devices, the housing including a housing body composed of electrically conductively interconnected housing components and provided with at least one opening for access to the interior of the housing; a closing element which closes the opening; metal contact faces provided at the housing body around the opening as well as corresponding contact faces provided at a closing element for sealing the groove between the housing body and the closing element against interfering electromagnetic radiation and provide a good electrically conductive connection, characterized in that thin contact strips of a metal that is more electrically conductive and more corrosion resistant than the metal of the housing are applied to the contact faces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A metal housing for electronic devices, the housing including a housing body composed of electrically conductively interconnected housing components and provided with at least one opening for access to the interior of the housing; a closing element which closes the opening; metal contact faces provided at the housing body around the opening as well as corresponding contact faces provided at a closing element for sealing the groove between the housing body and the closing element against interfering electromagnetic radiation and provide a good electrically conductive connection, characterized in that thin contact strips of a metal that is more electrically conductive and more corrosion resistant than the metal of the housing are applied to the contact faces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact strips are melted on.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact strips are welded on.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact strips have a thickness between 1 and 100 micrometers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact strips have a width between 1 and 10 millimeters.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact strips are applied in the form of a thin metal foil.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A housing as defined in claim 6 wherein the metal foil is connected with the metal sheet forming the housing by means of weld seams only in the region of its longitudinal edges.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A housing as defined in claim 7, wherein the weld seams extend at a slight distance from the longitudinal edges of the metal foil.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact strips are deposition welded.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A housing as defined in claim 9, wherein the contact strips are formed of a plurality of parallel extending weld traces.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact strips are composed of a nickel alloy.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact strips are composed of a tin alloy.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
A housing as defined in claim 1 made of a lacquered metal sheet, wherein the edges of the contact strips are covered by the lacquer layer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
43 words
A housing as defined in claim 1, wherein an elastic and highly electrically conductive seal is disposed in the groove between the housing body and the closing element so as to provide an electrically conductive connection between the metal and corresponding contact faces.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A housing as defined in claim 14, wherein the seal is configured as a metal spring contact strip.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
A housing as defined in claim 14, wherein the seal is composed of a rubber elastic material.
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