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Device for sealing pressure compensation openings

Assignee: Schreiner Group GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1998-02-26
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Granted: 2000-08-01
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Expires: 2018-02-26
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Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a device for sealing pressure compensation openings in components in particular of a motor vehicle control unit. Previously, pressure compensation openings were sealed in the interior of the housing by a watertight and gas-permeable material affixed by adhesion. In accordance with the invention, the opening is sealed from the outside with a two-layered material where a wide-area first layer consists of a material that can be inscribed and a second layer, which can also be provided over just a part of the total area, is a watertight and gas-permeable membrane. At those places where pressure compensation occurs, the first layer is removed so that only the membrane acts. The first layer can be used here as a label. Advantages offered by this device are that the housing and the membrane are joined over a much larger area, the process can be monitored, and one process step is saved.

Inventors

  • 👤 Gunter Fendt
  • 👤 Richard Baur

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 17:51
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K5/00; H05K5/02; H05K5/0213; H05K5/0215

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 75 words
Device for sealing pressure compensation openings (4) in components, in particular of a motor vehicle control unit, this device being made up of at least two layers (5, 6), wherein the second continuous or partial layer (5) is made of a watertight and gas-permeable material, and the first layer (6) is removed at those places where the pressure compensation takes place and the pressure compensation openings (4) are covered only by the second layer (5).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 75 words
Device for sealing pressure compensation openings (4) in components, in particular of a motor vehicle control unit, this device being made up of at least two layers (5, 6), wherein the second continuous or partial layer (5) is made of a watertight and gas-permeable material, and the first layer (6) is removed at those places where the pressure compensation takes place and the pressure compensation openings (4) are covered only by the second layer (5).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
Device for sealing pressure compensation openings (4) in accordance with claim 1, wherein the first layer (6) can be inscribed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 38 words
Device for sealing pressure compensation openings (4) in accordance with claim 2, wherein the device is used as typeplate or label (1) and the first layer (6) is provided with an alphanumerical text (2) and/or the barcode (3).

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