ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER FOR HOUSINGS

• US 20070180680A1
• Filed: 11/17/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Scafidi, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US11/560,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20070180680A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 29/463
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/061 sealed by a gasket held between a removable cover and a body, e.g. O-ring, packing
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20409 Outer radiating structures on heat dissipating housings, e.g. fins integrated with the housing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 277/92 Seal including electromagnetic shielding feature
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 277/921 Closure or weather strip seal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 277/93 Seal including heating or cooling feature
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/4935 Heat exchanger or boiler making
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49872 Confining elastic part in socket
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49893 Peripheral joining of opposed mirror image parts to form a hollow body

Abstract

An apparatus that has housing for containing objects. The housing has two heat-conducting partial-boundaries having an interface between them. The apparatus also has a medium for enhancing heat transfer across the interface.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing an apparatus for containing objects, the method comprising:

forming first and second heat-conducting partial-shells having first and second faces, respectively;

forming at least one continuous first groove in the first and second faces around the perimeter of the first and second partial-shells;

forming at least one continuous second groove in the first and second faces exterior to the respective first grooves around the perimeter of the first and second partial-shells;

attaching at least one object to either the first or second partial-shell for thermal contact therebetween;

forming a housing by butting the first and second faces together, whereby aligning the respective first grooves to form at least one continuous first channel in the abutment and aligning the respective second grooves to form at least one continuous second channel in the abutment exteriorly of the first;

sealing the housing against electromagnetic interference;

enhancing the heat transfer between the first and second heat-conducting shells; and

sealing the housing against the weather.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing for selectively securing the first and second heat conducting partial-shells together.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising connecting the first and second partial-shells so that the first and second partial-shells pivot about a common axis.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein forming each of the first grooves is carried out using a single tool setup.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein forming each of the second grooves is carried out using a single tool setup.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein sealing against electromagnetic interference is accomplished by disposing an electromagnetic-interference-seal in the first channel.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein sealing against the weather is accomplished by disposing a weather-seal in the second channel.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein enhancing the heat transfer is carried out by disposing a conformable thermally conducting material exteriorly of the first channel and interiorly of the second channel to increase the thermal contact between the respective faces.

9. A method for manufacturing an apparatus for containing objects, the method comprising:

forming first and second heat-conducting partial-shells having first and second faces, respectively;

forming first and second flanges about the perimeters of the first and second heat-conducting shells, respectively, the first and second flanges having first and second faces, respectively, wherein the first and second flange-faces are co-planer with and extend the first and second partial-shell-faces, respectively, exteriorly of the first and second partial-shells;

forming at least one continuous first groove in the first and second flange-faces around the perimeter of the first and second partial-shells;

attaching at least one object to either the first or second partial-shell for thermal contact therebetween;

forming a housing by butting the first and second partial-shells together, whereby aligning the respective grooves to form at least one continuous first channel in the flange-face abutment;

sealing the housing against electromagnetic interference;

enhancing the heat transfer between the first and second heat-conducting shells; and

sealing the housing against the weather.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing for selectively securing the first and second heat conducting partial-shells together.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising connecting the first and second partial-shells so that the first and second partial-shells pivot about a common axis.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein forming each of the grooves is carried out using a single tool setup.