Method of making a gasket for an electronics enclosure to help keep out electrical interference
First Claim
1. The method of making a shielding gasket integral with a surface comprising the steps of:
- (a) preparing a gasket material consisting of a mixture of an elastomer, a conductive filler, a catalyst and a bonding agent;
(b) filling a mold with said gasket material;
(c) covering said mold with a surface chosen to be bonded to said gasket material; and
(d) curing said gasket material in contact with said surface to utilize said bonding agent to bond said gasket material to said surface;
said mold having at least one groove therein to receive said gasket material and at least one groove to receive a mixture of an elastomer, a catalyst and a bonding agent adapted to form an environmental gasket bonded to said surface upon being cured.
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Abstract
A method of making a shielding gasket integral with a surface comprising the steps of (a) preparing a gasket material consisting of a mixture of an elastomer, a conductive filler, a catalyst and a bonding agent; (b) filling a mold with the gasket material; (c) covering the mold with a surface chosen to be bonded to the gasket; and (d) curing the gasket material in contact with the surface to utilize the bonding agent to bond the gasket material to the chosen surface. The article fabricated by this method comprises a gasket (18b), consisting of a mixture of an elastomer (26), a conductive filler (30) and a bonding agent (28), bonded to a surface (38) by the bonding agent during curing and having the particles comprising the conductive filler held in physical contact with the surface and with one another by the elastomer to which the particles are bonded.
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8 Claims
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1. The method of making a shielding gasket integral with a surface comprising the steps of:
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(a) preparing a gasket material consisting of a mixture of an elastomer, a conductive filler, a catalyst and a bonding agent; (b) filling a mold with said gasket material; (c) covering said mold with a surface chosen to be bonded to said gasket material; and (d) curing said gasket material in contact with said surface to utilize said bonding agent to bond said gasket material to said surface; said mold having at least one groove therein to receive said gasket material and at least one groove to receive a mixture of an elastomer, a catalyst and a bonding agent adapted to form an environmental gasket bonded to said surface upon being cured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of making a compressible shielding gasket integral with a mating surface, for repetitive use and reuse in compression contact between said surface and another closure surface;
- in the finished gasket there being an electrically conductive filler dispersed throughout an elastomeric matrix, the filler being fixedly bonded in place to the elastomer;
said method comprising the steps of;(a) preparing a mold as the reverse shape of a gasket; (b) preparing an elastomer of relatively high compressibility; (c) adding to the elastomer a catalyst; (d) adding to the elastomer a conductive filler to impart electrical conductivity to the elastomer; (e) adding to the elastomer a bonding agent; (f) mixing the elastomer, catalyst, conductive filler and bonding agent to form a gasket material throughout which the elastomer and the bonding agent are in initmate contact with the filler and with one another; (g) then filling the mold with said gasket material; (h) covering the mold with such a mating surface chosen to be bonded to said gasket material so that one side only of the material contacts the surface; and (i) then simultaneously; (1) bonding, by virtue of the bonding agent, the elastomer to the conductive filler throughout the material, (2) bonding, by virtue of the bonding agent, the elastomer to the surface where the material is in contact with the surface to form a unitary gasket-and-surface combination, at one side only of the material, that is repetitively reusable in a compression contact between the surface and such other closure surface, and (3) curing the elastomer to form a free surface of the gasket material where the material is in contact with the mold to provide a gasket that is repetitively reusable in a compression joint. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
- in the finished gasket there being an electrically conductive filler dispersed throughout an elastomeric matrix, the filler being fixedly bonded in place to the elastomer;
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