Apparatus for containing and supporting electronic components

• US 5,550,712 A
• Filed: 01/19/1995
• Issued: 08/27/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation (NCR Voyix Corporation)
• Inventors: Crockett, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ledynh, Bot L.
• Application Number:
  US08/374,057
• Time in Patent Office: 586 Days
• Field of Search: 174/52.1, 174/52.3, 174/52.4, 174/65 SS, 174/65 G, 174/138 E, 174/138 G, 174/152 G, 174/153 G, 361/752, 361/758, 361/770, 361/796-797, 361/804, 361/683, 361/684, 257/678, 257/725
• US Class Current: 361/752
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/142 Spacers not being card guides

Abstract

An apparatus for containing and supporting electronic components includes a first housing portion having a first support, and a second housing portion having a second support. The apparatus further includes an elastomeric isolating member being secured between the first support and the second support so as to position the isolating member within the apparatus. Moreover, the apparatus further includes a base upon which electronic components are mounted, the base being attached to the elastomeric isolating member.

Claims

1. An apparatus for containing and supporting electronic components, comprising:

a housing;

an elastomeric grommet positioned within said housing; and

a base upon which electronic components are mounted, a portion of said base being secured to said elastomeric grommet,

wherein all portions of said base are spaced apart from said housing and wherein said electronic components comprise a computer.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

said elastomeric grommet has a first groove defined in the peripheral edge thereof; and

the portion of said base is positionable within the first groove of said elastomeric grommet.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein:

said base has an aperture defined therein that exposes an inner edge, and

the inner edge is positionable within the first groove of said elastomeric grommet.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said base comprises a printed circuit board.

5. An apparatus for containing and supporting electronic components, comprising:

a first housing portion having a first support;

a second housing portion having a second support;

an isolating member being secured between the first support and the second support so as to position said isolating member within a housing defined by said first housing portion and said second housing portion; and

a base upon which electronic components are mounted, said base being attached to said isolating member,

wherein all portions of said base are spaced apart from the housing, wherein said electronic components comprise a computer, and wherein said isolating member comprises an elastomeric material.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said isolating member comprises an elastomeric grommet having a first groove defined in the peripheral edge thereof, wherein a portion of said base is positionable within the first groove.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said base has an aperture defined therein so as to expose an inner edge, and further wherein the inner edge is positionable within the first groove of said elastomeric grommet.

8. An apparatus for containing and supporting electronic components, comprising:

a housing;

an elastomeric grommet positioned within said housing; and

a base comprising a printed circuit board upon which electronic components of a computer are mounted, a portion of said base being secured to said elastomeric grommet,

wherein all portions of said base are spaced apart from said housing.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

said elastomeric grommet has a first groove defined in the peripheral edge thereof; and

the portion of said base is positionable within the first groove of said elastomeric grommet.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

said base has an aperture defined therein that exposes an inner edge, and

the inner edge is positionable within the first groove of said elastomeric grommet.