Shielding arrangement for enclosures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9986653-B2
Application number	US-201615199354-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A apparatus for securing a shield body to one or more enclosures can include a plurality of mounting members configured to retain a plurality of fasteners at any of a plurality of locations along the mounting members. A first set of the mounting members can be secured to a second set of the mounting members, using a first set of the fasteners, at any of a plurality of locations along the mounting members of the first set. One or more enclosures can be secured to the second set of the mounting members, using a second set of the fasteners, at any of a plurality of locations along the mounting members of the second set.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for selectively mounting a shield body to one or more enclosures drawn from a group including a first enclosure with first mounting features, and a second enclosure with second mounting features, the apparatus comprising:
the shield body;
a plurality of mounting members, including a first base member attachable to the shield body, a second base member attachable to the shield body, a first crossing member, and a second crossing member;
first base-member fasteners slidably received by the first base member to couple the first crossing member and the second crossing member to the first base member;
second base-member fasteners slidably received by the second base member to couple the first crossing member and the second crossing member to the second base member;
first crossing-member fasteners slidably received by the first crossing member; and
second crossing-member fasteners slidably received by the second crossing member;
the first and second base-member fasteners being selectively positionable along the first and second base members, respectively, and the first and second crossing-member fasteners being selectively positionable along the first and second crossing members, respectively, to form:
a first arrangement in which the first and second crossing-member fasteners are positioned to secure the apparatus to the first mounting features; and
a second arrangement, different from the first arrangement, in which the first and second crossing-member fasteners are positioned to secure the apparatus to the second mounting features; and

the shield body being configured such that, when the apparatus is secured to at least one of the first enclosure and the second enclosure, at least one of:
a rear wall of the shield body extends below a lower edge of the at least one of the first enclosure and the second enclosure; and
a top wall of the shield body extends forwardly past a front edge of the at least one of the first enclosure and the second enclosure.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third crossing member;
wherein the first base-member fasteners further couple the third crossing member to the first base member between the first crossing member and the second crossing member;
wherein the second base-member fasteners further couple the third crossing member to the second base member between the first crossing member and the second crossing member; and
wherein the third crossing member slidably receives third crossing-member fasteners that are selectively positionable along the third crossing member to secure the apparatus to at least one of the first mounting features and the second mounting features.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the apparatus is secured to the first mounting features by the first and third crossing-member fasteners; and
wherein the apparatus is secured to the second mounting features by the second and third crossing-member fasteners.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each mounting member of the plurality of mounting members includes a respective channel to slidably receive and retain at least one of the first base-member fasteners, the second base-member fasteners, the first crossing-member fasteners, and the second crossing-member fasteners.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each of first base-member fasteners, the second base-member fasteners, the first crossing-member fasteners, and the second crossing-member fasteners includes a respective nut and a respective biasing element to secure the respective nut within the respective channel of the respective mounting member.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each of the respective channels exhibits a respective cross-sectional profile; and
wherein the respective cross-sectional profiles are substantially identical to each other.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a forward end of the top wall of the shield body includes an upwardly extending lip.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the top wall angles downwardly from a perspective moving away from the upwardly extending lip towards a rear wall of the shield body.

9. An apparatus to secure a shield body to one or more enclosures drawn from a group including a first enclosure with first mounting features, and a second enclosure with second mounting features, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of mounting members, each mounting member of the plurality of mounting members being configured to retain respective fasteners at any of a respective plurality of locations along the mounting member;
a first set of the mounting members being secured to a second set of the mounting members using a first set of the fasteners retained by the first set of the mounting members;
the second set of the mounting members retaining a second set of the fasteners;
a first arrangement of the first set of the fasteners and of the second set of the fasteners, relative to the first set of the mounting members and the second set of the mounting members, respectively, disposing the second set of the fasteners to secure the apparatus to the first mounting features; and
a second arrangement of the first set of the fasteners and of the second set of the fasteners, relative to the first set of the mounting members and the second set of the mounting members, respectively, disposing the second set of the fasteners to secure the apparatus to the second mounting features,
wherein the first set of the mounting members is rigidly secured to a rear wall of the shield body.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first arrangement of the first set of the fasteners and of the second set of the fasteners is different from the second arrangement of the first set of the fasteners and of the second set of the fasteners.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first set of the mounting members includes two of the mounting members, and the second set of the mounting members includes two of the mounting members.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second set of the mounting members includes three of the mounting members, including a first end member, a second end member, and an intermediary member; and
wherein the first mounting features are secured to the first end member and to the intermediary member, and the second mounting features are secured to the intermediary member and the second end member.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , with the fasteners include spring-biased nuts, wherein each mounting member of the plurality of mounting members includes a respective channel configured to slidably receive at least one of the spring-biased nuts.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of mounting members is a plurality of interchangeable mounting members.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein at least one mounting member of the second set of the mounting members is spaced apart from the rear wall of the shield body to provide an air-flow gap between the rear wall of the shield body and at least one of the first enclosure and the second enclosure.

16. A method of securing a shield body to an enclosure, using an apparatus that includes a first set of mounting members, a second set of mounting members, a first set of fasteners, and a second set of fasteners, each mounting member of the first set of mounting members and the second set of mounting members being configured to retain respective fasteners at any of a respective plurality of locations along the mounting member, the method comprising:
securing the first set of mounting members to the shield body;
retaining the first set of fasteners at select locat

Assignees

• Hoffman Enclosures Inc

Inventors

• Salinas Octavio Beltran
• Kampa Glen

Classifications

• H05K5/0213 Primary

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• H05K5/0209 Primary

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