Circulator/isolator housing with inserts
View Patent ↗A circulator/isolator housing is provided that includes body and a plurality of slots within the body configured to receive therethrough inserts having magnetic permeability. The housing further includes a plurality of receiving portions within the body corresponding to the plurality of slots and configured to maintain a position of the inserts.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a body comprising a plurality of slots within said body configured to receive therethrough inserts having magnetic permeability, wherein said plurality of slots maintain a position of said inserts; and
a cover having a plurality of inclined planes configured to secure said cover to a cavity.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said body comprises a base and said plurality of slots are provided on a bottom surface of said base.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said body forms a plurality of cavities and said plurality of slots extend along a perimeter of said body.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said apparatus further comprises a plurality of tabs configured to maintain said position of said inserts in combination with said plurality of slots.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of slots comprise channels configured to maintain the position of said inserts.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said cover comprises cold rolled steel.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of slots is each spaced 120 degrees apart.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said cover comprises a plurality of notches.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said cover has a thickness of at least 40 thousandths of an inch.
10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said body comprises die-castable metal.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said body comprises a non-metal.
12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said body comprises thermally conducting material.
13. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of said cover comprises a plurality of inclined planes.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein each of said plurality of inclined planes have a maximum height of ten thousandths of an inch.
15. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said inserts comprises a metal material.
16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein said metal material comprises cold rolled steel.
17. An apparatus comprising:
a body comprising a plurality of slots within said body configured to receive therethrough inserts having magnetic permeability, wherein (a) said plurality of slots maintain a position of said inserts and (b) said body forms a plurality of cavities and said plurality of slots extend along a perimeter of said body; and
a plurality of tabs configured to maintain said position of said inserts in combination with said plurality of slots.