IP Library Granted Patent US 12,228,425
Granted Patent B2
US 12,228,425 · App. 17/962,482 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Measuring apparatus with a housing and corresponding use

Inventor: Frank Holger (Titsee-Neustadt, MI)
Assignee: Opus Inspection, Inc.
G01D11/245G01D3/0365H05K7/20145H05K7/20172H05K7/20209
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Patent No.
US 12,228,425
App. No.
17/962,482
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A measuring apparatus including at least one housing part including a shaped body made from a foam material, wherein the shaped body forms at least one ventilation channel including at least one fan so that at least one component of the measuring apparatus is coolable, wherein the shaped body includes at least one recess configured to receive the at least one component, wherein the at least one recess is adapted to a shape of the at least one component of the measuring apparatus.

Claims (25)

1. A measuring apparatus, comprising:

at least one housing part including a shaped body made from a foam material,

wherein the shaped body forms at least one ventilation channel including at least one fan so that at least one component of the measuring apparatus is coolable,

wherein the shaped body includes at least one recess configured to receive the at least one component,

wherein the at least one recess is adapted to a shape of the at least one component gf the measuring apparatus, and

wherein the at least one component includes a filter, a pump, an evaporator, a sample channel, and an electronic component.

2. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the foam material of the shaped body is an expanded synthetic material or an expanded polypropylene or an expanded polystyrol.

3. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one component is made up of two components, and

wherein the at least one ventilation channel runs so that the at least two components are coolable in series.

4. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one ventilation channel runs at more than one level.

5. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a temperature sensor is arranged in the at least one ventilation channel and configured to control the at least one fan.

6. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a compression rib is formed at or in the shaped body and protrudes outward from a side wall of the shaped body into at the at least one recess.

7. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one additional housing is arranged about the shaped body and includes at least one ventilation slot at a location where the at least one ventilation channel exits.

8. The measuring apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one additional housing is made from metal or a synthetic material.

9. A method using a synthetic material for forming a housing of the measuring apparatus according to claim 1 .

10. A measuring apparatus, comprising:

at least one housing part including a shaped body made from a foam material,

wherein the shaped body forms at least one ventilation channel including at least one fan so that at least one component of the measuring apparatus is coolable,

wherein the shaped body includes at least one recess configured to receive the at least one component,

wherein the at least one recess is adapted to a shape of the at least one component of the measuring apparatus,

wherein the at least one component includes a filter, a pump an evaporator, a sample channel and an electronic component,

wherein the shaped body is configured in plural shaped body parts, and

wherein at least two of the shaped body parts of the shaped body are connected by positive form locking transversal to a separation plane of the at least two shaped body parts.

11. The measuring apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the interlocking transversal to the separation plane of the at least two shaped body parts is provided by dove tail profiles.

Assignments (2)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 31, 2024
From: OPUS INSPECTION, INC.; GORDON-DARBY, INC.; ENVIROTEST SYSTEMS CORP.; ENVIROTEST CORP.
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067593/0240 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2023
From: FRANK, HOLGER
To: OPUS INSPECTION, INC
Reel/Frame 062436/0480 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102020109889.8 · Apr 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2021054636 · Feb 25, 2021
Related Publication 20230135984A1 · May 4, 2023
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