IP Library Granted Patent US 12,369,262
Granted Patent B2
US 12,369,262 · App. 17/998,705 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Dust-proof structure

Inventor: Mitsuru Hano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATION
H05K5/0214H05K5/03
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Patent No.
US 12,369,262
App. No.
17/998,705
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dust-proof structure of an embodiment includes a housing and a magnetic member. The housing accommodates an electric device. The magnetic member is magnetized. The magnetic member is arranged in a flow path of a gas that flows through a ventilation port formed in the housing.

Claims (5)

1. A dust-proof structure comprising: a housing which accommodates an electric device and on which a first ventilation port is formed; a non-magnetic cover member that covers the first ventilation port and has a second ventilation port different from the first ventilation port; a first magnetic member that is attachably and detachably fixed to the cover member, is formed to cover the second ventilation port, has a hole through which a gas flowing through the first ventilation port passes, and is magnetized by being fixed to the cover member; and a permanent magnet that is fixed to the cover member not in contact with the housing, magnetizes the first magnetic member, and fixes the first magnetic member to the cover member by a magnetic force, wherein the first magnetic member that is magnetized by a magnetic field of the permanent magnet separates and collects a conductive foreign material from the gas that passes through the hole toward the second ventilation port of the cover member and the first ventilation port of the housing; and a filtration member that is arranged in a flow path of the gas and covers the first ventilation port from an inside of the housing; and a second magnetic member that is different from the first magnetic member and the permanent magnet and is arranged at the inside of the housing between the electric device and the first magnetic member; and the filtration member is fixed and sandwiched by the housing and the second magnetic member.

2. The dust-proof structure according to claim 1 , comprising:

a fixation member that fixes the permanent magnet to the cover member.

3. The dust-proof structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first magnetic member is formed of a ferromagnetic material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2022
From: HANO, MITSURU
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061757/0710 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230209739A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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