IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,249
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,249 · App. 18/548,149 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Electronic device and gasket

Inventor: Masao Tomimoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PATLITE CORPORATION
H05K5/061F21V31/005
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Patent No.
US 12,376,249
App. No.
18/548,149
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device of the present invention includes: a stacked body including at least one columnar stacked unit that is stacked in a first direction and accommodates an electronic component; a lid member attached to an end-portion stacked unit provided at an end portion in the first direction of the stacked unit, and having a top wall portion and a side wall portion extending from a peripheral edge of the top wall portion; and a ring-shaped gasket attached between the end-portion stacked unit and the lid member, in which a ring-shaped attachment groove for accommodating the gasket is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the end-portion stacked unit, the attachment groove has a first surface on the lid member side in the first direction, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface in the first direction.

Claims (31)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a stacked body including at least one columnar stacked unit that is stacked in a first direction and accommodates an electronic component;

a lid member attached to an end-portion stacked unit provided at an end portion in the first direction of the stacked unit, and having a top wall portion and a side wall portion extending from a peripheral edge of the top wall portion; and

a ring-shaped gasket attached between the end-portion stacked unit and the lid member,

wherein a ring-shaped attachment groove for accommodating the gasket is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the end-portion stacked unit,

the attachment groove has a first surface on the lid member side in the first direction, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface in the first direction, and a third surface extending along the first direction and connecting the first surface and the second surface,

the gasket includes:

a base portion extending in the first direction and having a first end portion and a second end portion;

a ring-shaped first protrusion extending radially inward and outward at the first end portion of the base portion on the end-portion stacked unit side in the first direction; and

at least one ring-shaped second protrusion extending radially inward and outward on the lid member side of the base portion in the first direction relative to the first protrusion,

radially inner and outer end portions of the first protrusion and the second protrusion are configured to come into contact with the third surface and the side wall, respectively, and

at least part of the first protrusion and the first end portion of the base portion is configured to come into contact with the second surface of the attachment groove.

2. An electronic device comprising:

a stacked body having two or more columnar stacked units stacked in a first direction and accommodating electronic components; and

a gasket provided between the stacked units adjacent in the first direction,

wherein the two or more stacked units adjacent in the first direction include at least a first stacked unit arranged on one side in the first direction and a second stacked unit arranged on the other side in the first direction,

a ring-shaped side wall portion extending from an end portion in an axial direction of the second stacked unit toward the first stacked unit is provided,

a ring-shaped attachment groove for accommodating the gasket is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the first stacked unit,

the attachment groove has a first surface on the second stacked unit side in the first direction, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface in the first direction, and a third surface extending along the first direction and connecting the first surface and the second surface,

the gasket includes:

a base portion extending in the first direction and having a first end portion and a second end portion;

a ring-shaped first protrusion extending radially inward and outward at the first end portion of the base portion on the stacked unit side in the first direction; and

at least one ring-shaped second protrusion extending radially inward and outward on the second end portion side of the base portion with respect to the first protrusion,

radially inner and outer end portions of the first protrusion and the second protrusion are configured to come into contact with the third surface and the side wall, respectively, and

at least part of the first protrusion and the first end portion of the base portion is configured to come into contact with the second surface of the attachment groove.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the length of the first protrusion in the radial direction is longer than the length of the second protrusion in the radial direction, and

a ring-shaped recess that accommodates the first protrusion of the gasket and extends radially inward is formed on the third surface of the attachment groove.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein two or more of the second protrusions are formed at a predetermined interval in the first direction.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein a flat surface capable of coming into contact with the second surface of the attachment groove is formed on the second end portion of the base portion.

6. A gasket having the same configuration as the gasket attached to the electronic device according to claim 2 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2023
From: TOMIMOTO, MASAO
To: PATLITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064722/0881 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250024619A1 · Jan 16, 2025
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