Apparatus facilitating use of cots electronics in harsh environments
CA 2408164 A1 · Owner: Vos, David L. · Inventors: Vos, David L.; Feduke, Ronald J.; Jennings, Robert L.
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An apparatus is provided for permitting commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics to be utilized in harsh environments for which the COTS electronics are not designed, including environments having ambient temperature variations, ambient pressure variations shock and vibration , exposure, environmental contaminants and/or electromagnetic radiation which may be beyond the design specification of the COTS components. The device includes a sealed enclosure having racks or other suitable mounts for the COTS components and having an environmental controlled until (ECU) which circulates a fluid such as air through the enclosure and through the mounts. The temperature in the enclosure is …
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- Filed May 24, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 24, 2021.
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