Patent ID: 6116615
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A composite gasket for sealing a door of a cabinet against its surrounding environment and against electromagnetic radiations (EMR), the composite gasket comprising an elongated hollow tubing formed from an elastic material and having oppositely disposed first and second side surfaces separated by a tubing third surface, said first surface, when the cabinet door is closed, being compressively engaged with said door for providing environmental sealing therewith, and said second surface being compressively engaged with a door jamb of the cabinet establishing, when the door is closed, an environmentally sealed cabinet interior space, and an electrically conductive, elastic member fixedly secured at said third surface only of said elongated tubing and coextensive with the tubing along its direction of elongation, said conductive member having a dimension, along said tubing third surface, for providing a firm electrical interconnection between said door, when closed, and said door jamb for EMR sealing of said door to said jamb, said conductive member, when the door is closed, being entirely disposed within the environmentally sealed interior space of the cabinet, and said conductive member having a generally rectangular cross-section and being formed from a wire mesh, each of oppositely disposed side surfaces of said conductive member being generally coplanar with said first and second side surfaces, respectively, of said tubular member.