Patent ID: 6192570
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B60R,H01L,H05K,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
For a sealed module having a housing and a substrate carrying a circuit board thereon and folded around the housing with a top plate adjacent a top face of the housing and a bottom plate adjacent a bottom face of the housing and a bend portion therebetween at one side of the housing, the module also having a sealing bead between the housing and the top and bottom plates of the substrate around the perimeter of the module, a process for opening the sealed module without damaging the substrate or circuit board, comprising the steps of:machining only the housing at the perimeter of the sealed module to expose the sealing bead;disrupting the sealing bead around the perimeter of the module;unfolding the substrate about the bend portion; andremoving the housing from between the top and bottom plates.