Patent ID: 8479597

Claim:
A thermal test chamber adapted to mount to a top surface of a vibration table for thermal and vibration testing of a test object mounted upon a test fixture having fasteners which couple said fixture to said top surface, comprising: a thermally insulated hood formed from a pliable textile material, said hood having a test cavity with an open bottom end; and a thermally insulated base having a bottom wall formed from a pliable textile material, said base is mounted flatwise upon said top surface of the vibration table, wherein said base includes at least one mounting aperture through which said fixture is coupled to said top surface; wherein said hood is removably coupled to said base by a continuous fastener running around a lower periphery of said hood, effective to thermally seal test fixture within said cavity; wherein said base comprises a flat bottom panel and a collar member having a substantially vertical annular wall which is removably coupled to a peripheral edge of said bottom panel, wherein said hood is coupled to said base along said annular wall; wherein said hood is mated to said base by complementary hook and loop fasteners mounted around the annular wall and to a lower end of said hood to substantially thermally seal said cavity; and wherein said test fixture includes elongated cables located both within said cavity and extending from said cavity, wherein said hook and loop fasteners and said pliable textile materials of said hood and said annular wall cooperate to abutting surround each cable to permit said cables to exit said cavity while maintaining said thermal seal.