Patent ID: 7616449

Claim:
A crash-hardened memory device, comprising a printed circuit board assembly, comprising a printed circuit board, comprising a first portion and a second portion, at least one electronic component receivably mounted on said first portion of said printed circuit board, a fire-retardant material placed around said first portion of said printed circuit board and said at least one electronic component, but not around said second portion of said printed circuit board, a plurality of connector receptacles on said second portion of said printed circuit board electrically connected to said at least one electronic component on said first portion of said printed circuit board, and a score line placed along and extending entirely across the boundary between said first and second portions of said printed circuit board, whereby an impact to the crash-hardened memory device would enable the second portion of said printed circuit board to break away cleanly from said first portion of said printed circuit board along said score line; a first enclosure half placed on a first side of said printed circuit board assembly; a second enclosure half, placed on a second side of said printed circuit board assembly and attached to said first enclosure half to form a complete environmental seal around said fire-retardant material and said first portion of said printed circuit board, wherein said second portion of said printed circuit board extends outside of said environmental seal; and a fastening means to securely attach said first enclosure half to said second enclosure half.