Nautilus self pressurizing equipment enclosure system, apparatus and methods

摘要

The present invention relates to prohibiting water ingress in enclosures designed to protect electronics or other stored objects from damage that would occur if the protected stored objects were submerged in water or other liquids. More particularly the present invention, a water ingress prevention enclosure eliminates the need for watertight doors and other sealing gaskets by utilizing an opening in the lowest portion of the enclosure to allow rising water to pressurize the ambient gas trapped in the enclosure thus forming a pressurized chamber to which liquid cannot rise. Embodiments of the invention include a system, apparatus, method and computer implemented code to enable monitoring and storage of one or more stored objects in a liquid-free environment.

主权项

1. A gasketless waterproof enclosure apparatus, comprising:
an open bottom air tight enclosure with a gasketless enclosure attached thereto, said gasketless enclosure comprising: a gasketless water seal being the same size as an inner diameter of the open bottom air tight enclosure, thereby preventing fluid ingress into a pressurized gas area and preventing air loss from said pressurized gas area wherein said pressurized gas area comprises an interior of the open bottom air tight enclosure wherein stored objects may be placed, and further wherein said open bottom air tight enclosure allows liquids to push upward on said gasketless enclosure to a level wherein a total volume contained within said open bottom air tight enclosure comprises a volume of liquid below the gasketless enclosure plus a volume of gas inside the pressurized gas area; wherein an arrangement of stored objects are located within the pressurized gas area within the enclosure at a height greater in magnitude than an opening access cavity to create a pressure differential wherein said pressure differential comprises a difference of fifteen feet of water over the bottom of an enclosure opening such that said pressure differential causes said liquids to push upwards within the open bottom air tight enclosure until the pressure of gas inside the pressurized gas area equals one and one half atmospheres; a processor; one or more input devices coupled to said processor; one or more sensors coupled to the input devices, the one or more sensors being capable of detecting one or more user-defined parameters and generating one or more signals corresponding to a magnitude of the one or more user-defined parameters; a memory coupled to said processor; one or more wireless communications means coupled to the processor; one or more output devices coupled to the processor; and an execution engine for executing a method for monitoring the status of one or more stored objects in a gasketless waterproof enclosure apparatus comprising the steps of:
enabling the one or more sensors to monitor the one or more stored objects;monitoring with the one or more sensors whether the one or more stored objects have been subjected to unwanted contact with liquid;communicating with the apparatus via one or more communication means to receive one or more data from the one or more sensors;interpreting the one or more data to determine if the one or more stored objects have been exposed to a liquid;communicating with one or more users at one or more user-defined intervals; andcommunicating with one or more users when one or more user-defined events occur.