MOTOR BOOT FOR A CIRCUIT BOARD

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A MOTOR BOOT (10) FOR MECHANICALLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING A MOTOR (40) TO A CIRCUIT BOARD (18) AND INCLUDES A VIBRATIONAL DAMPING HOUSING CONSTRUCTED OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL. THE HOUSING HAS A SLOT (14) FORMED THEREIN AND A RECEPTACLE FOR SLIDABLY RECEIVING AND RELEASABLY SECURING THE MOTOR (40) THEREIN BY INTERFERENCE FIT. THE RECEPTACLE INCLUDES A CUT-OUT (30) IN FLUID FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH THE SLOT (14) FOR RECEIVING THE ELECTRICAL PAD (48) OF THE MOTOR (40). A VIBRATIONAL DAMPING CONNECTOR (26) IS DISPOSED IN THE SLOT (14) AND CONTACTS THE PAD (48) OF THE MOTOR (40) THEREBY CREATING ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MOTOR (40) AND CIRCUIT BOARD (18). THE CONNECTOR (26) IS CONSTRUCTED OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, ABSORBS MECHANICAL ENERGY OF THE MOTOR (40), TRANSFERS ELECTRICAL ENERGY OF THE MOTOR (40) TO THE CIRCUIT BOARD (18). THE CONNECTOR (26) IS INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH THE HOUSING THEREBY MAKING THE MOTOR BOOT (10) OF ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION OR IS SLIDABLY RECEIVED AND RELEASABLY SECURED WITHIN THE SLOT (14) BY INTERFERENCE FIT.