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Packaged electrical component

US5400211A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 1992
Grant dateMar 21, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A packaged electrical component includes an electrical component having at least two electrical leads, the electrical component generating a gas during operation, and a package enclosing the electrical component with the leads extending from the package, the package consisting of at least one selectively permeable material having a relative high permeability to a gas generated within the package during operation of the electrical component and a relatively low permeability to at least one other fluid, such as water, that may be present inside and/or outside the package.

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