Patent · US Expired

Survival radio

US5526526A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
13References
1Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 1994
Grant dateJun 11, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 17, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2001/3894
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A survival radio for use for transmitting and receiving information for search and rescue having an improved structural housing assembly for increased reliability to prevent moisture and water intrusion, while permitting use of the device in any ambient air pressure. The housing assembly includes a tongue and sealed groove connections joined by deforming the tongue in a pliable state, housing assembly apertures covered by a deformable flexible sealable plastic panel to permit manual actuation of internal switches and an air vent that has a porous plug permitting air pressure equalization between the inside and outside of the housing assembly, while preventing water intrusion.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.