US 11,930,613 B2
Electronic assembly with glide surfaces and related methods
Clarke O. Fowler, Merritt Island, FL (US); and Lawrence Ludwig, III, Melbourne, FL (US)
Assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Melbourne, FL (US)
Filed by EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Melbourne, FL (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,112.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389218 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/18 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20009 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic assembly comprising:
a chassis having a plurality of electronic module mounting positions, each electronic module mounting position having a chassis cooling gas passageway;
a respective electronic module received in each electronic module mounting position and having a module cooling gas passageway, each electronic module having a module glide surface; and
a respective sealing retainer coupled between the chassis and each electronic module, the sealing retainer having a cooling gas passageway therethrough aligned with the chassis cooling gas passageway and the module cooling gas passageway, the sealing retainer comprising
a retainer body having a retainer glide surface, and
a gas sealing gasket carried by the retainer body;
the module glide surface and the retainer glide surface having respective cooperating features so that the respective electronic module is maintained in spaced relation from the sealing gasket as the respective electronic module is slidably inserted into a seated position;
the cooperating features comprising one of the module glide surface and the retainer glide surface comprising a plurality of protrusions, and the other of the module glide surface and the retainer glide surface comprising a plurality of valleys so that the plurality of valleys is aligned with the plurality of protrusions when the respective electronic module is in the seated position.