Patent · US11647617B2 · B2 · US

Enclosures and corresponding magnetic joints

(11) Publication number

US11647617B2

(21) Application number

17/463,947

(22) Filing date

2021-09-01

(30) Priority date

2019-09-04

(43) Publication date

2023-05-09

(45) Date of grant

2023-05-09

(51) IPC

B01L 1/00; E04F 13/08; H01F 7/02; H05K 9/00

(52) CPC

H05K Printed circuits; casings or constructional details of electric apparatus; manufacture of assemblages of electrical components: 9/0075
B01L Chemical or physical laboratory apparatus for general use: 1/00, 2200/026, 2200/0663, 2300/04, 2300/041, 2300/046, 3/5027, 9/52
C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; compositions or test papers therefor; processes of preparing such compositions; condition-responsive control in microbiological or enzymological processes: 1/6869
E04F Finishing work on buildings, e.g. stairs, floors: 13/0883
F16B Devices for fastening or securing constructional elements or machine parts together, e.g. nails, bolts, circlips, clamps, clips or wedges; joints or jointing: 5/10
H01F Magnets; inductances; transformers; selection of materials for their magnetic properties: 7/02, 7/0252

(73) Assignee

Illumina Inc

(72) Inventors

Erik Allegoren

(54) Title

Enclosures and corresponding magnetic joints

(57) Abstract

Enclosures and corresponding magnetic joints. An apparatus includes an enclosure. The enclosure includes a magnetic panel joint formed by: a first panel carrying a magnet and comprising a first pocket; a second panel including a second pocket; and a ferromagnetic shield coupled within the second pocket and couplable within the first pocket via the magnet.

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An apparatus, comprising: an enclosure, comprising: a first panel comprising a first end portion including a first end face; a magnet carried by the first end portion; a ferromagnetic shield; and a second panel comprising a second end portion carrying the ferromagnetic shield and including a second end face from which the ferromagnetic shield extends, wherein the first end face abuts the second end face and the ferromagnetic shield overlaps the first end portion and forms a magnetic coupling with the magnet, wherein the first end portion defines a pocket and a receptacle, the ferromagnetic shield being received within the pocket of the first end portion and the magnet being received within the receptacle, and wherein the second end portion defines a pocket and the ferromagnetic shield is coupled within the pocket.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an inner shield surface of the ferromagnetic material is substantially flush with inner panel surfaces of the first panel and the second panel.
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising adhesive coupling the ferromagnetic shield within the pocket.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a surface defining the pocket of the first end portion and a surface defining the pocket of the second end portion are not plated.
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a conductive plating on a surface defining the pocket of the first end portion and a conductive plating on a surface defining the pocket of the second end portion.
The apparatus of claim 5, wherein an interaction between the conductive plating of the first end portion, the conductive plating of the second end portion, and the ferromagnetic shield form an electrical coupling.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a depth of the pocket of the first end portion is greater than a depth of the second end portion.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first end portion defines a plurality of alignment bores and the second end portion includes a plurality of alignment dowels that are receivable within the corresponding alignment bores.
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first end portion defines a plurality of receptacles that each receive a corresponding magnet and wherein each of the alignment bores is coupled to one of the receptacles.
The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the alignment dowels include ferromagnetic material.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an outer edge of the first end portion or the second end portion defines a step.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first end portion defines a plurality of receptacles that each receive a corresponding magnet.
The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the receptacles are staggered.
The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the receptacles are not staggered.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the first end face or the second end face carries a face magnet and the other one of the first end face or the second end face carries a corresponding face ferromagnetic segment.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein exterior surfaces of the first panel and the second panel are substantially flush or otherwise visually contiguous.
An apparatus, comprising: an enclosure, comprising: a first panel comprising first end portions and corresponding first end faces; a magnet carried by each of the first end portions; a pair of ferromagnetic shields; and a second panel comprising second end portions and corresponding second end faces, each second end portion carrying one of the ferromagnetic shields, wherein the first end faces of the first panel abut the second end faces of the second panel and wherein the ferromagnetic shields span between the first end portions and the second end portions and form a magnetic coupling with the magnets, wherein each of the first end portions defines a pocket and a receptacle, the ferromagnetic shields are received within the pocket of the first end portion and the magnet being received within the receptacle, and wherein the second end portion defines a second pocket and the ferromagnetic shields are coupled within the second pocket.
The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a pair of dowel joints formed between the first end portions and the second end portions.
The apparatus of claim 18, wherein each dowel joint comprises a pair of dowels and a pair of dowel bores.
The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first end portions define the dowel bores and the dowels extend from the second end portions.
The apparatus of claim 19, wherein for each pair of dowel bores, one of the dowel bores has a circular cross-section and the other of the dowel bores has an oblong cross-section.
The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first panel is a U-shaped panel and the second panel is a U-shaped panel.
An apparatus, comprising: a system comprising an imaging system to obtain imaging data of one or more samples and an enclosure at least partially surrounding the imaging system, wherein the enclosure comprises: a first panel comprising a first end portion including a first end face; a magnet carried by the first end portion; a ferromagnetic shield; and a second panel comprising a second end portion carrying the ferromagnetic shield and including a second end face from which the ferromagnetic shield extends, wherein the first end face abuts the second end face and the ferromagnetic shield overlaps the first end portion and forms a magnetic coupling with the magnet, wherein the first end portion defines a pocket and a receptacle, the ferromagnetic shield being received within the pocket of the first end portion and the magnet being received within the receptacle and wherein the second end portion defines a second pocket and the ferromagnetic shield is coupled within the second pocket.

Description

Sequencing platforms may include an enclosure. In instances when the sequencing platform includes lasers, the enclosure may be a light-tight enclosure.

In accordance with a first example, a method includes or comprises forming a pocket and a receptacle in an end portion of a first panel. The pocket includes or comprises an end opening and is contiguous with the receptacle. The method includes or comprises coupling a magnet within the receptacle and forming a pocket within a second panel that terminates at an end face of the second panel. The method includes or comprises coupling a first shield portion of a ferromagnetic shield in the pocket of the second panel such that a second shield portion of the ferromagnetic shield extends from the end face of the second panel. An inner shield surface of the ferromagnetic shield is substantially flush with an inner second panel surface of the second panel. The method includes or comprises disposing the second shield portion of the ferromagnetic shield within the pocket of the first panel via the end opening to form a magnetic lap joint. The inner shield surface and the inner second panel surface are substantially flush with an inner first panel surface of the first panel.

In accordance with a second example, an apparatus includes or comprises a first panel having an end portion defining a pocket and a receptacle. The pocket includes or comprises an end opening and is contiguous with the receptacle. The apparatus includes or comprises a magnet disposed within the receptacle and is coupled therein.

Citations (8)

US4768748A
US20040213374A1
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CN201894417U
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  "abstract": "Enclosures and corresponding magnetic joints. An apparatus includes an enclosure. The enclosure includes a magnetic panel joint formed by: a first panel carrying a magnet and comprising a first pocket; a second panel including a second pocket; and a ferromagnetic shield coupled within the second pocket and couplable within the first pocket via the magnet.",
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    "1. An apparatus, comprising: an enclosure, comprising: a first panel comprising a first end portion including a first end face; a magnet carried by the first end portion; a ferromagnetic shield; and a second panel comprising a second end portion carrying the ferromagnetic shield and including a second end face from which the ferromagnetic shield extends, wherein the first end face abuts the second end face and the ferromagnetic shield overlaps the first end portion and forms a magnetic coupling with the magnet, wherein the first end portion defines a pocket and a receptacle, the ferromagnetic shield being received within the pocket of the first end portion and the magnet being received within the receptacle, and wherein the second end portion defines a pocket and the ferromagnetic shield is coupled within the pocket.",
    "2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an inner shield surface of the ferromagnetic material is substantially flush with inner panel surfaces of the first panel and the second panel.",
    "3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising adhesive coupling the ferromagnetic shield within the pocket.",
    "4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a surface defining the pocket of the first end portion and a surface defining the pocket of the second end portion are not plated.",
    "5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a conductive plating on a surface defining the pocket of the first end portion and a conductive plating on a surface defining the pocket of the second end portion.",
    "6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein an interaction between the conductive plating of the first end portion, the conductive plating of the second end portion, and the ferromagnetic shield form an electrical coupling.",
    "7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a depth of the pocket of the first end portion is greater than a depth of the second end portion.",
    "8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first end portion defines a plurality of alignment bores and the second end portion includes a plurality of alignment dowels that are receivable within the corresponding alignment bores.",
    "9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first end portion defines a plurality of receptacles that each receive a corresponding magnet and wherein each of the alignment bores is coupled to one of the receptacles.",
    "10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the alignment dowels include ferromagnetic material.",
    "11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an outer edge of the first end portion or the second end portion defines a step.",
    "12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first end portion defines a plurality of receptacles that each receive a corresponding magnet.",
    "13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the receptacles are staggered.",
    "14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the receptacles are not staggered.",
    "15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the first end face or the second end face carries a face magnet and the other one of the first end face or the second end face carries a corresponding face ferromagnetic segment.",
    "16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein exterior surfaces of the first panel and the second panel are substantially flush or otherwise visually contiguous.",
    "17. An apparatus, comprising: an enclosure, comprising: a first panel comprising first end portions and corresponding first end faces; a magnet carried by each of the first end portions; a pair of ferromagnetic shields; and a second panel comprising second end portions and corresponding second end faces, each second end portion carrying one of the ferromagnetic shields, wherein the first end faces of the first panel abut the second end faces of the second panel and wherein the ferromagnetic shields span between the first end portions and the second end portions and form a magnetic coupling with the magnets, wherein each of the first end portions defines a pocket and a receptacle, the ferromagnetic shields are received within the pocket of the first end portion and the magnet being received within the receptacle, and wherein the second end portion defines a second pocket and the ferromagnetic shields are coupled within the second pocket.",
    "18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a pair of dowel joints formed between the first end portions and the second end portions.",
    "19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein each dowel joint comprises a pair of dowels and a pair of dowel bores.",
    "20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first end portions define the dowel bores and the dowels extend from the second end portions.",
    "21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein for each pair of dowel bores, one of the dowel bores has a circular cross-section and the other of the dowel bores has an oblong cross-section.",
    "22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first panel is a U-shaped panel and the second panel is a U-shaped panel.",
    "23. An apparatus, comprising: a system comprising an imaging system to obtain imaging data of one or more samples and an enclosure at least partially surrounding the imaging system, wherein the enclosure comprises: a first panel comprising a first end portion including a first end face; a magnet carried by the first end portion; a ferromagnetic shield; and a second panel comprising a second end portion carrying the ferromagnetic shield and including a second end face from which the ferromagnetic shield extends, wherein the first end face abuts the second end face and the ferromagnetic shield overlaps the first end portion and forms a magnetic coupling with the magnet, wherein the first end portion defines a pocket and a receptacle, the ferromagnetic shield being received within the pocket of the first end portion and the magnet being received within the receptacle and wherein the second end portion defines a second pocket and the ferromagnetic shield is coupled within the second pocket."
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