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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2021
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Christian S. Nielsen, River Falls, WI (US);
Timothy T. Bomstad, Bigfork, MN (US);
Lance B. Lohstreter, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
John D. Norton, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Mark E. Viste, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Paul B. Young, New Richmond, WI (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus having a foil pack defining a device enclosure and a fluid conduit defining a fluid channel. The device enclosure may be configured to hold an energy storage device such as a battery or capacitor. The fluid conduit defines a fluid channel configured to allow a flow from the device enclosure through a test port defined by the fluid conduit. The apparatus is configured to establish a vacuum in the device enclosure when a vacuum is established in the fluid channel (e.g., during leak testing of the device enclosure). A scaffolding within the fluid conduit is configured to configured to resist a collapse of the fluid channel when the vacuum is established in the fluid channel.