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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Dale W. Swanson, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Len R. Enlow, Corona, CA (US);
Anton B. Monge, Sunset Beach, CA (US);
Dale W. Swanson, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Len R. Enlow, Corona, CA (US);
Anton B. Monge, Sunset Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting an intrusion of an environmental substance into an environmentally sealed electronic components package. The electronic components package generally includes a plastic coated or plastic enclosed electronic component, that includes a printed circuit board and/or integrated circuits. The intrusion of the environmental substance into the electronic components package can be measured by one of a plurality of monitors. The monitors can detect the presence of the environmental substance and alert a user that a break in the seal of the electronic components package has occurred.