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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jessica R. Eidem, Rochester, MN (US);
James D. Gerken, Zumbro Falls, MN (US);
David B. Johnson, Seattle, WA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanical assembly including a pair of members each having a planar surface and a displacing structure can be designed to engage a compressible seal, and thereby reduce or eliminate shear force exerted on the seal, keeping the seal intact during compression. Each displacing structure can have a displacing surface and a latching surface. A compressible seal can be affixed to one of the planar surfaces. Contact between the displacing surfaces during parallel movement of the planar surfaces relative to each other may create a separation between the planar surfaces greater than the compressible seal height. Positioning of the displacing surfaces past each other during parallel movement of the planar surfaces relative to each other may initiate the compression of the compressible seal between the planar surfaces.