EMI shroud with bidirectional contact members
First Claim
1. A shielding cage assembly for housing a connector mounted to a circuit board in an electronic device, the assembly comprising:
- a metal shielding cage including at least top and bottom walls and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls that cooperate with the top and bottom walls to define an enclosure for housing the connector, the shielding cage including a front end with at least one entrance disposed thereat which leads to an interior portion of said shielding cage, the front end being insertable into an opening of a faceplate of the electronic device, said front end including a plurality of raised spring contacts formed therein that extend away from said shielding cage;
an EMI gasket, the gasket including a conductive shroud that fits around said shielding cage front end, the shroud including a central opening that receives said shielding cage front end therein, said shroud including a base portion and a leading edge portion, the leading edge portion including a plurality of spring contacts, the spring contacts being separated into distinct first and second spring contacts, the first spring contacts extending away from said shielding cage and into contact with the faceplate when said faceplate is inserted over said shielding cage front end, the second spring contacts extending into said shielding cage interior portion.
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Abstract
An EMI gasket takes the form of a formed conductive shroud that completely encircles a metal shielding cage. The shroud has an opening that is surrounded by a plurality of sides and the shroud contains a base portion that has slits formed in a leading edge thereof. The slits define a plurality of spring arms or contacts that are bent in opposing directions so that some of the spring arms extend up and out into contact with a faceplate inserted over the shielding cage and the remaining spring arms extend down and into the shielding cage interior to contact a module inserted therein.
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17 Claims
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1. A shielding cage assembly for housing a connector mounted to a circuit board in an electronic device, the assembly comprising:
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a metal shielding cage including at least top and bottom walls and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls that cooperate with the top and bottom walls to define an enclosure for housing the connector, the shielding cage including a front end with at least one entrance disposed thereat which leads to an interior portion of said shielding cage, the front end being insertable into an opening of a faceplate of the electronic device, said front end including a plurality of raised spring contacts formed therein that extend away from said shielding cage;
an EMI gasket, the gasket including a conductive shroud that fits around said shielding cage front end, the shroud including a central opening that receives said shielding cage front end therein, said shroud including a base portion and a leading edge portion, the leading edge portion including a plurality of spring contacts, the spring contacts being separated into distinct first and second spring contacts, the first spring contacts extending away from said shielding cage and into contact with the faceplate when said faceplate is inserted over said shielding cage front end, the second spring contacts extending into said shielding cage interior portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An EMI gasket for a shielding cage, the gasket comprising:
a conductive shroud, the shroud having a plurality of sides interconnected to each other and an opening disposed therein, the opening being sized to receive a shielding cage therein, said shroud including a base portion with a front edge, the front edge including a plurality of lengthwise slots formed therein, the slots being spaced apart widthwise along said shroud front edge, the slots defining a plurality of spring contacts along the shielding cage front edge, the spring contacts including distinct first and second spring contacts, the first spring contacts extending away from said shroud base portion in a first direction, and the second spring contacts extending away from said shroud base portion in a second direction, said second direction being opposite said first direction. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An EMI shielding cage assembly for housing a connector mounted to a circuit board in an electronic device, the assembly comprising:
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a metal shielding cage including top and bottom walls and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls that cooperatively define an enclosure for housing the connector, the shielding cage including a front end an entrance formed therein which leads to an interior portion of said shielding cage,.the shielding cage front end being insertable into an opening of a faceplate of the electronic device, said front end including a plurality of raised spring contacts formed therein that extend away from said shielding cage;
an EMI gasket, the gasket including a conductive shroud that fits around said shielding cage front end, the shroud including a central opening that receives said shielding cage front end therein, said shroud including a base portion and a leading edge portion, the leading edge portion including a plurality of spring contacts separated into groups of distinct first and second spring contacts, the first spring contacts extending away from said shielding cage and into contact with the faceplate when said faceplate is inserted over said shielding cage front end, the second spring contacts extending into said shielding cage interior portion, each of said first and second spring contact have respective widths, and the widths of said first spring contacts being greater than the widths of said second spring contacts.
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Specification