EMI cable passthrough shield
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1. An EMI shield having cable passageways comprising:
- at least one portion made of a deformable electrically conductive material, the at least one portion defining a plurality of cable passageways extending from a first side of the at least one portion to a second side of the at least one portion, wherein each cable passageway is to receive a cable extending through from the first side to the second side;
a plurality of slots extending from the first side to the second side to define an opening in a longitudinal side of each cable passageway of the plurality; and
wherein the at least one portion is formed in a single piece.
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Abstract
An EMI cable passthrough shield for a cable opening in an electronic system housing. The EMI cable passthrough shield includes portions made of an electrically conductive, deformable material having cable passageways to receive cable. A plurality of shields can be stacked in a cable opening of an electronic system housing. The shields can be compressed such that the deformable material completely encloses a cable. An example of a deformable electrically conductive material is an electrically conductive elastomeric material.
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28 Claims
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1. An EMI shield having cable passageways comprising:
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at least one portion made of a deformable electrically conductive material, the at least one portion defining a plurality of cable passageways extending from a first side of the at least one portion to a second side of the at least one portion, wherein each cable passageway is to receive a cable extending through from the first side to the second side;
a plurality of slots extending from the first side to the second side to define an opening in a longitudinal side of each cable passageway of the plurality; and
wherein the at least one portion is formed in a single piece. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
a metal plate, wherein the at least one portion is attached to the metal plate.
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9. The EMI shield of claim 8 wherein the at least one portion includes a third side located between the first and second sides, the third side being attached to the metal plate.
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10. The EMI shield of claim 1 wherein the plurality of passageways are generally aligned in a row.
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11. An electronic system comprising:
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a housing having an opening;
an EMI shield mounted in the opening, the EMI shield including at least one portion made of a deformable electrically conductive material, the at least one portion defining a plurality of cable passageways extending from a first side of the at least one portion to a second side of the at least one portion, a plurality of slots extending from the first side to the second side to define an opening in a longitudinal side of each cable passageway of the plurality; and
wherein the at least one portion is formed in a single piece; and
a plurality of cables, each of the plurality of cables extending through a respective passageway of the plurality of passageways. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
at least one standoff extending at least partially across the opening, the EMI shield including at least one mounting hole positioned in a generally perpendicular orientation to the plurality of cable passageways, the standoff extending through a mounting hole of the at least one mounting holes.
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18. The electronic system of claim 11 further comprising:
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at least another EMI shield mounted in the opening, each of the at least another EMI shield including at least one portion made of a deformable electrically conductive material, the at least one portion defining a plurality of cable passageways extending from a first side of the at least one portion to a second side of the at least one portion;
wherein each of the plurality of cables extends through a passageway of the plurality of passageways of the at least another EMI shield.
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19. The electronic system of claim 18 wherein each of the EMI shields is mounted in the opening in a stacked orientation.
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20. The electronic system of claim 18 wherein the cables pass through the opening in the cable passageways of the EMI shields in a two dimensional array pattern.
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21. The electronic system of claim 18 further comprising:
a clamp plate attached to the housing to compress the at least one portion of the EMI shields.
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22. A method for providing EMI shielding for an electronic system housing comprising:
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positioning a plurality of EMI shields in an opening of an electronic system housing, each of the plurality of EMI shields including at least one portion made of a deformable electrically conductive material, the at least one portion defining a plurality of cable passageways extending from a first side of the at least one portion to a second side of the at least one portion, and wherein the at least one portion is formed in a single piece;
installing a plurality of cables in the plurality of cable passageways of the plurality of EMI shields by inserting the plurality of cables through a plurality of slots extending from the first side to the second side to define an opening in a longitudinal side of each cable passageway of the plurality; and
compressing the at least one portion of the plurality of EMI shields with the plurality of cables installed in the passageways. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
positioning a first EMI shield of the plurality of EMI shields in the opening;
installing each of a first plurality of cables of the plurality of cables in a cable passageway of the first EMI shield;
positioning a second EMI shield of the plurality of EMI shields in the opening;
installing each of the second plurality of cables of the plurality of cables in a cable passageway of the second EMI shield.
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25. The method of claim 22 wherein the positioning further includes mounting the EMI shields on standoffs that extend at least partially across the opening.
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26. The method of claim 25 wherein the compressing further includes attaching a clamp to the standoffs against an end EMI shield of the plurality.
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27. An electronic system comprising:
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a housing having an opening; and
an EMI shield mounted in the opening, the EMI shield including;
deformable electrically conductive material, wherein the material is formed in a single piece; and
means for defining in the deformable electrically conductive material a plurality of cable passageways extending from a first side of the deformable electrically conductive material to a second side of the deformable electrically conductive material, each cable passageway for receiving a cable extending through from the first side to the second side; and
means for defining in the deformable electrically conductive material a plurality of slots extending from the first side to the second side to define an opening in a longitudinal side of each cable passageway of the plurality. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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