Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for reducing electromagnetic radiation from a computer device

US5067041A · kind A · utility

54Cited by
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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1989
Grant dateNov 19, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/182
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A shielding strip is provided for a computer including an electrically conductive housing and a non-conductive drive mounting structure situated within the housing. The drive mounting structure includes a plurality of bays which communicate with an opening in the housing. An electrically conductive retainer is situated over the opening to hold the disk drives in the bays. The shielding strip includes a longitudinal main portion extending along a first side of the housing adjacent the opening and situated between the first side of the housing and the drive mounting structure. The shielding strip further includes a plurality of spring structures extending laterally away from the main portion and toward the bays, each of such spring structures including a first spring portion for contacting a conductive portion of a disk drive mounted in a respective bay and a second spring portion for contacting the retainer.

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