Card cage shielding contactor
US5856632A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/182
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A card cage shielding contactor for being interposed between a circuit card bracket and a computer chassis to enhance an electrical shielding connection between the circuit card bracket and the computer chassis when the card cage bracket is juxtaposed with the computer chassis, the card cage shielding contactor including a relatively thin, flexible sheet of electrically conductive material having a multiplicity of contactors in the form of resiliently deflectable fingers located along bands in the sheet and projecting from the bands to establish contact forces enhancing electrical shielding contact between the circuit card bracket and the computer chassis through the card cage shielding contactor.
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