Clip-on non-snag grounding finger array
US5917147A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K9/0016
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A contact device includes a plurality of spring fingers on a conductive strip, each of the plurality of spring fingers having a cantilever spring portion, a locking tab, and a lead-in flange. The plurality of cantilever springs provide grounding contact to a removable cover when the plurality of locking tabs clip into a plurality of locking tab slots on the removable cover. Each lead-in flange has a lance-out tab. Every other of the plurality of lanced-out flanges clip into each of a plurality of lanced-out tab slots on the removable cover. Thus, after installation, the locking tab and the lead-in flange on each spring finger of the conductive strip provide for a clip-on, one-way positive-locking, non-snag, grounding contact with the cover of a base enclosure, furnishing an electromagnetic shield of electronic equipment within the base enclosure.
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