Electromagnetic interference shielding structures for computer hard-drive enclosures
AssigneeStealthdrive, Inc.
InventorPaul Cochrane
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AssigneeStealthdrive, Inc.
InventorPaul Cochrane
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The present invention provides a configuration of a hard drive enclosure system and method for manufacture in which a polymer including electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI shielding) properties is configured such that shielding gaskets may be reduced or eliminated completely. Patterned honeycomb “tubes” are molded into the front wall of the front panel providing access to the interior of the front plate, and allowing ventilation. Other EMI shielding cuts may be molded or stamped into the sides of the disk-drive enclosure and raised tab structures allow the enclosure to be placed in an array. The container is generally stamped, molded or extruded from Premier® or another EMI-shielding polymer material that provides sufficient EMI shielding.
A method for reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket shielding in a hard disk drive container, including the steps of:
The method as recited in claim 3, further comprising the step of placing at least one tab-like structure on a first assembly in electromagnetic contact with a point on a second assembly.
An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding device for a hard-disk drive unit in which the shielding device includes 5 sides and an interior volume, and is made of a polymer sufficient to provide EMI shielding, wherein said front panel is configured such that a honeycomb pattern is cut into said front panel, such that tubes are formed that provide access to said interior volume through said honeycomb tubes and extend further into said interior volume than the vertical plane formed by the back of the front wall of said front panel.
An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding device for a hard-disk drive unit including a body formed from a material sufficient to provide EMI shielding, said body including a front wall configured with a set of EMI shielding structures in the form of honeycomb tubes;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.