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US 4,065,138 AGranted
Metal mesh strip and embedded fin gasket for shielding against electromagnetic interference
AssigneeMetex Corporation
InventorJohn Severinsen
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Abstract
A gasket for shielding against electromagnetic interference made from a metal mesh strip having a fin is disclosed. The fin is embedded in a layer of thin flexible material and the layer has a ribbon of thin flexible material affixed to either one or both sides. In the preferred form of the invention, the fin is embedded in a layer of soft plastic material and the layer has a ribbon of semi-rigid plastic material affixed to one or both sides. This invention also relates to a method and apparatus for making this gasket.
Claims22
A gasket comprising a tubular metal wire mesh strip having a longitudinal fin;
- said fin being surrounded by a thin flexible layer;
- said layer having two major faces that are generally flat and parallel to said fin;
- a thin, generally-flat, flexible ribbon affixed to one of said faces, said ribbon being at least as stiff as said layer;
- the fin, the layer, and the ribbon forming a flexible member which is thinner than the diameter of the tubular portion of the metal mesh strip.
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