Filler bracket having improved electromagnetic shielding

A clamp for retaining a cover over an opening in a panel, the panel having an external surface and an internal surface and the opening having two opposed sides, the cover having a front side and a back side and being sized to abut against the internal surface of the panel and cover the opening, comprising:

• an elongate pivot shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and adapted to be pivotally mounted in a hole in the cover;
• a first panel engaging shoulder attached to the proximal end of said pivot shaft;
• a second panel engaging shoulder attached to the proximal end of said pivot shaft and positioned in opposed relation to said first panel engaging shoulder so that said clamp can be rotated from an engaged position wherein said first and second panel engaging shoulders engage the two opposed sides of the opening on the external surface of the panel, to a disengaged position wherein said first and second panel engaging shoulders disengage the two opposed sides of the opening.

A clamp for retaining a cover over an opening in a panel, the panel having an external surface and an internal surface and the opening having two opposed sides, the cover having a front side and a back side and being sized to abut against the internal surface of the panel and cover the opening, comprising an elongate pivot shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and adapted to be received by a hole in the cover, the proximal end of said elongate pivot shaft including a first panel engaging shoulder and a second panel engaging shoulder mounted in substantially opposed relation to the first panel engaging shoulder so that said clamp can be rotated from an engaged position wherein said first and second panel engaging shoulders engage the two opposed sides of the opening on the external surface of the panel, to a disengaged position wherein said first and second panel engaging shoulders disengage the two opposed sides of the opening, the distal end of said elongate pivot shaft including a clamp retaining shoulder for engaging the back side of the cover and a retaining arm for engaging the back side of the cover and preventing the clamp from being withdrawn from the hole in the cover.

A filler bracket for closing off an opening in a panel, the panel having an external surface and an internal surface, the opening having two opposed sides, comprising:

• a cover having a front side and a back side and sized to abut against the back surface of the panel and to substantially cover the opening;
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• a clamp including an elongate pivot shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and adapted to be received by a hole in the cover, the proximal end of said elongate pivot shaft including a first panel engaging shoulder and a second panel engaging shoulder mounted in substantially opposed relation to the first panel engaging shoulder so that said clamp can be rotated from an engaged position wherein said first and second panel engaging shoulders engage the two opposed sides of the opening on the external surface of the panel, to a disengaged position wherein said first and second panel engaging shoulders disengage the two opposed sides of the opening, the distal end of said elongate pivot shaft including a clamp retaining shoulder for engaging the back side of the cover and a retaining arm for engaging the back side of the cover and preventing the clamp from being withdrawn from the hole in the cover.

A method of closing off an opening in a panel, the panel having an external surface and an internal surface, the opening having two opposed sides, comprising the steps of:

• positioning a cover having a front side and a back side and sized to abut against the internal surface of the panel and substantially cover the opening;
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• rotating a clamp pivotally mounted to the cover from a disengaged position to an engaged position, the clamp having a first panel engaging shoulder and a second panel engaging shoulder mounted in substantially opposed relation to the first panel engaging shoulder so that when the clamp is in the engaged position the first and second panel engaging shoulders engage the two opposed sides of the opening on the external surface of the panel, and so that when the clamp is in the disengaged position the first and second panel engaging shoulders disengage the two opposed sides of the opening.