Self-securing RF screened housing
AssigneeNokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
InventorsBrian James Davidson, Rainer Weber
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Abstract
An RF screened housing (1;13) according to the invention contains a screening plate (2;15) and having at least two mutually opposite side walls (3;16), which project from said screening plate (2;15) and are designed to engage behind rims of a printed circuit board (5;14), which is fitted with the RF screened housing (1;13), as well as elastic means (7;18) which can be pressed against at least one of the main surfaces of the printed circuit board (5;14) in order to clamp them at the rims to the side walls (3;16).
Claims14
Self-securing one piece unitary structure for a RF screened housing having a screening plate and having at least two mutually opposite side walls, which project from the screening plate and are designed to directly engage behind rims of a printed circuit board, which is fitted with the RF screened housing, and having elastic means which can be pressed against at least one of the main surfaces of the printed circuit board in order to elastically and integrally clamp the printed circuit board at the rims to the side walls, the housing and printed circuit board adapted to establish electrical contact therebetween.
A RF screened housing adapted to be self-secured to a circuit board without the need for soldering, the housing having a screening plate and at least two mutually opposed side walls, the screening plate and the side walls comprising a one piece unitary structure, the side walls projecting from the screening plate and including portions thereof which engage behind rims of the printed circuit board which is to be fitted with the RF screened housing, the RF screened housing further having elastic means which can be pressed against a main surface of the circuit board in order to clamp the rims of the circuit board circuit board to the RF screened housing and to make electrical connection between the RF screened housing and circuitry of the circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.