Shielding cage for closely spaced cage arrays
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsRichard Miklinski, Kenneth Janota, Michael Alan Johnston
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Abstract
A shielding cage with an improved construction is disclosed that permits such cages to be more closely spaced together when a plurality of them are arranged in side-by-side arrays of cages. The cage is formed from a sheet metal blank that is stamped and formed to define sidewalls, top wall, bottom wall and a rear wall. In one embodiment, the ends of the blank are formed with interengaging elements in the form of tabs and slots that interfit within the plane of one of the cage walls, thereby eliminating the need for projections disposed on the sidewalls of the cage.
Claims11
A shielding cage, comprising:
- a unitary piece of conductive material formed with a plurality of walls, including at least two opposing sidewalls, the walls cooperatively defining a hollow enclosure for accommodating an electronic module therein, the piece of conductive material having two opposing ends firmly engaged together within a plane defined by at least one of the cage walls, the sidewalls being devoid of members which attach either of the top or bottom walls to said sidewalls;
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- a gasket frame disposed proximate an entrance of the shielding cage and at least partially extending around three walls, each sidewall having an entrance end nearest the entrance of the shielding cage, the gasket frame being disposed at an angle to the entrance of the shielding cage such that the gasket frame is substantially closer to the entrance end of one of the sidewalls than the entrance end of the other sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.