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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Michael Leslie Wortman, Sacramento, CA (US);
Stephan Karl Barsun, Auburn, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A bezel that includes a number of unitary EMI-shield-and-snap-retention features molded onto an inner surface of a bezel. The EMI-shield-and-snap-retention features partially fasten an EMI shield to the bezel, while also fastening the bezel to a snap attached to an equipment enclosure. Each feature contains two flanged and tapered guide strips flanking one or more ramp-shaped pieces. As the EMI shield is placed flat along the interior of the bezel, the flanged sections of the guide strips lie over top of the EMI shield, pressing the EMI shield against the interior of the bezel. As the bezel closes against the equipment enclosure, the tapered sections of the guide strips guide the snap up the ramp-shaped pieces. The snap gains tension ascending the ramp-shaped pieces. When the snap crests the ramps, tension is released in the snap, causing the convex tip of the snap to stay secured to the ramp-shaped pieces.