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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vernon D. Erickson, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
David R. Davis, Jefferson, SD (US);
Cesar D. Castillo, El Paso, TX (US);
Richard A. Gibson, El Paso, TX (US);
Armando Rocha, Canutillo, TX (US);
Assignee:
Gateway, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/00 ;
Abstract
An EMI shield for ports providing access to expansion cards received in the chassis of an electronic device comprises a gasket suitable for being disposed between the chassis and the expansion card bracket. The gasket includes an aperture overlying each of the ports and a plurality of generally flattened U shape fingers formed in the gasket adjacent to each aperture for engaging the bracket to provide EMI grounding between the bracket and the chassis.