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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Eric Alan Eckberg, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael Scott Good, Fountain, MN (US);
David George Lund, Byron, MN (US);
Terry Leo Sobotta, Byron, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An assembly for use in providing EMI shielding for a circuit card. The assembly comprises a circuit card; a fastener; and, a shielding apparatus. The shielding apparatus comprises: a body providing EMI shielding and includes an attaching portion extending therefrom, wherein the attaching portion has a segment at a proximal end portion thereof which blocks an opening in the body for controlling EMI leakage and positions the attaching portion so that a fastener can fasten the attaching portion to a circuit card such that a first fastener end portion is engageable in juxtaposed relationship with a first card surface and a second fastener end portion terminates so as not to extend generally beyond a predetermined distance from a second card surface of the card.