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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Edward Charles Gillard, Mantorville, MN (US);
Don Alan Gilliland, Rochester, MN (US);
Edward Charles Gillard, Mantorville, MN (US);
Don Alan Gilliland, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The transferrable EMI gasket assembly utilizes a carrier with a pair of arms, each attached to a back panel by a hinged connection and extending in the same direction to overlie one another. The conductive, deformable gasket material is attached to the carrier and positioned adjacent the back panel. The assembly is collapsed for installation with the back panel overlying one of the arms hinged thereto to present a reduced height. The assembly is placed in the operative position by moving one arm relative to the other to pivot the carrier back panel to a near right angle position with respect to the carrier arms. In the operative position, the gasket material is compressed and deformed against the confronting surfaces to effect the EMI seal while the biasing force of the compressed gasket material, in the preferred embodiment, secures the carrier arms together.