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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Chao Chen, Waterloo, CA;
Douglas Fregin, Waterloo, CA;
Jana Lynn Papke, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A handheld electronic device may include a portable housing and a shielding container within the portable housing. The shielding container may include a shielding frame and a shielding lid carried thereby. A printed circuit board may be within the shielding container. The shielding frame may include a planar base with at least one opening therein, a pair of opposing side walls integrally formed with the base and extending upwardly therefrom, and a pair of opposing end walls integrally formed with the base and extending upwardly therefrom. Also, the shielding frame may include at least one intermediate partition wall integrally formed with the base and extending upwardly therefrom to define a plurality of container compartments. The partition wall may also extend only partway between the opposing side walls to define at least one partition end gap therewith.