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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
A.k. Stamping Company, Inc., Mountainside, NJ (US);
Arthur Kurz, New Vernon, NJ (US);
Michael Schneider, Montgomery, NJ (US);
Bret Barry, Fincastle, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A shield made from aluminum (AL) or an aluminum-based alloy coated with a solderable plating such as nickel or tin provides thermal improvement over existing shielding materials. The shield for electronic components on a circuit board comprising a base having an upper surface and one or more sidewalls extending from a perimeter of the upper surface, the sidewalls configured to engage a fence of the circuit board, and a fin array attached to the upper surface of the base, the fin array having a plurality of stackable fins, each of the stackable fins having a wall and one or more engagement tabs extending from one or more edges of the wall, the engagement tabs interlocking the plurality of stackable fins together.