Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1999-02-01
2000-11-21
Gandhi, Jayprakash N.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361752, 361799, 361801, 174 51, 235492, H05K 503
Patent
active
061512192
ABSTRACT:
An electronic card (10) of the type that fits into a slot of a computer, has top and bottom cover halves (32,34) that each includes flat sheet metal parts (64, 66) and plastic overmolding frames (70, 72) at the edges, where the sheet metal is exposed at groundable regions (50, 52) at the opposite sides of the card. The plastic overmolding forms columns at the top and bottom with the columns (80, 82) having abutting joined surfaces (84, 86) that can be sonically welded together to seal the cover closed. The top sheet metal piece has a downwardly-extending ear (100) supported by the plastic top column, while the bottom sheet metal piece has an upwardly-extending tab (94) supported by the bottom column, with the tab and ear engaging each other to connect the pieces of sheet metal at the top and bottom covers. The tab lies on the outside of the lower column to provide an exposed sheet metal region that can be engaged by a contact on the computer to ground the card. At the grounding region, the bottom column includes a chimney (110) that extends upwardly and immediately outside the top column, with the tab extending up along the outside of the chimney and being bent around the top of the chimney.
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Gandhi Jayprakash N.
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.
Peterson Thomas L.
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