Patent ID: 6239358
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
An I/O shield mounted to an opening defined in a chassis of an electronic assembly for shielding a main board installed within the electronic assembly and providing connection access for the main board, the I/O shield comprising:a shielding plate comprising a pair of side walls respectively integrally extending from opposite edges thereof; anda plurality of spring contacts stamped directly from the plane of the side walls, thereby a plurality of openings formed within said side walls, each of said openings including two sections angled with and converged to each other, each spring contact comprising two base portions integral with one of the side walls and an intermediate portion between the two base portions, a line extending through the two base portions being approximately parallel to an insertion direction of the shielding plate into the opening of the electronic assembly, and the intermediate portion projecting sideward to be moveable about the line.