Patent ID: 7357673
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A shielding cage assembly for providing a shielding cage around a connector, comprising: a conductive base member; a conductive cover member engageable with the base member to form a hollow interior space; a rear wall member engageable with at least the cover member for closing off a rear end of the shielding cage assembly; at least one conductive vertical wall member disposed in the hollow interior space and contacting said base, cover and rear wall members, the vertical wall member subdividing said hollow interior space into two hollow interior subspaces, a U-shaped conductive spacer member that interlocks with said vertical wall member and which contacts said cover member at two distinct locations, the spacer member further subdividing said hollow interior space into four hollow interior subspaces, the spacer member including at least one engagement flange member extending in a plane of said spacer member and rearwardly away from said spacer member toward said rear wall member for fixedly engaging a connector inserted into said hollow interior space.