Patent ID: 6999323
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: G02B,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electronic module, comprising: an electrically conductive bottom housing portion; an electrically conductive top housing portion; a printed circuit board (“PCB”) located in a cavity formed by the top and bottom housing portions when the housing portions are joined, the PCB including electronic components and an edge connector at least partially extending through an end of the electronic module defined by the top and bottom housing portions; a hole defined through the PCB proximate the edge connector of the PCB, the hole having an electrically conductive via extending therethrough; and a top plate and a bottom plate, the bottom plate being physically and electrically connected to the bottom housing portion and the top plate being physically and electrically connected to the top housing portion, both plates being in physical contact and electrical communication with the electrically conductive via extending through the hole defined through the PCB.