Patent ID: 6313400
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A data card housing, comprising:top and bottom housing halves, with each housing half including a sheet metal shield with a main wall lying in a primarily horizontal plane and with primarily vertical side walls that are laterally spaced apart, with each side wall having laterally spaced inner and outer side wall surfaces, with said inner surfaces facing each other and said outer surfaces facing away from each other;each of said side walls includes dimples with the side walls of said top housing half having top dimples and with the side walls of said bottom housing half having bottom dimples, and said side walls of said top and bottom housing halves overlap with said side walls of said bottom housing half lying within said side walls of said upper housing half, with said dimples of the overlapped side walls locked to each other to prevent separation of said housing halves;said dimples are formed by pressing in a lateral direction, areas of the sheet metal of each side wall, with each dimple having opposite faces including a first face forming a recess with top and bottom recess surfaces facing respectively downward and upward, and including an opposite second face forming a projection with top and bottom projection surfaces facing respectively upward and downward, and said side walls of said bottom housing half are positioned with the recesses of said top dimples receiving the projections of said bottom dimples, and with the bottom surface of each bottom dimple projection lying vertically above and adjacent to the bottom surface of each top dimple recess to prevent the recess from moving upward.