Patent ID: 6151219
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: G06K,H05K

Abstract:
An electronic card for fitting into a card-receiving slot of an electronic device that has a grounding contact, comprising:a circuit board;top and bottom cover halves that include sheet metal portions with largely plate-like sheet metal parts that lie respectively above and below said circuit board, with said sheet metal portions being electrically connected together, with each cover half including a polymer frame part overmolded around edge portions of said sheet metal portions, with top and bottom polymer frame parts of said top and bottom cover halves having joint surfaces that can abut one another to be sonically welded together to form a frame that has front and rear ends and opposite sides and that has an outside that is exposed;said bottom sheet metal part includes an integral bottom tab with a first tab part (92) that extends largely horizontally through said bottom polymer frame part, with polymer material of said bottom polymer frame part lying both above and below said first tab part, and with a second tab part (94) that lies at and is exposed at said outside of said frame to enable its engagement by said grounding contact of said electronic device, whereby to enable sonic welding of the cover halves while providing a side metal ground integral with the sheet metal of one of said cover halves.