Patent ID: 6121546
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
In an electrical apparatus of the type including a bottom section having a printed circuit board and components thereon to be divided into separate compartments to reduce electrical interference therebetween, the improvement comprising:the incorporation in said bottom section of at least one internal metal divider wall of a length positioned to form said separate compartments and to provide RF shielding between the components in the compartments so formed;with said internal divider wall including upper and lower edge surfaces, with said lower edge surface soldered onto said printed circuit board between said components thereon, with said upper edge surface including along the length thereof a plurality of adjacent upwardly extending Y-fold arms to physically contact an underside of an overlying metal cover section placed to enclose said apparatus;and with said Y-fold arms being of a metal composition in providing a self-contained RF gasket between said components when enclosed by said overlying metal cover section.