Patent ID: 7031171

Claim:
A connector panel for a housing having an opening for accommodating interchangeable electronic cards therein and having shielding from electromagnetic impulses, said connector panel comprising: a printed circuit board body with a conductive plane, the printed circuit board body having at least three micro-panel layers, with a longitudinal channel being defined in a first lateral surface of the connector panel by a middle one of said three micro-panel layers being set back from outer ones of said three micro-panel layers; a card connector on said panel adapted for being releasably connected to an electronic card in the housing; at least one input/output connector on a first surface of said panel, said input/output connector being connected to said card connector by a printed circuit of said printed circuit board body and adapted for being connected to an input/output of a peripheral device; and a conductive gasket received in the longitudinal channel for forming a shielding connection between the connector panel and a similar one of said connector panel mounted side by side to cover the opening of the housing, so as to maintain the shielding of the housing.