Patent ID: 7322854

Claim:
A shielding cage assembly for housing a connector mounted to a circuit board in an electronic device, the assembly comprising: a metal shielding cage having at least top and bottom walls and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls that cooperate with the top and bottom walls to define an enclosure for housing the connector, the shielding cage including a front end with at least one opening disposed thereat which leads to an interior portion of said shielding cage, the front end being received within an opening of a faceplate of the electronic device; an EMI gasket for reducing EMI emissions between said shielding cage and said faceplate opening, the gasket including a metal shroud with a body portion that fits around said shielding cage front end, the body portion including a central opening that receives said shielding cage front end therein, said shroud including first and second flanges, the first flange contacting an interior surface of said faceplate and said second flange contacting said shielding cage when said shielding cage assembly is inserted into said electronic device; and, means for biasing said shroud against the faceplate interior surface such that at least said first flange of said shroud contacts the faceplate interior surface, the biasing means including at least one biasing spring, the biasing spring having a backbone portion and at least one free end, the backbone portion engaging said shielding cage and the one free end engaging said shroud.