Patent ID: 7455554

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 including 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 entrance disposed thereat which leads to an interior portion of said shielding cage, the front end being insertable into an opening of a faceplate of the electronic device, said front end including a plurality of raised spring contacts formed therein that extend away from said shielding cage; an EMI gasket, the gasket including a conductive shroud that fits around said shielding cage front end, the shroud including a central opening that receives said shielding cage front end therein, said shroud including a base portion and a leading edge portion, the leading edge portion including a plurality of spring contacts, the spring contacts being separated into distinct first and second spring contacts, the first spring contacts extending away from said shielding cage and into contact with the faceplate when said faceplate is inserted over said shielding cage front end, the second spring contacts extending into said shielding cage interior portion.