Patent ID: 6865805

Claim:
A method of forming an electrically shielded panel unitarily formed of an electrically non-conductive rigid part and a substantially planar and coextensive electrically conductive shield, said method comprising the steps of: (a) introducing an electrically non-conductive thermoplastic in a flowable state into a first part of a cavity defined in a tool, the tool cavity having a second part having an articulatable core sized and shaped to fit within the second part of the tool cavity and initially disposed therein; (b) permitting the electrically non-conductive flowable-state thermoplastic to solidify within the first part of the tool cavity; (c) articulating the core so as to remove the core from the second part of the tool cavity; and (d) introducing into the second part of the tool cavity an electrically conductive elastomer that bonds with the electrically non-conductive thermoplastic in the first part of the cavity to form a unitary electrically shielded panel having an electrically non-conductive rigid part and a substantially planar and coextensive electrically conductive shield.