Patent ID: 8840480

Claim:
A gaming terminal configured to reduce electromagnetic emissions from the gaming terminal, the gaming terminal comprising: one or more display devices; one or more processors; one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the gaming terminal to conduct a wagering game that includes rendering and displaying high-definition video game images; an exterior housing; and an electronics enclosure disposed within the exterior housing, the electronics enclosure having one or more video-rendering processors and one or more line cords carrying video signals to the one or more display devices installed within the electronics enclosure, the electronics enclosure comprising: one or more electrically coupled, electrically conductive, fixed walls; an electrically conductive opening wall, the opening wall electrically coupled to at least one of the one or more fixed walls, the opening wall having a hinged connection with a hinge axis along a first hinge edge and being pivotally connected to a second hinge edge of at least one of the one or more fixed walls, wherein the opening wall has a first opening therethrough to an interior of the electronics enclosure that enables the one or more line cords to exit the electronics enclosure, the electronics enclosure being further defined by a bottom surface of an electronic device mounted over the first opening, the bottom surface of the electronic device being electrically conductive and directly contacting the opening wall, the opening wall having an open position that augments access to the interior of the electronics enclosure and a closed position that reduces access to the interior; a blade non-rotationally fixed to one of the opening wall and an adjacent fixed wall of the one or more fixed walls; a mating channel non-rotationally fixed to the other of the opening wall and the adjacent fixed wall, the mating channel being open in a direction facing the blade such that the blade enters the mating channel as the opening wall pivots around the hinge axis to the closed position; wherein, with the opening wall in the closed position, electronic signals emitted, during play of the wagering game by the video-rendering processors and the associated line cords, into a gap between an opening wall edge and an edge of the adjacent fixed wall are attenuated by the blade extending into the mating channel opening; and wherein, with the opening wall in the open position, the emitted electronic signals are unattenuated due to the gap being unblocked by the blade being wholly withdrawn from inside the mating channel.