Patent ID: 7147511

Claim:
An apparatus for production of an electromagnetically shielded connection between a first unit and a second unit, the first unit being of the type having a plug arrangement which includes at least one plug, the second unit being of the type having a socket arrangement, which includes at least one corresponding socket, the at least one plug and the at least one socket forming a plug connection when connected to one another, said apparatus, comprising: an electromagnetic shield peripherally surrounding said plug connection, said shield including a first shielding element mounted to the first unit, and a second shielding element mounted to the second unit, said first shielding element being formed of an electromagnetic shielding material and having a first surface which substantially completely circumferentially surrounds said plug arrangement, said second shielding element being formed of an electromagnetic shielding material and having a second surface which substantially completely circumferentially surrounds said socket arrangement, said first surface and said second surface being positioned to mutually oppose one another and to make substantially complete circumferential contact with one another over an area circumferentially surrounding the plug connection when said at least one socket are connected to one another; said first shielding element and said plug arrangement being mounted to said first unit sufficiently mechanically independently of one another and said second shielding element and said socket arrangement being mounted to said second unit sufficiently mechanically independently of one another as to permit relative movement between said electromagnetic shield and said plug connection when said at least one plug and said at least one socket are connected to one another.