Patent ID: 7037137

Claim:
A shielding cage assembly for accommodating a plurality of transceiver modules, comprising: an electrically conductive body cage comprising a bottom wall, two side walls, a back wall extending up from end portions of the bottom wall, and a plurality of mounting pins extending downwardly from bottom edges of the side walls and the back wall, a front edge portion of the bottom wall defining a plurality of cutouts therein; an electrically conductive cover cage comprising a top wall, a front edge portion of the top wall defining a plurality of cutouts therein; and a plurality of electrically conductive dividing walls respectively defining a plurality of barbs provided at front ends thereof; wherein the barbs are engaged in corresponding cutouts of the body cage and the cover cage, and the bottom wall, the side walls, the dividing walls and the cover cage cooperatively define a plurality of cavities therebetween for receiving the transceiver modules therein.