Patent ID: 7746666

Claim:
A shield case adapted to be fixed to a surface of a circuit board with a conductive joining material so as to cover a shielded portion on the surface of the circuit board, the shield case comprising: a frame made of a conductor; a cover made of a conductor and arranged to be fitted on and combined with the frame; and joint terminals extending outwardly and upwardly from a lower edge of the frame such that an outermost end of each of the joint terminals is spaced farther from the surface of the circuit board than all other portions of the respective joint terminal, the joint terminals being disposed in contact with the surface of the circuit board; wherein the frame is fixed and grounded to a ground portion of the surface of the circuit board by conductive joining material provided between the joint terminals and the surface of the circuit board; the cover includes a peripheral portion; and the peripheral portion of the cover includes a plurality of elastic retaining portions that are arranged to be elastically deformed outwardly by the frame when the cover is fitted on and combined with the frame so as to produce a biasing force applied to the frame such that the plurality of elastic retaining portions are in pressing contact with and electrically connected to the frame.