Patent ID: 8383960

Claim:
A one-piece board level shielding element with a peel panel for shielding electric and/or electronic components of an electric and/or electronic circuit mounted to a circuit substrate and allowing access thereto, comprising: a substantially planar top cover having at least three sides dimensioned to cover an element to be shielded and having a work hardened area forming a peel line corresponding to the perimeter of the top cover to define a peel panel and allow for removal of the peel panel, the top cover extending to a side wall integral with the cover at about a 90° angle outside of the peel line to form a substantially vertical side walls adapted to be mounted to the circuit substrate; the top cover including a peel tool insertion slot adjacent an intersection formed by two adjacent sides of the cover and inside the preformed peel line; and a peel start slot along the preformed peel line at the same intersection.