Patent ID: 8139376

Claim:
An electronic assembly comprising: a housing having a first housing portion ( 10 ) and a second housing portion ( 12 ), said first housing portion ( 10 ) and said second housing portion ( 12 ) being substantially quadrangular in configuration and each including concave portions ( 14 , 16 ); a peripheral groove ( 18 ) formed in said second housing portion ( 12 ); an O-ring ( 20 ) positioned in said groove ( 18 ); a depending peripheral flange ( 22 ) formed on said first housing portion ( 10 ) for engaging said O-ring ( 20 ) when said portions are mated; at least one first upstanding wall ( 24 ) formed in said first housing portion ( 10 ) and at least one second upstanding wall ( 26 ) formed in said second housing portion ( 12 ), said walls being in opposition to one another and defining a space therebetween; a printed circuit board ( 28 ) positioned between said wall ( 24 ) in said first housing portion ( 10 ) and said wall ( 26 ) in said second housing portion ( 12 ), said printed circuit board ( 28 ) having first and second surfaces ( 30 , 32 ); a first peripheral electrical conductor ( 34 ) formed on said first surface ( 30 ) and a second peripheral electrical conductor ( 36 ) formed on said second surface ( 32 ) and in contact with said first upstanding wall ( 24 ) and said second upstanding wall ( 26 ); at least one electrical conductor ( 38 ) extending through said printed circuit board ( 28 ) and in electrical contact with said peripheral electrical conductors ( 34 , 36 ) formed on said first and second surfaces ( 30 , 32 ); and a plurality of retainers ( 40 ) passing through said first half housing portion ( 10 ) and into said second housing portion ( 12 ), whereby pressure is applied to said printed circuit board ( 28 ) for maintaining said printed circuit board ( 28 ) in its desired location and electromagnetic interference is suppressed by virtue of the contact between said peripheral electrical conductors ( 34 , 36 ) and said first and second halves housing portions ( 10 , 12 ), wherein said first peripheral electrical conductor ( 34 ) and said second peripheral electrical conductor ( 36 ) extend substantially about the entire periphery of said printed circuit board ( 28 ).