US 7,525,818 B1
Memory card connector with EMI shielding
Matthew Richard McAlonis, Elizabethtown, Pa. (US); Lynn Robert Sipe, Mifflintown, Pa. (US); and James Lee Fedder, Etters, Pa. (US)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, Pa. (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2008, as Appl. No. 11/972,956.
Int. Cl. H05K 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 361—818  [361/728; 361/730; 361/752; 361/753] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A memory card connector assembly for use within a chassis, the connector assembly comprising:
a conductive shell including an upper shell panel and a lower shell panel, each of the upper and lower shell panels having a forward perimeter;
a connector positioned within said shell between the upper and lower shell panels, said connector comprising a dielectric housing having a memory card opening that is at least partially defined by said shell;
an EMI shielding member disposed on at least one of said forward perimeters of said upper and lower shell panels, said EMI shielding member configured to engage a surface of a panel of the chassis to suppress the escape of EMI energy from the chassis, and
wherein said shell includes a flange transversely protruding from at least one of said upper and lower shell panels and said EMI shielding member is positioned on a flange perimeter of said flange, and wherein said flange is configured for engagement with the panel of the chassis.