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EP0425184A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Shielding strip for a computer

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1990-10-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-10-17
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Abstract

Abstract A shielding strip is provided for a computer including an electrically conductive housing and a non-conductive drive mounting structure situated within the housing. The drive mounting structure includes a plurality of bays which communicate with an opening in the housing. An electrically conductive retainer is situated over the opening to hold the disk drives in the bays. The shielding strip includes a longitudinal main portion extending along a first side of the housing adjacent the opening and situated between the first side of the housing and the drive mounting structure. The shielding strip further includes a plurality of spring structures extending laterally away from the main portion and toward the bays, each of such spring structures including a first spring portion for contacting the retainer and a second spring portion for contacting a conductive portion of a disk drive mounted in a respective bay.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kevin K. Cooke
  • 👤 John R. Dewitt
  • 👤 John E. Mccloskey

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 13:47
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; H; H05; H05K; H05K9/00; H05K9/0007; H05K9/0015; H05K9/0016; G06F1/18; G06F1/181; G06F1/182

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 146 words
A shielding strip (425) for a computer including an electrically conductive housing (15) and a non-conductive drive mounting structure (20) situated within said housing (15), said drive mounting structure (20) including a plurality of bays which communicate with an opening in said housing (15), a electrically conductive retainer (420) being situated over said opening to hold said disk drives in said bays, said strip comprising: a longitudinal main portion extending along a first side of said housing adjacent said opening and situated between the first side of said housing and said drive mounting structure, and a plurality of spring structures extending laterally away from said main portion and toward said bays, each of said spring structures including a first spring portion (450) for contacting said retainer and a second spring portion (440) for contacting a conductive portion of a disk drive mounted in a respective bay.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 146 words
A shielding strip (425) for a computer including an electrically conductive housing (15) and a non-conductive drive mounting structure (20) situated within said housing (15), said drive mounting structure (20) including a plurality of bays which communicate with an opening in said housing (15), a electrically conductive retainer (420) being situated over said opening to hold said disk drives in said bays, said strip comprising: a longitudinal main portion extending along a first side of said housing adjacent said opening and situated between the first side of said housing and said drive mounting structure, and a plurality of spring structures extending laterally away from said main portion and toward said bays, each of said spring structures including a first spring portion (450) for contacting said retainer and a second spring portion (440) for contacting a conductive portion of a disk drive mounted in a respective bay.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 119 words
An enclosure for a computer, said enclosure comprising: an electrically conductive case (15) and a non-conductive mounting structure (20) situated within said case (15), said mounting structure (20) including means defining a plurality of bays for receiving devices, a retainer (420) removably connectable to said case to hold I/O devices within said bays, a shielding strip (425) as claimed in claim 1 and grounding strap (330), for providing a conductive path for a device mounted in a respective bay, the main body portion of the shielding strip (425) extending longitudinally along a first side of the case (15), being in intimate conductive contact therewith, and located intermediate the first side of the case (15) and the mounting structure (20).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 10 words
A computer comprising an enclosure as claimed in claim 2.

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