Shielding apparatus for an electrical assembly

Claim 2

Shielding apparatus in an electrical assembly insertable into a module magazine, a strip-shaped contact plate being secured to a front cover of said electrical assembly, the contact plate extending in a longitudinal direction of the front cover and having at least a plurality of resilient contact tabs positioned toward neighboring front covers, these contact tabs being contacted by the shielding apparatus of the neighboring assemblies, comprising the contact plate being a shroud covering the entire front cover and being directly contacted by two shrouds of two neighboring assemblies, respectively.

Claim 3

The shielding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the contact tabs are provided along at least one long side of the shroud with cooperating contact locations which are non-resiliently fashioned.

Claim 4

The shielding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the contact tabs are provided on both long sides of the shroud.

Claim 5

The shielding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein at least one contact tab on each of two neighboring shrouds contact one another.

Claim 6

The shielding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the resilient contact tabs are arranged in alternating succession on each long side of the shroud with non-resilient contact locations; wherein respectively one contact tab of the shroud contacts a non-resilient contact location of a neighboring shroud; and wherein the non-resilient contact locations are broader than the resilient contact tabs.

Claim 7

The shielding apparatus according to claim 5, wherein at least one contact tab of one long side of the shroud lies opposite a non-resilient contact location of the other long side of the shroud.

Claim 8

The shielding apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the contact tabs are mirror-symmetrically arranged on both long sides of the shroud.

Claim 9

The shielding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shroud is snapped onto the front cover with retaining tabs on the shroud whose resilient ends engage behind the front cover.

Claim 10

The shielding apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the retaining tabs are arranged in interspaces between the contact tabs.

Claim 11

The shielding apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the retaining tabs are non-resilient contact locations.

Claim 12

The shielding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the contact tabs are bent back onto themselves in a semicircle.

Claim 13

The shielding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the contact tabs are mirror-symmetrically arranged on both long sides of the shroud.

Claim 14

The shielding apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the shroud is snapped onto the front cover with retaining tabs on the shroud whose resilient ends engage behind the front cover, the retaining tabs being arranged in the interspaces between the contact tabs and serving as the non-resilient contact locations.

Claim 15

Shielding apparatus in an electrical assembly insertable into a module magazine, a strip-shaped contact plate being secured to a front cover of said electrical assembly, the contact plate extending in a longitudinal direction of the front cover and having at least a plurality of resilient contact tabs positioned toward neighboring front covers, these contact tabs being contacted by the shielding apparatus of the neighboring assemblies, comprising the contact plate being a shroud covering the entire front cover and being directly contacted by two shrouds of two neighboring assemblies, respectively, the contact tabs being provided on both long sides of the shroud and at least one contact tab on each of two neighboring shrouds contacting one another.

Claim 16

Shielding apparatus in an electrical assembly insertable into a module magazine, a strip-shaped contact plate being secured to a front cover of said electrical assembly, the contact plate extending in a longitudinal direction of the front cover and having at least a plurality of resilient contact tabs positioned toward neighboring front covers, these contact tabs being contacted by the shielding apparatus of the neighboring assemblies, comprising the contact plate being a shroud covering the entire front cover and being directly contacted by two shrouds of two neighboring assemblies, respectively, the contact tabs being provided on both long sides of the shroud and at least one contact tab on each of two neighboring shrouds contacting one another.

Claim 17

The shielding apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the shroud is snapped onto the front cover with retaining tabs on the shroud whose resilient ends engage behind the front cover.

Claim 18

The shielding apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the retaining tabs are arranged in interspaces between the contact tabs.

Claim 19

The shielding apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the retaining tabs are non-resilient contact locations.

Claim 20

The shielding apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the contact tabs are bent back onto themselves in substantially a semicircle.

Claim 21

Shielding apparatus in an electrical assembly insertable into a module magazine, a strip-shaped contact plate being secured to a front cover of said electrical assembly, the contact plate extending in a longitudinal direction of the front cover and having at least a plurality of resilient contact tabs positioned toward neighboring front covers, these contact tabs being contacted by the shielding apparatus of the neighboring assemblies, comprising the contact plate being a shroud covering the entire front cover and being directly contacted by two shrouds of two neighboring assemblies, respectively, the contact tabs being provided on both long sides of the shroud and arranged in alternating succession on each long side of the shroud with non-resilient contact locations, respectively one contact tab of the shroud contacting a non-resilient contact location of a neighboring shroud and the non-resilient contact locations being broader than the resilient contact tabs, the contact tabs of one long side of the shroud lying opposite of non-resilient contact locations of the other long side of the shroud.

Claim 22

Shielding apparatus in an electrical assembly insertable into a module magazine, a strip-shaped contact plate being secured to a front cover of said electrical assembly, the contact plate extending in a longitudinal direction of the front cover and having at least a plurality of resilient contact tabs positioned toward neighboring front covers, these contact tabs being contacted by the shielding apparatus of the neighboring assemblies, comprising the contact plate being a shroud covering the entire front cover and being directly contacted by two shrouds of two neighboring assemblies, respectively, the contact tabs being provided on both long sides of the shroud and arranged in alternating succession on each long side of the shroud with non-resilient contact locations, respectively one contact tab of the shroud contacting a non-resilient contact location of a neighboring shroud and the non-resilient contact locations being broader than the resilient contact tabs, the contact tabs of one long side of the shroud lying opposite of non-resilient contact locations of the other long side of the shroud.

Claim 23

The shielding apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the shroud is snapped onto the front cover with retaining tabs on the shroud whose resilient ends engage behind the front cover, the retaining tabs being arranged in the interspaces between the contact tabs and serving as the non-resilient contact locations.

Claim 24

The shielding apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the contact tabs are bent back onto themselves in substantially a semicircle.