Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of grounding members capable of being retrieved from pockets of a carrier tape by pick-and-place equipment, and to then be placed by the pick-and-place equipment onto substrates for establishing electrical grounding contact from electrically-conductive portions on the substrates to card guides. In one exemplary embodiment, a grounding member includes a channel, a resiliently flexible contact finger, and a generally flat portion. The channel is configured to engagingly receive an edge portion of a substrate therein for helping mechanically retain the grounding member to the substrate and establish electrical contact with at least one electrically-conductive portion of the substrate. The resiliently flexible contact finger element is disposed generally opposite the channel.

Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of flexible clip-on shielding and/or grounding strips capable of being clipped onto and disposed along a curved edge portion of a mounting surface. In one exemplary embodiment, a flexible clip-on shielding includes an array of generally transversely extending slots. At least some of the slots have a closed end portion and an open end portion such that the closed end portions are at alternating ends of the slots and such that the open end portions are at alternating ends of the slots. Finger elements are defined by the slots. At least one finger element is defined generally between a first pair of slots with at least one slot between the first pair of slots. At least one other finger element is defined generally between a second pair of slots without another slot between the second pair of slots.