Abstract: A shielding strip is provided with a snap lock to secure the strip to a mounting surface. The snap lock includes two legs which extend from the strip through a hole in the mounting surface, and include portions which extend past the edge of the hole to lock the strip onto the mounting surface.

Abstract: A method for shielding and obtaining access to a component on a printed circuit board including providing a printed circuit board having a component encompassed by a shielding enclosure including a plurality of side walls and an integral top surface having a scored line which defines an interior portion, severing the scored line, removing the interior portion leaving the shielding enclosure with a remaining perimeter rim and allowing access to the component, providing a replacement cover for the shielding enclosure, and attaching the replacement cover to the shielding enclosure to replace the interior portion and to thereby encompass and shield the component. The replacement cover may be attached by soldering or by an adhesive surface of the replacement cover.

Abstract: A wire-mesh gasket fashioned from heat-treatable materials such as beryllium copper alloy wire is knitted or braided into a tubular structure. Plural wires may be used. Various cross-sectional configurations such as circular, teardrop, double lobed, and finned with and without cores are available. Cores may be air, elastomeric, or wire mesh. The formed tubular structure is heat-treated after forming using appropriate time-temperature cycles to strengthen and/or stress relieve the material.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding device for use along gaps between relatively movable surfaces of doors, access panels, drawers, and cabinets, etc., includes an electrically conductive shielding strip and a clamping element. The shielding device also includes a mechanism that secures the shielding strip to the clamping element when the shielding device is not mounted on a surface. When mounted on a surface, the shielding strip is held in position by the clamping element. The shielding strip is formed so as to avoid being exposed to excessive stress.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding device for use along gaps between relatively movable surfaces of doors, access panels, drawers, and cabinets, etc., includes an electrically conductive shielding strip formed of longitudinally arranged segments integrally connected by a carrier strip. Each segment is mounted on a corresponding segment of a mount track which is adapted to securely lock the shielding strip in place. The design of the electromagnetic shielding device of the present invention provides enhanced capabilities of electromagnetic shielding as well as improvements in structural rigidity and mechanical durability. The design also facilitates installation of shielding in confined areas and repair of damaged shielding.