Electronic device having an electromagnetic shield
View Patent ↗An electronic device includes an upper shield arranged on a front side of a circuit board, and a lower shield arranged on a back side thereof. The lower shield includes a contact portion at an edge thereof. The contact portion is in contact with a lower surface of the circuit board. A plate spring portion is formed in the contact portion. An end portion of the plate spring portion abuts on the upper shield.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a circuit board;
a first shield covering one surface of the circuit board;
a contact portion formed in the first shield and in contact with the one surface of the circuit board;
a connecting portion formed in the first shield, located on the one surface of the circuit board extending from the contact portion along an edge of the circuit board and being elastically deformable so that an end portion thereof moves in a thickness direction of the circuit board;
a second shield covering another surface of the circuit board; and
an abutting portion bent from the end portion of the connecting portion to thereby be located outside the edge of the circuit board and extend toward the second shield and abutting on the second shield.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the contact portion is cut out, and at least one part of the connecting portion is situated in a space corresponding to the cut-out part.
3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact portion of the first shield is fixed onto the one surface of the circuit board.
4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the contact portion of the first shield includes a fixed portion provided with a fixture for fixing the contact portion onto the one surface of the circuit board; and
the connecting portion extends from the fixed portion.
5. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein:
a conductive pattern for grounding is formed on the one surface of the circuit board; and
the contact portion of the first shield is in contact with the conductive pattern.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the end portion of the connecting portion abuts on an edge of the second shield; and
the edge of the second shield is fixed to the circuit board.
7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion includes an elastic portion extending in the direction along the edge of the first shield and capable of elastically warping.
8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the elastic portion is formed to be elastically deformable in the thickness direction of the circuit board, and the elastic portion presses the end portion of the connecting portion against the second shield by an elastic force of the elastic portion.
9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:
at least one part of an edge of the second shield is situated further outward than an edge of the circuit board; and
the end portion of the connecting portion abuts on the at least one part of the edge of the second shield.
10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the abutting portion faces a side surface of the circuit board, the side surface defining a thickness of the circuit board; and
the first shield includes a wall portion facing the side surface of the circuit board, the wall portion being formed to surround the abutting portion.
11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the wall portion is situated further away from the side surface of the circuit board than the abutting portion.