An apparatus suitable for providing ventilation and electromagnetic interference (EMI) containment for a computing device includes a first strip and a second strip. The first strip is sized to span ventilation openings of a computing device covering. The second strip intersects the first strip while also spanning the ventilation openings. Thus, the first strip and the second strip cooperate to define airflow openings within the ventilation openings, the airflow openings being sized to inhibit EMI from exiting the computing device via the ventilation openings.

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a foldable housing including: a hinge; a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first face facing a first direction and a second face facing a second direction opposite the first direction; and a second housing connected to the hinge and including a third face facing a third direction and a fourth face facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, the second housing configured to be folded relative to the first housing about the hinge, wherein, in a folded state, the first face faces the third face, and, in an unfolded state, the third direction is the same as the first direction; a display including a first portion and a second portion extending from the first face to the third face to form the first face and the third face, respectively; a digitizer including a third portion disposed between the first portion of the display and the second face and a fourth portion disposed between the second portion of the display and the fourth face; a first magnet disposed in the first housing to overlap the third portion of the digitizer when viewed from above the second face; a second magnet disposed in the second housing to overlap the fourth portion of the digitizer when viewed from above the fourth face and to face the first magnet in the folded state; a first magnetic shield fixed to the hinge and at least partially disposed in the first housing, the first magnetic shield configured to be movable relative to the first magnet wherein, when viewed from above the second face, the first magnetic shield member does not overlap the first magnet in the folded state and overlaps the first magnet in the unfolded state; and a second magnetic shield fixed to the hinge and at least partially disposed in the second housing, the second magnetic shield configured to be movable relative to the second magnet wherein, when viewed from above the second face, the second magnetic shield member does not overlap the second magnet in the folded state and overlaps the second magnet in the unfolded state.

Embodiments describe a wireless charging device including: a housing having a charging surface and first and second walls that define an interior cavity; a transmitter coil arrangement disposed within the interior cavity, an interconnection structure positioned within the interior cavity below the transmitter coil arrangement, the interconnection structure including a plurality of packaged electrical components mounted on the interconnection structure and configured to operate the plurality of transmitter coils during wireless power transfer, where the plurality of packaged electrical components is located below the transmitter coil arrangement; and a frame comprising a plurality of openings positioned corresponding to the plurality of packaged electrical components, each opening providing space within which a respective packaged electrical device is disposed.

A composite article for incorporation at the surface of an assembly, the composite article being capable of withstanding a lightning strike by dissipating the energy of the lightning strike and by shielding the assembly from electromagnetic energy associated with the lightning strike. The composite article has a base structure made of a material exhibiting electrical conductivity that is inadequate to dissipate lightning strike energy and also inadequate to shield the assembly from the associated electromagnetic energy. Against the outer face of the base structure an electrically-conductive lightning shield is secured. The lightning shield has a substantially uniformly-distributed embedment of electrically-conductive nanostrands in a matrix that otherwise exhibits electrical conductivity that is inadequate to dissipate lightning strike energy and inadequate to shield the assembly from associated electromagnetic energy. Alternatively, an electrically-conductive ground plane may be secured against the outer face of the base structure.

This application relates to a flexible cable for a portable electronic device, where the portable electronic device includes operational components having connectors that are capable of being electrically coupled to the flexible cable. The flexible cable includes a dielectric substrate having a generally planar shape, an upper grounding plane, a lower grounding plane, and a first signal transmission line that is separated by the upper and lower grounding planes, where the dielectric substrate is capable of electromagnetically shielding the first signal transmission line.

A shield assembly can enclose an electronic component in a chamber of a mobile communication device. The shield assembly can include a chassis having a slot and a conductive rail adjacent to the slot. A covering can be mounted over the electronic component and coupled to the chassis via a spring contact disposed in the slot. The covering can include a shield element configured to cover a chamber enclosing the electronic component. The covering can further include a first tab connected to the shield element, and a second tab connected to the shield element and spaced apart from the first tab by a gap. A spring contact can be disposed in the gap and electrically connected to the shield element via at least one of the first tab and the second tab.

A vehicle lower portion structure is provided with electromagnetic wave emitting components that are disposed at a rear surface side of a floor panel provided in a lower portion of a vehicle, and a carpet component that has a backing layer in which is dispersed a magnetic material, and a carpet pile that is provided on a front surface side of the backing layer, and that is disposed at a front surface side of the floor panel.

A two-piece EMR-shielding smart-key holder is disclosed including a first piece having a cavity within a body sized to hold one or more smart keys, an EMR-shielding layer lining the cavity, and a first piece of a touch fastener incorporated into a second face of the body. A second piece of the smart-key holder includes a second piece of the touch fastener. A method is also disclosed including adhering a second face of the second piece of the smart-key holder to an object's surface leaving a first face of the second piece having the second piece of the touch fastener exposed. The method also includes fastening the first and second pieces of the smart-key holder together by way of complementary touch-fastener features, thereby attaching the first piece to the object's surface shielding the one or more smart keys from at least radiofrequency communications in place on the object's surface.

Embodiments describe a wireless charging device including: a housing having a charging surface, the housing including first and second walls defining an interior cavity; a transmitter coil arrangement disposed within the interior cavity; a plurality of cowlings for confining the plurality of planar transmitter coils in their respective positions; an interconnection structure positioned within the interior cavity between the transmitter coil arrangement and the second wall, the interconnection structure including a plurality of packaged electrical components mounted onto the interconnection structure; and a plurality of standoffs coupled to the interconnection structure and configured to electrically couple the transmitter coil arrangement to the plurality of packaged electrical components.

Techniques for shielding wearable surface electromyography (sEMG) devices are described. According to some aspects, an sEMG device may comprise amplification circuitry comprising at least a first differential amplifier and at least two sEMG electrodes electrically connected to the amplification circuitry. The device may further comprise at least one auxiliary conductor not electrically connected to the amplification circuitry, wherein the at least one auxiliary conductor is configured to be electrically coupled to a wearer of the wearable device, and an electromagnetic shield surrounding the wearable device at least in part and electrically connected to the at least one auxiliary conductor.