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 The present invention generally relates to an EMI (electromagnetic interference) shield for cutting off electromagnetic wave, and more particularly, to an EMI shield which can be easily installed to and removed from a base of an electronic equipment without using tools.
 In the development for computer applications, the main stream of display screens have gradually shifted from high-radiation and high-electric power consumption cathode ray tubes (CRTs) to low-radiation, non-illuminant and lower-electric power consumption Thin-Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) panels.
 In general, an LCD mainly includes a liquid crystal panel, a lamp tube set, a back light module (including a plurality of thin films, an acrylic light guiding plate, a light source, and a reflection sheet), and a circuit board, which contain certain electrical elements. While an electronic device such as an LCD is in use, the electromagnetic wave is generated from electrical elements, and the electromagnetic wave interferes with the operation of the electronic device. For the purpose of reducing the interference with electromagnetic wave, there is a demand for using a metal cover as an EMI member for cutting off the electromagnetic wave to improve the operational stability of the LCD panel.
 The conventional method for fixing the EMI shield on the base is utilizing screws. The deficiency of the method is described as follows. Among other things, the cost and the time for fabricating the EMI shield are increasing, and the conventional method is unsuitable for the present thin-type LCD panel.
 One objective of the present invention is to overcome the problems of the prior art set out above, by providing a structure of an EMI shield, which can be easily installed to and removed from a base without using tools.
 In one aspect, the invention provides a structure of an EMI shield, which can be easily installed to and removed from a base of an electronic equipment. The EMI shield comprises a casing with a plurality of holes for thermal dissipation, for covering a circuit board on the base of the electronic equipment, and a plurality of flanges extending from a bottom of a lateral of the casing, wherein at least one of the flanges further comprises an opening, which is extended to a lateral of the casing, and a power cord of the circuit board can be through out from the opening.
 In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the base of the electronic equipment further comprises at least one hook, and the flanges of the EMI shield comprise at least one groove to engage with the hook for positioning the EMI shield.
 Furthermore, the base comprises a concave portion, and at least one of the flanges comprises a spring finger, which is engaged in the concave portion, for fixing the EMI shield on the base.
 Furthermore, the spring finger comprises a shoulder, which is outward from the concave portion of the base, and the EMI shield can be removed from the base by pulling the shoulder, whereby the spring finger is separated from the concave portion of the base.
 Furthermore, the EMI shield is made of an elastic metal in a extrusion molding manner, or is made of plastic in a injection molding manner, wherein the plastic is coating a metallic material. Due to this arrangement, it is possible to cut off the electromagnetic waves emitted from the electronic equipment, and it is possible to prevent malfunction of the electronic parts.
 The following detailed description, given by way of example and not intended to limit the invention solely to the embodiments described herein, will best be understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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 According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the electromagnetic waves emitted from the electronic equipment such as an LCD, and the EMI shield
 Although the invention has been described in several embodiments with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure of the several embodiments can be changed in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.