IC card with board positioning means
US5477426A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K5/026
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An IC card is provided which can be constructed at low cost and which allows adjustment of circuit board position. The circuit board (32, FIG. 2) has forward and rearward end portions (34, 36) which are mounted directly on forward and rearward connectors (12, 14), without a separate frame to mechanically hold them together. A cover (60) with upper and lower parts (66, 68), is mechanically mounted to the connectors and is coupled to the circuit board only in an electrical ground. Each connector is mounted to a circuit board end by pegs (90, 92) of support parts (91, 93 and 95, 97) that lie on laterally opposite sides of the row of connector contacts (46), with each peg being received in a hole (100, 102) of the circuit board and with the circuit board resting on a board-receiving surface (150, FIG. 4) lying adjacent to the peg. The pegs can have two or more steps (140, 142, 144) to hold the circuit board at different heights.
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