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Portable electronic equipment

US5532466A · kind A · utility

35Cited by
26References
19Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 19, 1995
Grant dateJul 2, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/951
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This portable electronic device includes a body section and an IC card accessing part provided in the body section. The body section has an IC card insertion slot; an elastic wiper is provided in the IC card insertion slot to make contact with a contact part of an IC card when the IC card is inserted into the IC card accessing part through the IC card insertion slot and a surface of the IC card is guided by a side of the IC card insertion slot. In this way, water and the like can be wiped off of the contact part, via IC card slot wherein an elastic wiper extends downwardly from the upper first side of the IC card slot (i.e., the elastic wiper extends a part way across a portion of the IC card slot, but an embossed part of the IC card is not caught in the slot. The portable electronic device also includes a hand hold band which is attached to be removable when desired, but not by accident.

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