Patent · US Expired

Smart card connector module

US5975959A · kind A · utility

28Cited by
17References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 24, 1997
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R12/714
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A smart card connector module comprises two rows of terminals stamped and formed from a single piece of sheet metal and interconnected by a carrier strip. An insulative housing may either be overmoulded or assembled to the carrier strip, the terminals subsequently being electrically disconnected by stamping away portions of the carrier strip through windows provided in the housing.

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