PC-card chip-card reader
US6443361B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/0021
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A contact unit for a card-shaped carrier element of electronic components, especially for ISO 7816 chip cards, is provided and includes an insertable card-shaped housing that has a base plate and a cover plate that is congruent thereto at least in the transverse direction, between which is formed a slot-like insertion channel that opens on one side of the housing for receiving a chip-card, and that at the opposing side is provided with a plug-in strip, especially in accordance with the PCMCIA standard, and that furthermore has arranged parallel to said 10 insertion channel in said housing a printed circuit board that is connected electrically to the plug-in strip and that is provided on its surface with a contact field for contact with the chip-card, whereby only the base plate is extended with a flat, lower-lip type segment that is joined to the base plate via a breaking line.
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