Patent · US Expired

Contacting device

US6547138B1 · kind B1 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Braun · Judenhof, DE
Michael Heim · Holzgerlingen, DE
Manfred Reichardt · Weinsberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2000
Grant date	Apr 15, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/16
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a contacting device for a chip card, wherein the term chip card also includes so-called IC cards or a SIM (subscriber identity module). In any case, the chip card comprises a chip (a contact image) with corresponding contact surfaces which, with the card being inserted, are contacted in the contacting device by corresponding contacts of the contacting device.

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