Patent · US Expired

Card reader with multiple chip cards slot opening

US6581830B1 · kind B1 · utility

28Cited by

14References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Egbert Jelinek · Sarstedt, DE
Stefan Goss · Hildesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 10, 2000
Grant date	Jun 24, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K7/0021
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card reader for chip cards, which have contacts on a front face for reading and entering card information, with a card slot for receiving chip cards via an opening with a first contact arrangement mounted in the card slot for contacting the contacts of an inserted chip card and a first switching arrangement that responds to the presence or absence of chip cards in the card slot and a second contact arrangement opposite the first contact arrangement for contacting a second inserted chip card.

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