Patent · US Expired

Adapter for contacting smart cards

US6967848B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

15Claims

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Assignee

STOCKO CONTACT GmbH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Dieter Klatt · Wülfrath, DE
Arnd Backer · Hellenthal, DE
Walter P. Breuer · Berk, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2002
Grant date	Nov 22, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/06
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Adapter for contacting chip cards with a connection of a data processing unit standardized according to a PCMCIA standard, including a plug-in card-like housing which has an insertion slot opening on a front end into a mounting channel for mounting a chip card and a connector panel arranged on an opposite front end, and a printed circuit electrically connected with the connector panel which extends parallel to the mounting channel and which is provided with contact elements for contacting the chip card, where the printed circuit has a length shortened in relation to the mounting channel in the direction of extension of the mounting channel and is provided with an apparatus for positioning the printed circuit and for guiding the chip card in the mounting channel on the front end facing the insertion slot.

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