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Chip card holder and portable electronic device using the same

US8199480B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2009
Grant dateJun 12, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/026
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A chip card holder used to hold a chip card comprises a housing having a slot defined therein for receiving the chip card therein, and an end wall, the housing including a latching portion extending from the end wall; a holder part slidably assembled in the slot of the housing; an elastic part resisted between the housing and the holder part. The holder part releasably latches to the latching portion, when the latching portion is removed from the holder part, the holder part slides away from the end wall under the expansion of elastic part and push the chip card out of the slot.

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