G06K 7/003
Means for pressing the connector contacts in the direction of the card
Official title: {means for pressing the connector contacts in the direction of the card contacts to assure trustworthy electrical connection between card and connector}
G06K7/003 (Means for pressing the connector contacts in the direction of the card) appears on 106 US grants and 77 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
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- Connector22 Feb 2024US 2024/0063565 A1Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Reliable electrical connector8 Jun 2023US 2023/0178916 A1Amphenol Commercial Products (ChengDu) Co.LTD
- Connector, method for connecting contact pin, contact pin, and storage medium7 Jul 2022US 2022/0216660 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Compact mechanism for removable insertion of multiple integrated circuit cards into portable and other electronic devices222US 5,933,328 ASanDisk Corporation · 1999
- Contacting unit for card-shaped support elements for electronic components207US 6,097,605 AStocko Metallwaren Fabriken Henkels und Sohn GmbH & Co. · 2000
- Contact configuration for smart card reader142US 6,015,311 AThe Whitaker Corporation · 2000
- PCMCIA card for receiving and contacting a chip card54US 6,069,795 AStocko Metallwarenfabriken · 2000
- Card reader49US 5,231,274 AAMP Incorporated · 1993