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AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Telecom Europe
InventorsPascal Roussy, Stephane Michel, Yann Naslain, Jean-Marc Le Foulgoc, Mickael Rouxel
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The card reader has a body (12) defining a support area (30) for a card equipped with contact terminals (32). The body (12) has, on one side of the support area (30), tabs (34), for holding the card, extending partly facing the support area (30). The reader also has a lock, for retaining the card, which comprises a moving latch (52) for retaining the card. This latch (52) can move between a retaining position for said card and a release position for said card. The latch (52) is an integral part of said body (12). Application to a card reader for a portable telephone.
Mobile equipment, including a card reader and a casing having a wall, said card reader having a body (12) defining a support area (30;
Mobile equipment according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said body (12) has an open cavity (14) for accommodating said card, said cavity (14) having a bottom (30;
Mobile equipment according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that, in the retaining position for said card, said latch (52) extends at least partly facing said support area (30), and in that, in the release position for said card, said latch (52) extends away from said support area (30).
Mobile equipment according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said support area has, in line with the or each holding tab (34), a recess (38) for freeing the edge of said card.
Mobile equipment reader according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said latch (52) has a ramp (60) forming a cam which is designed to interact with said card when it is fitted on said support area (30), which ramp (60) is oriented to cause said latch to move as far as the release position for said card, when said latch is moved as far as the release position for said card, when the card is fitted.
Mobile equipment according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is a portable telephone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.