Chip card retaining mechanism
AssigneesShenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Co,.Ltd., Sutech Trading Limited
InventorsRUI-HAO CHEN, HSIAO-HUA TU, CHIA-HUA CHEN
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Abstract
A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card is mounted in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing (20). The housing defines a battery compartment (22) and a cavity (23). The chip card retaining mechanism includes a base (24) and an elastic member (30). The base is formed in the cavity. The base and the housing cooperatively define a receiving space (206) for receiving the chip card. The base has a resisting portion formed at one end thereof and adjacent to the battery compartment. The elastic member is installed in the housing. Upon being received in the receiving space, the chip card is resiliently held between the elastic member and the resisting portion.
Claims13
A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card mounted in an electronic device, the electronic device including a housing, the housing defining a battery compartment and a cavity, the chip card retaining mechanism comprising:
- a base established within the housing and located in the cavity, the base and the housing cooperatively defining a receiving space, the receiving space being configured for receiving and retaining a chip card, the base having a resisting portion formed at one end thereof, the resisting portion being adjacent to the battery compartment;
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- an elastic member installed in the housing;
- wherein the elastic member and the resisting portion together are structured and arranged such that, when the chip card is received in the receiving space, the chip card is held between the elastic member and the resisting portion;
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- further wherein the elastic member is configured such that, when the chip card is removed from the receiving space, the elastic member automatically pushes the chip card out of the receiving space.
A chip card retaining mechanism for detachably retaining a chip card and allowing the chip card to be connected to terminals formed on a printed circuit board, the chip card retaining mechanism comprising:
- a base having a latching portion at one end thereof;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the base, the terminals having elastic contacts protruding from a first surface of the base, the elastic contacts being configured for elastically abutting the chip card;
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- an elastic member installed at the other end of the base, the base and the elastic member cooperatively defining a receiving space, the receiving space being structured and arranged for receiving and retaining the chip card therein;
- wherein the elastic member and the latching portion together are structured and arranged such that, wherein when the chip card is received in the receiving space, the chip card is held between the latching portion and the elastic member;
- further wherein the elastic member is configured such that, wherein when the chip card is removed from the receiving space, the elastic member pushes the chip card out of the receiving space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.