Portable Electronic Device with USB Connector
AssigneeOberthur Technologies
InventorLaurent Garnier
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Abstract
A portable electronic device with a USB connector comprises a card body obtained according to the chip card technology, with at least one slender hinge (2) going from one edge to another of the card body allowing a 180° folding, and a contour of the card body such that, in the closed folded state, a zone f supporting the USB sticker has the standard thickness eu and width wu of a male USB connector. Preferably the card body is an ISO 7816 standard card body, incorporating a corresponding connection sticker v2, and it comprises two slender hinges 2 and 3 dividing the card body into a central portion A and two lateral portions B and C. The hinges may advantageously be positioned so as to incorporate an antenna and/or a magnetic strip.
Claims16
Flexible, portable electronic device, comprising a contact sticker of a male USB connector, placed on the surface and at the edge of a chip card body of standard thickness, wherein said card body comprises at least one slender hinge going from one edge to the other of the card body, parallel to the longitudinal edges of the said USB sticker, formed of an elastic deformable material more elastic than the material of the said card body, the said hinge being inserted into the thickness of the said card body, making it possible to switch the card body from an unfolded state, substantially flat, to a closed folded state, obtained by folding to substantially 180 degrees, and the said card body having a contour in the unfolded state such that, in the said closed folded state, the zone bearing the USB sticker forms a substantially flat object with a thickness and a width, those of a male USB connector.
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