# US 2023/0411918 A1 · Weldable chip card connector and corresponding mounting method

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- Number: US 2023/0411918 A1
- Document ID: US20230411918A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/034,186
- Filed: 2021-10-29
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Earliest claimed: 2020-10-30
- Assignees: Banks and Acquirers International Holding
- Applicants: Banks and Acquirers International Holding
- Inventors: Jérôme ANDRÉ; Yann GRANDDIDIER
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230411918A1

## CPC

- G06K 7/0056: {housing of the card connector}
- H01R 43/205: {with a panel or printed circuit board}
- G06K 7/10297: {arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 (cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00)}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

A memory card reader body includes an upper face consisting of a cover and a lower face consisting of a base in which there is made a through-orifice for receiving a memory card connector, wherein: —said base is a metal component including first means of assembly with said cover, which means are each positioned on at least two opposing sides of said base, —said cover is a metal component including second means of assembly with said base, which means are each positioned on at least two opposing sides of said cover, wherein said first means of assembly are intended to plug together with the second means of assembly to form two lateral walls of said memory card reader body, said lateral walls having the overall shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and extending substantially perpendicular to the lower face of said memory card reader.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A memory card reader body of globally rectangular parallelepiped shape comprising a slot for inserting a memory card, said memory card reader body comprising an upper face consisting of a cover and a lower face consisting of a base in which is made a through orifice intended to receive a memory card connector independent of said memory card reader body, said memory card reader body being wherein:
said base is a metal part comprising first assembly means with said cover each arranged on at least two opposite sides of said base,
said cover is a metal part comprising second assembly means with said base each arranged on at least two opposite sides of said cover, and in that
the first assembly means are intended to fit together with the second assembly means to form two lateral walls of said memory card reader body, said lateral walls having a globally rectangular parallelepiped shape and extending substantially perpendicular to the lower face of said memory card reader body.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The memory card reader body according to claim 1, wherein once fitted together, the first and second assembly means are fixed to each other by welding.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The memory card reader body according to claim 1, wherein the metal constituting the cover is doped with carbon atoms.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A system for reading memory cards comprising:
a motherboard on a surface of which is fixed a memory card connector, and
a memory card reader body according to claim 1 disposed on said surface of the motherboard so that the memory card connector takes place within the through orifice intended to receive said memory card connector of said memory card reader body,
said system being wherein the lateral walls of said memory card reader body are welded to the surface of the motherboard by means of a filler material disposed between a lower surface of said lateral walls of said memory card reader body and the surface of the motherboard.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A method for mounting a memory card reading system according to claim 4, method wherein it comprises:
a step of fixing the memory card connector to a surface of the motherboard,
a step of placing the memory card reader body on said surface of the motherboard so that the memory card connector takes place within the through orifice intended to receive said memory card connector of said memory card reader body,
a step of fixing said lateral walls of said memory card reader body on the surface of the motherboard by means of a filler material disposed between a lower surface of said lateral walls of said memory card reader body and the surface of the motherboard.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A terminal for reading memory cards comprising a memory card reading system according to claim 4.