IC card
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSyojiro Kodai, Noriaki Fujii, Hiroshi Gamo, Bujirou Kobayashi
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Abstract
An IC card used for conducting a transfer of information through a connector to a card reading out device is provided with electrode terminals for connection to the outside. A shutter is slidably provided within said card so as to cover said electrode terminals in the usual state. A hole provided at the front portion of said card receives a projection provided at said connector when the projection is inserted into the card. The shutter is retreated when it comes into contact with the projection of the connector thereby to expose said electrode terminals when the card is inserted into the connector.
Claims6
An IC card used for conducting a transfer of information through a connector to a card reading out device, said card being provided with electrode terminals for connection to the outside, said card comprises:
- a slidable shutter within said card for covering said electrode terminals in a usual state;
- a hole provided at a front portion of said card, said hole receives a projection provided at said connector when said card is inserted into said connector;
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- said shutter being retreated when said projection of said connector comes into contact therewith thereby exposing said electrode terminals when said card in inserted into said connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.