Case for microcircuit card reader
AssigneeFramatome Connectors International
InventorMichel Pernet
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Abstract
A case for microcircuit card reader, comprising a case body, an electronic circuit incorporated into the case body, a device for guiding the card and holding it in place, and a connector incorporating elastic contact segments providing an electrical connection between conductors belonging to the card and the aforementioned electronic circuit. The connector (22, 23) is fastened to the body of the case (1). The connector (22, 23) may be integrated into the case body (2), this attachment being produced by duplicate molding of the elastic contact segments (23) in the body of the case (1).
Claims11
A case for a microcircuit card reader, said case comprising a case body having an upper face constituting a card receiving plane surface, an electronic circuit incorporated into a housing of said case body, a connector directly attached to said case body and incorporating elastic contact segments which provide an electrical connection between contacts of a microcircuit card and said electronic circuit, said case having a removable sliding upper cover containing longitudinally extending slide rails which, jointly with said card receiving plane surface, define a card receiving space.
A case for a microcircuit card reader, said case comprising a case (1) body having an upper face (11) constituting a card receiving surface, an electronic circuit (110) incorporated into a housing (2) of said case body, a connector (22) directly attached to said case body and incorporating elastic contact segments (23) which provide an electrical connection between contacts of a microcircuit card (100) and said electronic circuit, said case having a removable sliding upper cover (160), said connector being mounted through a wall separating said housing and a card-receiving space (101), and mounting on one side of said wall into said housing and on another side of said wall into said card-receiving space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.