Electronic apparatus comprising a group of chipcards
AssigneeSmartdata SA
InventorJean-Pierre Buttet
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Abstract
Electronic device including a housing for receiving chipcards having electrical connection elements which are situated on at least one of their lateral faces, said electronic device including: chipcard holding means arranged to keep these cards each in a predetermined position and orientation with respect to one another, means of electrical connection with each of the electrical connection elements of a card, which means of electrical connection are arranged to cooperate with the electrical connection elements of a card positioned in the housing, and means of controlling the functions of the different cards placed in the housing through the expedient of electrical connections established between the means of electrical connection.
Claims15
An electronic apparatus with a housing for receiving chipcards having electrical connection elements disposed on at least one of their lateral faces comprising:
- chipcard holding means disposed so as to maintain the chipcards in the form of a stack with their opposite main faces in contact,
- means of electrical connection with each of the electrical connection elements of a card, said means of electrical connection disposed to cooperate with the electrical connection elements of a card positioned in the housing, and
- means of controlling the functions of the different cards placed in the housing, through the expedient of electrical connections established between the means of electrical connection.
An electronic apparatus with a housing for receiving chipcards having electrical connection elements disposed on at least one of their lateral faces comprising:
- chipcard holding means disposed so as to maintain the chipcards in the form of a stack with their opposite main faces in contact,
- means of electrical connection with each of the electrical connection elements of a card, said means of electrical connection comprising conducting elements which are each made up of a plurality of filaments of a set of electrically conducting filaments disposed substantially parallel to each other in a matrix of flexible and electrically insulating material, said means of electrical connection disposed to cooperate with the electrical connection elements of a card positioned in the housing, and
- means of controlling the functions of the different cards placed in the housing, through the expedient of electrical connections established between the means of electrical connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.