Integrated SIM holder with backcase and rotating door

A SIM door apparatus for holding a SIM (subscriber identification module) card for a personal information device, comprising:

• a PCB (printed circuit board);
• a housing of the personal information device containing the PCB;
• a SIM card door rotatably attached to the housing, the SIM card door comprising a plurality of holders disposed on the surface of the SIM card door wherein said plurality of holders and said SIM card door form a single piece SIM card door and configured to hold the SIM card in the proper position and further configured to releasably hold the SIM card when the single piece SIM card door is in the open position;
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• a SIM connector mounted on the PCB, the SIM connector configured to electrically connect a SIM card to the PCB when the SIM card door swings the SIM card into engagement with the SIM connector by rotating into a closed position, wherein the SIM connector includes a plurality of contacts and is smaller than the SIM card and is smaller than the single piece SIM card door.

A personal information device, comprising:

• a PCB (printed circuit board);
• a personal information device housing containing the PCB;
• a SIM card door rotatably attached to the housing, the SIM card door comprising a plurality of holders disposed on the surface of the SIM card door wherein said plurality of holders and said SIM card door form a single piece SIM card door, the single piece SIM card door configured to releasably hold the SIM card;
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• a SIM connector mounted on a PCB included in the personal information device and connector configured to electrically connect a SIM card to the PCB when the single piece SIM card door swings the SIM card into engagement with the SIM connector by rotating into a close position, wherein the SIM connector includes a plurality of contacts and is smaller than the SIM card and is smaller than the single piece SIM card door;
• wherein the holders are configured to releasably hold the SIM card in the proper position such that the SIM card is properly aligned with the SIM connector when the single piece SIM card door is moved into the closed position;
• wherein the holders are configured to slidably accept and hold the SIM card into a properly aligned position when the single piece SIM card door is in the open position.