Electronic assembly for securing a SIM card
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorJames Abe Keane
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Abstract
An electronic assembly for securing a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card includes: a printed circuit board (PCB) having opposed first and second sides and defining an aperture extending from the first side to the second side; and a SIM card holder comprising a base received in the aperture, electrical connectors located in the base and having a first end connected to the first side of the PCB and a second end opposite to the first end, contacts located on the second side of the PCB and connected to the second end of the electrical connectors, the contacts configured for interfacing with corresponding contacts of the SIM card, and a card retaining member attached to the second side of the PCB for releasably securing the SIM card attached to the second side of the PCB.
Claims19
An assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB) having opposed first and second sides and defining an aperture extending from the first side to the second side;
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- a SIM card holder configured for retaining a SIM card and comprising:
- a base received in the aperture;
- a plurality of SIM contacts for interfacing with corresponding contacts of the SIM card;
- a plurality of electrical connectors each having a first end and a second end, the electrical connectors being at least partially embedded in the base and extending through the base, the first end of each electrical connector being located on a first side of the base and connected to a respective contact on the first side of the PCB and the second end of each electrical connector being located on a second side of the base and connected to a respective SIM contact, wherein the electrical connectors are configured to suspend the base within the aperture of the PCB so that the base and the PCB are substantially aligned in a common plane;
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- a card retaining member attached to the second side of the PCB and configured for releasably securing the SIM card, the card retaining member comprising a three-sided housing including a support member and a pair of substantially parallel sidewalls located at opposite sides of the support member, wherein the sidewalls of the card retaining member are surface mounted to the second side of the PCB.
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB) having opposed first and second sides and defining an aperture extending from the first side to the second side;
- a housing;
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- a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card holder for retaining a SIM card and comprising:
- a base received in the aperture in the PCB;
- a plurality of SIM contacts for interfacing with corresponding contacts of the SIM card;
- a plurality of electrical connectors each having a first end and a second end, the electrical connectors being at least partially embedded in the base and extending through the base, the first end of each electrical connector being located on a first side of the base and connected to a respective contact on the first side of the PCB and the second end of each electrical connector being located on a second side of the base and connected to a respective SIM contact, wherein the electrical connectors are configured to suspend the base within the aperture of the PCB so that the base and the PCB are substantially aligned in a common plane;
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- a card retaining member attached to the second side of the PCB and configured for releasably securing the SIM card, the card retaining member comprising a three-sided housing including a support member and a pair of substantially parallel sidewalls located at opposite sides of the support member, wherein the sidewalls of the card retaining member are surface mounted to the second side of the PCB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.