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US 9,311,572 B2Granted
Card holding device
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorsOmid Kazemifar, Peter Sendelius, Daniel Skagmo, Martin Wolff
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Abstract
A portable electronic device comprises a card holding device and a card reader for introducing and removing a card into and from the card reader in at least two different directions being angled in relation to each other during introduction and removal of the card.
Claims22
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a card reader for introducing and removing a card into and from the card reader in at least two different directions, wherein the card is moved in one direction being angled in relation to the plane of the card reader and moved laterally in another direction in the car reader during introduction and removal of the card;
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- a card holding device including first and second card holding parts that hold the card down towards the card reader in an introduced state and a protrusion arranged at the second card holding part facing the plane of the card reader,
- wherein during introduction and removal of the card, an end of the card is moved under and past the protrusion and the second part, and
- wherein in the introduced state the protrusion serves as a stop to hold the card in place laterally.
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A portable electronic device comprising:
- a card holding device including first and second card holding parts each having first and second edges laterally spaced from one another, and a protrusion arranged at the second edge of the second card holding part;
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- a card reader for introducing and removing a card into and from the card reader in at least two different directions,
- wherein during introduction of the card, the card is moved in one direction being angled in relation to a plane of the card reader, and moved laterally in another direction from the first edge of the second card holding part towards the second edge of the second card holding part partly out of the card holding device through a clearance under the protrusion and back into the card holding device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.