Jacobus M Verhoeven

Title: Jacobus M. Verhoeven and His Memory-Card Device.

Introduction

Jacobus M. Verhoeven is an inventor associated with Eindhoven, the Netherlands. His recorded patent work includes a device designed to exchange information with electronic memory cards of varying thicknesses.

Latest Patents

Verhoeven’s listed patent is “Device for the Exchange of Information with an Electronic Memory Card.” The invention describes a device in which a memory card enters through an opening and moves along an insertion track until its electrical contacts meet contacts mounted on a movable carrier.

When no card is present, a spring-like pretensioning force holds the carrier’s contacts in the insertion track. As a card passes through, an angled abutment surface allows it to push the carrier aside. In the card’s read position, the carrier adjusts to the card’s thickness, enabling the device to work with cards of different thicknesses.

The patent describes potential use in a car radio, where a safety card could help protect the radio against theft. In one embodiment, the device attaches to the radio’s printed circuit board, with parts arranged through openings in the device’s upper plate and the board to minimize the space it occupies. Verhoeven is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Verhoeven is associated with U.S. Philips Corporation. The available information identifies his work on the memory-card device but does not provide further details about his career or other inventions.

Collaborations

Henricus H. Roelofs is identified as a coworker associated with Verhoeven’s patent work.

Conclusion

Jacobus M. Verhoeven’s recorded invention addresses a practical challenge in electronic card readers by accommodating memory cards of varying thicknesses in a compact device.