Texas Instruments Corporation

Gemplus

Molex Incorportated

Michel Chomette

Robert J Mathews

Philippe Patrice

Didier Elbaz

John M Horgan

Denise Brennan

Pat White

Bernard Calvas

Gavin Warner

Jean-Francois Vaccani

Michel Agoyan

Philippe Tort

Remond Sautreau

Colin Conlon

An adapter electrically connects an integrated circuit mini-card in a main electronic integrated circuit memory card connector having greater space requirement than the mini-card. The mini-card has surface contact strips and the adapter includes a main body capable of being connected to the main connector and a housing for receiving the mini-card at the surface of the main body. The housing includes inside bond pads for connection to the electric contacts of the mini-card. A mobile cover is capable of taking up a position wherein it closes at least partly the housing while maintaining the mini-card in electrically connecting position in the housing and stiffening the structure of the adapter.

Adapter for electrically connecting a miniature integrated circuit card in a memory card connector

A portable smart card reader assembly having an upper housing unit ( ) having a first mounting structure ( ), and a lower housing unit having a second mounting structure ( ), the upper housing unit ( ) and the lower housing unit ( ) together defining a cavity ( ) for accommodating an electronic insert ( ), the electronic insert ( ) having a connector ( ) for establishing electric contact with an associated electronic device and a contact array ( ) having terminals ( ) designed to mate with contact pads on a smart card ( ) upon insertion of the smart card ( ) into the portable smart card reader assembly ( ), wherein upon mating the upper housing unit ( ) with the lower housing unit ( ) the first mounting structure ( ) and the second mounting structure ( ) move into locking engagement.

Portable smart card reader assembly

Housing for an extended-format releasable plug-in card

Sound recording and playback device comprising a sound pick-up microphone connected to a recording channel and a playback loudspeaker connected to a channel for playing the recorded sounds, characterised in that the microphone and the loudspeaker consist of one and the same component (5).

Miniature device for receiving and playing back sound with piezoelectric

Sound signal generator, comprising a housing (1,2) containing a microcontroller for the storage and control of reproduction of several sound messages, and a loudspeaker for reproducing the said sound messages connected to the in lieu thereof microcontroller. The housing of the sound-signal generator also carries, over at least a portion of its outer wall, a keyboard associated with the microcontroller and formed by selection keys (3) respectively bearing identification symbols for the sound messages stored in the microcontroller.

Sound-signal generator having ball-shaped housing with keyboard

The device comprises at least one printed circuit board (11,12) on which is fixed a heightening board (15) comprising at least one opening (16) for forming with the surface of the printed circuit board (12) located in facing relation to the opening, the bottom and the lateral walls of a cavity (17) for at least one integrated circuit (18) connected with the printed circuit carried by the board defining the bottom of the cavity by means of conductive wires (19). The cavity containing the integrated circuit is filled with a resin (22) completely covering the integrated circuit. The printed circuit board (11,12) is cut on its periphery along a line of through holes (23) provided with a metal coating (24) and connected to printed conductors of the board, metallized grooves (23,24) resulting from the cutting constituting connection terminals of the device.

Device for packaging integrated circuits

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La Colle sur Loup, France

Michel Chomette