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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1988
Toshinobu Banjo, Itami, JP;
Yasuhiro Murasawa, Itami, JP;
Shigeo Onoda, Itami, JP;
Yasushi Kasatani, Itami, JP;
Abstract
An IC card having a package in which a semiconductor device is accommodated, a plurality of electrode terminals disposed on a surface of the package near the front end thereof in the direction in which the IC card is inserted into a connector in an external device, a shutter supported on the surface of a front portion of the package for exposing and covering the electrode terminals, the shutter having a width smaller than that of the package as measured in the direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion into the connector, a pair of guide projections formed on the shutter at both-sides thereof to extend into the package, the guide projections functioning to open the shutter by abutting against a pair of shutter receiving pins disposed in the insertion hole of the connector when the package is inserted into the connector, and a pair of guide grooves adapted to guide the guide projections, the guide grooves being formed in both sides of the front portion of the surface of the package to be within the side surfaces thereof, the guide grooves extending from the front side of the package in the insertion direction thereof.