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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1998
Dean Camiel Vermeersch, Harrisburg, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A card reader 10, is provided for temporary electrical connection of a card 70 to a printed circuit board. The card reader 10, features a cover 14, which is hingeably mounted to a base 12 at a first end 28. The cover 14, is biased such that its bottom surface 26 is spaced apart from the base 12 at a second end 29. Card support projections 18 are formed from the cover 14, and act in combination with an actuator 20 which extends from the base 12 to draw the cover 14, towards the base 12 upon insertion of a card 70. As the cover 14 is drawn towards the base 12, a switch actuating projection 18,19 actuates a switch. The switch is configurable to be either normally open or normally closed and is changeable between such configurations by simply replacing an interchangeable switch contact 33.
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