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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:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert Hoolhorst, Aardenburg, NL;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235441 ; 235439 ; 235475 ;
Abstract
The card reading device has contact elements for establishing contact with contact regions on a card, in particular a card which contains a chip. The card reading device is distinguished by a contact element position-changing element which, during the introduction of the card to be read into its reading position and/or during the removal of the card from its reading position, causes the contact elements to move out of their contact position suitable for establishing contact with the card into their non-contact position. The latter position is remote from the contact position and is unsuitable for establishing contact with the card.