The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1998
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A push rod 4 is held on an outside surface of one side of frame 3 guiding draw and insert of the IC card 1 so that the push rod 4 can reciprocally move, and this push rod 4 is always pressed to the drawn direction of the IC card 1 by a coil spring 10. A transfer pin 12 is rotatably supported by a hole 4c of the push rod 4, and this transfer pin 12 is pressed toward the outside surface of the frame 3 by a flat spring 13. A heart-shaped cam groove 14 having a plurality of cam surfaces A to E is engraved, and an operating section 12a formed at an end of the transfer pin 12 is engaged with this cam groove 14. In addition, a drive plate 15 is held on the outside surface of the frame 3 so that the drive plate 15 can reciprocate along the draw and insert directions of the IC card 1, and a receiving section 15a of this drive plate 15 is inserted into the long groove 3c continuing to the cam surface D of the cam groove 14.