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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
David C Schuster, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Robert J Stinauer, II, Arlington Hts., IL (US);
Tobin C Laursen, Evanston, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
To accommodate two different electronic cards, such as a subscriber identity card and a flash memory card, in an electronic device (100), such as a cellular telephone, a dual card reader (214) is employed. The dual card reader (214) has a reader housing (222) and two sets of contacts (410 and 412) carried on the reader housing (222). The dual card reader (214) further has a drawer (224) adapted for receipt by the reader housing (222). The drawer (224) is further adapted to receive a first electronic card (300) having a first size and a second electronic card (302) having a second size different from the first size.