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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert Hoolhorst, Be Aardenburg, NL;
Paul Ryckaert, Watervliet, BE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235486 ; 235492 ; 235475 ;
Abstract
A card reader for receiving or passing on information furnished by or for a card. The card reader is embodied such that it can be mounted on a printed circuit board by connecting devices for mechanically and electrically connecting the card reader to the printed circuit board. The card reader described is distinguished in that the connecting portion of the card reader intended for making a mechanical connection between the card reader and the printed circuit board are provided, locally separated from the contact elements of the card reader to be brought into electrical contact with the printed circuit board.