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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1998
Karen Elizabeth Benjamin, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Dennis Leroy Kemmick, Columbia, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A card reader,includes a base,and a cover,securable together to define a card-receiving cavity,and a plurality of right angle terminals,therein disposed in a terminal housing,. The base,defines a terminal-receiving section,of the terminal housing,and the cover,defines a terminal-securing section,of the terminal housing,, the two sections together defining terminal-receiving passageways,within which the bodies of the terminals,extend. Upon assembling the base,and cover,together, the terminals,are secured in position in the terminal-receiving passageways and the terminal contact surfaces,extend into the cavity,proximate the cover,, and a card 170 can be inserted into the cavity,with the contact pads,facing the cover