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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Mike Keane, Galway, IE;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for manufacturing a housing for containing an IC card. The method includes the steps of stamping a pair of metal covers with at least one of the covers having a continuous uninterrupted edge provided with a plurality of through holes spaced inwardly of and along the edge. The covers are placed into a mold for an injection molding process. Plastic support members are injected into the mold into attachment with the covers. Plastic material of the support member surrounds the edge and flows through the holes of the cover. The covers and attached support members are removed from the mold, and the support members are bonded together so that a housing is formed with the covers and within which the IC card can be contained.