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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
Abstract
A contact element support for a smart card reader having a card support surface, a plurality of chambers formed in the contact element support in the area of the card support surface, contact elements forming a snap-in to co-operate with the contact element support in an operative or inserted position, an abutment surface provided at the contact element support for co-operation with the snap-in device such that shortly before reaching the end position a snap-in tongue formed by the snap-in device snaps into a snap-in opening of the contact element support so that the contact element is fixedly held in its inserted operative position.