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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1999
Charles Linsday Bates, III, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An adaptor (,) can be inserted into a PC passage (,) of a computer device (,) and which can receive and connect to a smart card (,). The adaptor has top and bottom frame halves (,) that form at least opposite side portions of a smart card-receiving slot (,) between them, with each frame half including a molded plastic body (,) and a sheet metal cover part (,) with tabs (,) molded into the corresponding body. The two plastic bodies are ultrasonically welded together at opposite sides of their front ends (,) which lie forward of the slot, and at opposite side parts (,) of their rear projection ends. At least one of the plastic bodies forms side stops (,) at opposite sides of the front of the slot, to resist sideward movement of the front of the fully installed smart card, with each side stop lying immediately outside the rounded corner (,) at one side of the smart card.