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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michel Pernet, Doubs, FR;
Assignee:
Framatome Connectors International, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
Abstract
A chip card reader which includes a housing consisting of a base ( ) and a cover ( ). An insulating frame ( ) is provided, which supports electric contacts connected, on the one hand, to a printed board ( ) on which electronic data processing components are mounted and, on the other hand, to a universal USB socket, snapped at the end of the housing. The reader is characterized in that it includes a linearly moving slide unit ( ) which is designed to transport the chip card ( ) from the outside into the housing to connect the conductive segments of the card ( ) to the electric contacts of the socket ( ).