The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Taiji Okamoto, Miyagi-ken, JP;
ALPS Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An IC card connector is provided with grounding terminal members, in which a pair of grounding terminal members has simple structure and common shape allowing a reduced cost and easy fabrication. The IC card connector is provided with a housing with a plurality of pin terminals, a frame mounted on the housing, a pair of guide sections are provided longitudinally at both side sections of the frame to remove and insert to IC card, and respective arm sections of grounding pieces. mounted on the guide sections. The IC card is inserted between the guide sections so that a grounding terminal of one side section of the IC card is made to come into contact with first expanded sections, while a grounding terminal of the other side section of the IC card is made to come into contact with second expanded sections.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile