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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
HervéGuy Bricaud, Dole, FR;
Yves Pizard, Dole, FR;
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprise, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/900 ;
Abstract
A connector has an insulative frame ( ) and has rows ( ) of identical contacts ( ) for engaging pads on a smart card, where at least one of the contacts that otherwise could engage a pad, is used to close or open a switch to detect the presence of a smart card.