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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wolfgang Neifer, Freising, DE;
Assignee:
SCM Microsystems GmbH, Pfaffenhofen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/906 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a card reader for chip cards which comprises a housing of the PCMCIA type. Said housing comprises a multi-contact strip ( ) on the front end thereof, and has an insertion slot for the chip card on the rear end of the housing. Said insertion slot is formed between a base plate ( ) and a cover plate ( ) which is parallel thereto. The base plate ( ) extends beyond the cover plate ( ) at the rear end of the housing.