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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Herve′ Guy Bricaud, Dole, FR;
Yves Pizard, Dole, FR;
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A smart card connector includes an insulative support ( ) with a horizontal card-engaging face ( ) and contacts mounted on the support and having contact ends ( ) projecting above the face to engage pads on the active face of a smart card. The pad-engaging ends lie within a contact-holding face part ( ) which has a longitudinal length (L ) not greater than half the length of the card, with the card rear portion extending in a cantilevered fashion rearward of the contact-holding face part. The support has a rear edge ( ), with the contacts having tails ( ) lying at the rear edge, and with the tails protected by side guide extensions ( ). A card hold-down includes a sheet metal cover ( ) that is soldered to a circuit board P on which the support lies. A switch ( ) that detects full card insertion, lies in a polarized region ( ) adjacent to the polarized wall ( ) of the support.