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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerhard Braun, Bretzfeld-Bitzfeld, DE;
Michael Heim, Heilbronn, DE;
Manfred Reichardt, Weinsberg, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/06 ; G06K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/06 ; G06K 7/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a contacting device for a chip card, wherein the term chip card also includes so-called IC cards or a SIM (subscriber identity module). In any case, the chip card comprises a chip (a contact image) with corresponding contact surfaces which, with the card being inserted, are contacted in the contacting device by corresponding contacts of the contacting device.