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:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
Nai-Hock Lwee, Singapore, SG;
Tai-Sol Electronics Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A card connector having a control integrated circuit IC therein is composed of a housing having an open base frame, two printed circuit boards (PCB) bonded to top and bottom sides of the open base frame and two receiving open chambers defined between the open base frame and the two PCBs for accommodating two different cards. The PCBs respectively has a circuit pattern, contact pads for connecting external devices, contact pins respectively received in the receiving open chambers for connecting an inserted card to be loaded in the receiving open chambers, a flex membrane circuit board electrically connected between the two PCBs, and a control IC installed in one of the PCBs and electrically connected to the circuits of the same PCB.