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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Stéphane Michel, Montfort sur Meu, FR;
Koji Matsuda, Rennes, FR;
Laurent Steenackers, Rennes, FR;
Yann Naslain, Rennes, FR;
Stéphane Pierre Yves Douget, Rennes, FR;
Herve Jean Guy Beauchaud, Saint Jacques de la Lande, FR;
Hiroshi Ozaki, Rennes, FR;
Mitsubishi Electric France, Nanterre, FR;
Abstract
A reader ( ) for a smart card (S) for a mobile telephone ( ) includes a baseplate ( ), carrying conducting contacts suitable for engaging with corresponding conducting contacts on the card (S), and a device for guiding and actuating the card (S) for translational movement thereof in a direction of installation (D ) of the card, between a card-gripping position in which the card is accessible and a use position in which the card (S) is held in place with respect to the baseplate ( ). The device for guiding and actuating the card includes a movable slide-in unit ( ) for supporting the card (S) and a device for immobilizing the card (S) in the direction of installation (D ). The slide-in unit ( ) slides with respect to the baseplate ( ) between an engaged position in which the card (S) is in a use position and a disengaged position in which the card (S) is in a gripping position.