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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jochen Rumpel, Nordheim, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/900 ;
Abstract
A smart card connector has a contact support in which reading contacts and at least two switch contact elements forming a switch are provided, which senses the presence or non-presence of a smart card in the smart card connector. The at least two switch contact elements are identical built and are arranged symmetrically in the contact support, such that the smart card brings at least one of the switch contact elements into contact with the other switch contact element or opens an established contact to open or close the switch in order to provide an indication of the presence or non-presence of the card.