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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Eric Lavrut, Orléans, FR;
Franck Girot, Courbevoie, FR;
Schlumberger Systemes, Montrouge, FR;
Abstract
This invention concerns a card with a plastic card body ( ) and a snap-off module ( ) held to the said card body ( ), by three ties ( ), this snap-off module ( ) including, firstly, a substantially rectangular thin plastic body ( ) of which one edge ( ) in the corner is cut so as to form a means of foolproofing and, secondly, a microcontroller electrically connected to contact pads ( ) flush with the surface of the said module ( ). The card ( ) according this invention is characterized in that a first tie ( ) connects the cut foolproofing edge ( ) of the module ( ) to the card body ( ). The invention applies in particular to ISO format smartcards.