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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:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/362 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/362 ;
Abstract
A smart card connector has a card-receiving cavity with a recess ( , FIG. ) at the rear that receives the rear edge ( ) of the card. A cover or flap is then pivoted down on the support element and slid forward to slide hooks ( , FIG. ) at the front of the cover under shoulders ( ) on the support element. The rear edge of the card extends along the length (A′, FIG. ) of the card, so the distance from the open front of the connector to the recess ( ) and card rear edge is equal to about the smaller width of the card.