Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
An electronic card receiving device including a card holder forming a card receiving space in the device for receiving an electronic card, a card anchoring mechanism for holding the electronic card in position in the card receiving space formed by the card holder, a contacting mechanism for electrically connecting the device to contacts of the electronic card held in position, and a card pushing mechanism for disconnecting the device from the electronic card and pushing it out of the device, wherein said contacting mechanism comprises at least one contact terminal and a substrate, said contact terminal comprising a straight extending contact arm and a J-shaped contact element having a stopper portion at its distal end, and said substrate comprising a contact substrate for fixing said contact terminal so that said straight extending contact arm is substantially in parallel with a surface of the electronic card and a terminal aperture for accommodating said J-shaped contact element and having a step for supporting said stopper portion of said J-shaped contact element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
An electronic card receiving device including a card holder forming a card receiving space in the device for receiving an electronic card, a card anchoring mechanism for holding the electronic card in position in the card receiving space formed by the card holder, a contacting mechanism for electrically connecting the device to contacts of the electronic card held in position, and a card pushing mechanism for disconnecting the device from the electronic card and pushing it out of the device, wherein said contacting mechanism comprises at least one contact terminal and a substrate, said contact terminal comprising a straight extending contact arm and a J-shaped contact element having a stopper portion at its distal end, and said substrate comprising a contact substrate for fixing said contact terminal so that said straight extending contact arm is substantially in parallel with a surface of the electronic card and a terminal aperture for accommodating said J-shaped contact element and having a step for supporting said stopper portion of said J-shaped contact element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said contacting mechanism is attached to a latch plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device as set forth in claim 2, wherein said latch plate is utilized as the substrate of said contacting mechanism.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
99 words
A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said card anchoring surface mechanism comprises a reference surface of a guide portion provided at a front end of a latch plate and a first eject plate being pulled by a first coil spring for urging the electronic card against said reference surface to hold the electronic card in position, said latch plate being urged toward the inserted card by a spring, thereby closing an inlet for the card by the guide portion and forming by an inside of the guide portion a reference surface for the held electronic card.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
113 words
A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said card pushing mechanism comprises an anchoring relief command means, a contact relief command means, anchoring relief means and pushing means, said anchoring relief command means comprising a solenoid, a wire, a stopper and a coil spring, said contact relief command means comprising a second coil spring, a second reject plate having a reject arm and a latch plate having a reject oblique surface, said anchoring relief means comprising a latch plate provided at its front end with a card guide portion having a reference surface, and said pushing means comprising a first coil spring and a first reject plate having an abutting portion.