Device mainly functionning as a chip card reader

Abstract

Abstract An exemplary embodiment comprises:   - a housing (1, 2);   - a printed circuit (3);   - a microcircuit card connector comprising:   - elastic contacts (5, 6) extended by pins soldered to the printed circuit (3);   - an insulating frame (7) supporting the contacts;   - slots (9) for inserting a microcircuit card (14). <??>The inner wall of the housing (2) constitutes the cover of the microcircuit card connector, the frame (7) supporting the contacts (5, 6) being fixed directly to the housing (2) by rivets integrated onto the housing. <??>Application especially to the microcircuit card reader integrated into a pocket radio telephone. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Michel Pernet

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