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IC card reader

Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 1995-08-29
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Granted: 1998-03-17
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Expires: 2015-08-29
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Abstract

Abstract An IC card reader (2) according to the present invention comprises a lower cover (10) which forms a floor of a housing, an upper cover (20) which is installed on the lower cover (10) to form the housing together with the lower cover (10), and a circuit board (30) installed in an upper space of the upper cover (20). The lower cover (10) is provided with a swingable depressing part (12), the upper cover (20) is provided with an insertion slit (22) for the IC card, an insertion passage (23) communicated with the insertion slit (22), a window (24) opposing to an external terminal (1a) of an IC cad (1) inserted into the insertion passage (23) and swingable card protection arm (25) and the circuit board (30) is provided with a card connector (31). It is characterized in that the circuit board (30) is installed on the upper cover (20) so that the card connector (31) is opposed to the external terminal (1a) of the IC card (1) inserted into the insertion passage (23) through the window (24)

Inventors

  • 👤 Yasuki Sugimoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 22:49
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K17/00; G06K7/00; G06K7/0013; G06K7/0021; G06K7/003

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 127 words
An IC card reader comprising: a lower cover (10) provided with a swingable depressing part (12), an upper cover (20) which is provided with an insertion slit (22) for an IC card, an insertion passage (23) communicated with said insertion slit (22), a window (24) opposing to an external terminal (1a) of the IC card (1) inserted into said insertion passage (23) and a swingable card protection arm (25), installed on said lower cover 10, and a circuit board (30) which is provided with a card connector (31) on its underside surface and installed on said upper cover (20) so that said card connector (31) is opposed to the external terminal (1a) of the IC card (1) inserted into said insertion passage (23) through said window (24).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 127 words
An IC card reader comprising: a lower cover (10) provided with a swingable depressing part (12), an upper cover (20) which is provided with an insertion slit (22) for an IC card, an insertion passage (23) communicated with said insertion slit (22), a window (24) opposing to an external terminal (1a) of the IC card (1) inserted into said insertion passage (23) and a swingable card protection arm (25), installed on said lower cover 10, and a circuit board (30) which is provided with a card connector (31) on its underside surface and installed on said upper cover (20) so that said card connector (31) is opposed to the external terminal (1a) of the IC card (1) inserted into said insertion passage (23) through said window (24).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 44 words
An IC card reader according to claim 1, wherein a switching terminal (40) for connecting a contact provided on said circuit board (30) by a pushing up operation of said depressing part (12) is installed on the underside surface of said circuit board (30).

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