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IC card connector and IC card reader/writer

  • US 5,752,841 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1996
  • Issued: 05/19/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An IC card reader/writer comprising:

  • an IC card connector, in which the extruding height of a grounding contact is higher than that of data-passing contacts above the upper surface of a housing, said IC card connector provided in said IC card reader/writer;

    a card-transferring mechanism, which transfers an IC card inserted into said IC card reader/writer to a facing position where said IC card is placed facing said IC card connector vertically apart in said IC card reader/writer; and

    a raising/lowering mechanism, which transfers either one of said IC card or said IC card connector vertically after said IC card is placed at the facing position, so that said IC card and said IC card connector approach each other;

    when said raising/lowering mechanism functions, said grounding contact of said IC card connector touching the surface of said IC card first, and then said data-passing contacts of said IC card connector connecting with a surface contacts of said IC card, whereby reading and writing information in said IC card is made ready.

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