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Smart card reader having pivoting contacts

  • US 5,936,222 A
  • Filed: 10/03/1997
  • Issued: 08/10/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A smart card reader having a base being profiled to have a card receiving area, a contact receiving area in communication with the card receiving area, and a plurality of contacts disposed in the contact receiving area, each of the contacts having a leg passing through the base for electrical connection with a printed circuit board, each contact being characterized by:

  • an arm extending from the leg and being pivotable in relation to the leg, a contact point disposed on the arm at an end toward the mating face and an actuating section disposed on the arm at an end opposite the contact point.

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