Casing for electronic key and system comprising such a casing
First Claim
1. A casing for an electronic key with a connector, said casing comprising:
- a main housing for a whole collection of electronic circuits of the key hooked up to the connector which is accessible from outside the casing; and
an accessory accommodation housing arranged in the main housing and adapted to accommodate a chip microcard without electrical hookup.
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Abstract
This USB memory key casing exhibits an accessory accommodation housing (6) for a chip microcard (7) independent of the electronic components (4, 5) of the USB memory key. It allows the owner of a USB key and of a chip microcard (7) to have available a convenient location for accommodating the chip microcard (7). It also makes it possible to associate, in one and the same packaging, while being separable, an intelligent chip microcard and an electronic key that are dedicated to transactions pertaining to one and the same banking or other service, one by way of a specialized reading terminal hooked up to the computer system of the provider of the service and the other by way of a host electronic apparatus linked to the Internet network.
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26 Claims
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1. A casing for an electronic key with a connector, said casing comprising:
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a main housing for a whole collection of electronic circuits of the key hooked up to the connector which is accessible from outside the casing; and an accessory accommodation housing arranged in the main housing and adapted to accommodate a chip microcard without electrical hookup. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A casing for an electronic key with a connector, said casing comprising:
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a main housing for a whole collection of electronic circuits of the key hooked up to the connector which is accessible from outside the casing; and an accessory accommodation housing arranged in the main housing and adapted to accommodate a chip microcard without electrical hookup between the chip microcard and the connector when the chip microcard is placed in the accessory accommodation housing, wherein the chip microcard that is adapted to be received in the accessory accommodation housing has a polarizer profile and has a set of electrical contact pads on a face, and wherein the accessory accommodation housing is a cavity open toward the outside and having a contour suited to the polarizer profile of the chip microcard tolerating the chip microcard only in a position in which the face of the chip microcard equipped with the set of electrical contact pads is toward the outside so that the set of electrical contact pads remains accessible from the outside.
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