IC card

Details IC card IC card

1996-06-24

1999-11-30

Whitehead, Jr., Carl

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Housing or package

Smart card package

361728, 257723, H01L 2302

Patent

active

059947691

ABSTRACT:
An IC card that allows fixing the obverse and reverse metal panels to the plastic frame without using adhesion and allows to make conducting electrically between both the metal panels. The IC card 1 includes an electrical circuit board 3 in which electronic components 4 are incorporated, a connector 5 to be connected to an end portion of the electric circuit board, a frame 2 which constitutes an outer frame of the card and a pair of metal panels 6, 7 which cover an obverse and reverse sides of the card. A plurality of tongues 6c, projecting pieces 7c being able to engage with each other are provided on side edge portions of the metal panels 6,7 respectively, while, a plurality of slits into which the projecting pieces 7c of the lower metal panel 7 are to be pressed are provided in the frame 2, and, the projecting pieces 7c are pressed into the slits, also, corresponding tongues 6c of the upper metal panel 6 are engaged with the projecting pieces 7c respectively in a condition of being subject to elastic force of the metal panels.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5490043 (1996-02-01), Tan et al.
patent: 5780365 (1998-07-01), Nogami
patent: 5867366 (1999-02-01), Klein et al.

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