IC card reader/writer

Details IC card reader/writer IC card reader/writer

1990-05-22

1992-02-25

Trafton, David

Registers

Coded record sensors

Particular sensor structure

235492, 439261, 439635, G06K 1706

Patent

active

050916181

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an IC card reader/writer into which an IC card can be easily inserted and having connection reliability of contact points thereof.
According to the present invention, there is provided an IC card reader/writer including an IC card insertion hole, a part for detecting a thickness of the IC card, and a contact mechanism for contacting contact points with terminals of an inserted IC card, the contact mechanism identifying insertion of the IC card by an output of this detecting part so as to connect the contact points with the IC card. In this way, it is possible to realize a small-sized and thin IC card reader/writer having high reliability at a low cost.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2936439 (1960-05-01), Murphy
patent: 4404464 (1983-09-01), Moreno
patent: 4443049 (1984-04-01), De Pommery et al.
patent: 4449775 (1984-05-01), de Pommery et al.

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