Patent ID: 6802742
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A device for holding an electronic card (2; 102; 202) in a reading device (4; 104; 204) for which the card is inserted manually into a housing of the reading device so as to arrive at a position, the so-called reading position, allowing the reading of the card by the reading device, said device comprising elastic means (26, 38, 42; 146) acting on the card when the latter is in the reading position in three substantially perpendicular directions of action, said device being characterized in that the elastic means comprise a spring (146) shaped in such a way as to exhibit a boss (148) cooperating with a recess (144) of the card in the reading position and extending toward the back of the housing in such a way that its free end (150) is disposed between the back of the housing and a front edge (108) of the card and exerts on the latter, in the reading position, a stress in the direction of insertion of the card into its housing.