Patent ID: 6370028
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
An IC card which includes a circuit board having front and rear ends and laterally-spaced opposite sides, said card also including top and bottom sheet metal cover halves lying respectively above and below said circuit board, and a front connector coupled to said circuit board front end and sandwiched between said top and bottom cover halves, wherein said front connector has top and bottom connector surfaces and a laterally-extending ridge at a front end of each of said surfaces with each ridge projecting beyond the corresponding surface, and each of said cover halves has a sheet metal cover part with a front end which lies on one of said connector surfaces and closely behind a corresponding one of said ridges, said cover part front end having laterally opposite sides and a middle lying between said opposite sides, wherein:said top cover half is formed of sheet metal of a predetermined thickness and said middle of said top cover front end is free to deflect upwardly, said middle of said top cover front end having a downwardly-deformed part forming a laterally-extending beam of a thickness greater than said predetermined thickness, to increase the rigidity of said middle of said top cover front end.