Patent ID: 6075706
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A PC card of predetermined lateral width and vertical height for insertion into a card slot of an electronic device to connect a front connector of the PC card to a device connector at the front end of the card slot, where the PC card is constructed to hold a chip card that is of smaller width and height than said PC card, so said PC card can connect contact pads of said chip card through said front connector to said device connector and where said PC card includes a circuit board with circuit board traces, wherein:said PC card includes a plurality of chip contacts having termination ends terminated to said circuit board traces and having pad-engaging ends;said PC card has a top sheet metal cover with a primarily planar top portion with an aperture leading to said pad-engaging ends of said chip contacts;said PC card also includes a frame mounted at a fixed position directly on said circuit board and having a frame recess of the same width as said chip card for receiving the chip card and locating it with respect to said chip contacts;said aperture in said top sheet metal cover communicates with said recess in said frame to permit the insertion of the chip card through said aperture into said frame recess.