Patent ID: 6112997
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A chip card comprising writing and/or reading contacts (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) arranged on a surface of the chip card (1), said contacts acting to provide electrical contact with corresponding fixed countercontacts (20, 21, . . . , 27) of a card reader provided in a card slot when the chip card is received in the card slot, wherein said contacts (10, . . . , 17) fare dimensioned, formed and arranged on said surface so as to maintains have respective lengths and widths such that the electrical contact with said countercontacts (20, 21, . . . , 27) is maintained when said chip card moves to an overshot position (45) in said card slot beyond a terminal position (50) when said chip card is guided into the card slot of the card reader, and/or during a time required to end a writing operation upon removal of the chip card from the card slot, and/or during reciprocation transverse to an insertion direction of the chip card (1) into the card reader, occurring upon insertion or removal of the chip card (1).