Patent ID: 7029306
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A smart card connector for connecting to smart cards that have contact pads, comprising a base which includes an insulative base plate and a plurality of base contact blades mounted on the base plate and having contact ends projecting upward from the base plate, and a cover that is pivotally connected to the base about a transverse axis and that includes an insulative cover plate and a plurality of cover contact blades mounted on the cover plate and having contact ends projecting downward from the cover plate, including: an intermediate plate device that lies between said base and cover plates and that is at least pivotally connected to one of them about a transverse axis, said intermediate plate having upper and lower intermediate plate faces, said intermediate plate device having card mounts that hold a pair of smart cards with each smart card held against a different one of said intermediate plate faces.