Patent ID: 6637652
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
An IC card processor comprising:a card slot defining a space in which an IC card is received; a contact block having a plurality of contacts on a first surface which respectively contact a plurality of contact points provided on a first surface of the IC card received in said card slot; a supporting mechanism which movably supports said contact block in a vertical direction with respect to said first surface of the IC card received in said card slot, in a manner such that said contact block is swingable around a first axis line which passes a center of said plurality of contacts of said contact block in an inserting direction of said IC card, and such that said contact block is swingable around a second axis line which passes the center of said plurality of contacts of said contact block in a lateral direction of said IC card; and an elastic member which abuts against said contact block at only one point and which applies a pressing force to press said plurality of contacts of said contact block on said first surface of said IC card, wherein the pressing force is applied by said elastic member to a point which exists on an axis line which passes a cross point of said first axis line and said second axis line and extends vertically; wherein said contact block changes attitude according to an inclination of said IC card with respect to the point to which the pressing force of said elastic member is applied as a supporting point for swinging, and said contact block is set to be movable in a separating direction from said first surface of said IC card by elastic deformation of said elastic member which receives a force from said first surface of said IC card; wherein said supporting mechanism includes a movable member having a first end side which receives an inserting force of said IC card, and said supporting mechanism brings a second end side of said movable member near a second surface of said contact block; said elastic member is provided between the second end side of said movable member and a position on said second surface of said contact block corresponding to a substantial center of said plurality of contacts of said contact block; and wherein said plurality of contacts of said contact block absorb the inserting force of said IC card by adding an elastic deformation amount of said elastic member, and said plurality of contacts have an elastic deformation amount sufficient enough to provide a pressing force with a predetermined attitude adjustment range at each contact point which is provided on said first surface of said IC card.