Patent ID: 7385827
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Contacting unit for a card-type carrier element, especially a chip-card according to ISO 7816, of electronic component assemblies, said contacting unit having a housing comprising a connecting area arranged at one end face of said housing; a slot-like slide-in port arranged opposite to said connecting area at the end face of said housing, into which the card-type carrier element, can be inserted wherein an end-face width of the housing or an end-face width of the slide-in port is smaller than a width of the card-type carrier element; and a printed circuit board arranged in the housing parallel to the slide-in port and being electrically connected with the connecting area; wherein said printed circuit board is equipped with contact elements at a surface of said circuit board for contacting the card-type carrier element; wherein said contacting unit is designed in accordance with PCMCIA Express Card Standard.