Patent ID: 6073853
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
Connector for a smart-card reader, which includes at least two conducting blades (1,2), the first blade (1) of which has a bearing surface (3) shaped so as to be able to be forced by part of the card (4), upon insertion of the card into the reader, to move this blade (1) relative to the second blade (2) so as to establish contact between these two blades (1,2), or alternatively to break the contact between the two blades, and so as to detect the end of travel of the card, characterized in that the bearing surface (3) of the first blade (1) is shaped so as to allow a slight movement of the card (4) beyond the end-of-travel position and in that the second blade (2) includes a bearing surface (5) shaped so as to be able to be forced by the card (4), when the card is moved beyond the end-of-travel position, to move the second blade (2) to a position in which it is no longer in contact with the first blade (1), or alternatively to a position in which it comes into contact with the first blade.