Patent ID: 6315205
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
An adaptor which is inserted forwardly into a passage of at least a predetermined width, of a computer device that is designed to receive standard IC cards constructed in accordance with PCMCIA standards, where the adaptor has a rearwardly-opening adaptor slot that is designed to receive a standard smart card made in accordance with ISO standards and that have the same width as the standard IC card, and said adaptor has a smart card connector portion with smart card-engaging contacts for engaging surface pads on the standard smart card, and said adaptor has a front part lying forward of said adaptor slot with said front part having front contacts for engaging contacts of the computer device, and the adaptor has a rear extension with a greater width than said standard smart card, wherein:said adaptor has top and bottom frame halves;said top and bottom frame halves each includes a sheet metal cover part having mold entrapable parts and a molded plastic body that is molded to the corresponding sheet metal part and that surrounds said entrapable parts;a first of said plastic bodies has a slot face that lies facewise adjacent to said adaptor slot at a location opposite said smart card-engaging contacts, and each plastic body has a front end that is welded to the front end of the other plastic body at a location forward of said adaptor slot, and each plastic body has a pair of rear end parts lying on opposite sides of said adaptor slot at said extension and welded to the pair of rear end parts of the other plastic body.