Patent ID: 6398567
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06K,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An IC card connecting mechanism for receiving an IC card having a recess formed on one side edge thereof and for establishing a locked state and a lock released state of the IC card, said card connecting mechanism comprising:a card case having a card receiving space for receiving the IC card and a card inlet port opening into said card receiving space; and a lock and lock releasing mechanism provided in said card case and comprising a card ejecting member including a slide plate for receiving the IC card, said card ejecting member being movably mounted in said card receiving space, a biasing member for biasing said card ejecting member in a direction outwardly of said card receiving space toward said card inlet port such that, upon insertion of the IC card through said card inlet port, said card ejecting member is moved in a direction inwardly of said card receiving space against a bias of said biasing member, a resilient lock arm arranged to resiliently contact the side edge of the IC card when the IC card is received in said card receiving space through said card inlet port, said resilient lock arm being arranged to engage in the recess formed on the side edge of the IC card so as to establish the locked state of the IC card, and a control member arranged to selectively engage said resilient lock arm and move said resilient lock arm against its resiliency to disengage said resilient lock arm from the recess of the IC card to establish the lock released state of the IC card, whereby said card ejecting member is caused to eject the IC card from said card case.