Patent ID: 8235295

Claim:
A data card insertion device for a tachograph of a motor vehicle comprising: a housing having at least one housing part; a front panel having a slot-like receiving opening, through which a data card can be inserted; and a sealing device arranged behind the front panel in a direction of insertion of the data card, the sealing device having an insertion slot arranged behind the slot-like receiving opening in the direction of insertion, the sealing device comprising: a one-piece, sheet-like sealing element of an elastic material having a face in which the insertion slot is configured as a slit that is closed by an elasticity of the elastic material of the sealing element; at least one fastening arm extending in the direction of insertion arranged at an end region of the sealing element at least one of parallel to the insertion slot and on the sealing element at an end region of the slot, the at least one fastening arm configured to be fastened to the at least one housing part; and a passage element formed by the at least one fastening arm configured to enclose a portion of the at least one housing part, the passage element having one or more drainage through-openings in a wall that is substantially perpendicular to the face of the sealing element, wherein the sheet-shaped sealing element and the at least one fastening arm are of one-piece construction.