Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
IC card connecting mechanism
 An IC card connecting mechanism connects an IC card having a terminal array with a connector for connecting the IC card to external equipment. The IC card connecting mechanism includes a frame of the IC card, having a peripheral rim provided with recesses at opposite ends of the front portion thereof, a terminal protecting member of the IC card, having a terminal protecting part for protectively covering the terminal array, and legs extending from the opposite longitudinal sides of the terminal protecting part and held at respective free ends thereof on the frame of the IC card. A body of the connector has guide legs for guiding the IC card upon inserting the IC card in the connector. Lifting devices provided in the body of the connector enter the recesses of the frame to lift up the terminal protecting part of the terminal protecting member when the IC card is inserted in the connector. Thus, the terminal protecting part of the terminal protecting member is lifted up automatically to expose the terminal array for electrical connection with conductors of the connector when the IC card is inserted in the connector. 
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
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H01R G06K
inventional inventional
Hiroshi Jiro Hideaki Takao Toshiyuki
Kikuchi Tanuma Ishimizu Uchida Asaka