CONNECTOR FOR A CARD READER HAVING CONTACTS WITH TWOFOLD DETECTION

摘要

The connector, for a smart-card reader,includes at least two conducting blades (1,2), thefirst blade (1) of which has a bearing surface (3)shaped so as to be able to be forced by part of thecard, upon insertion of the latter into the reader, tomove this blade (1) relative to the second blade (2) soas to establish contact between these two blades (1,2),or alternatively to break contact between the latter,and so as to detect the end of travel of the card.The bearing surface (3) of the first blade (1)is shaped so as to allow a slight movement of the cardbeyond the end-of-travel position. The second blade (2)includes a bearing surface (5) shaped so as to be ableto be forced by the card, when the latter is movedbeyond the end-of-travel position, to move the secondblade (2) to a position in which it is no longer incontact with the first blade (1), or alternatively to aposition in which it comes into contact with thelatter.