Electronic card reader for reading cards of different formats, and portable telephone including such a reader

摘要

A portable telephone includes an electronic card reader for reading Micro SIM cards of different formats. The reader has a wall with a card supporting side and a connector whose resilient contact terminals protrude from the supporting side through an opening. For holding a small- format card in the reading position, the wall has a recess for receiving the small-format card while the card is in contact with the contact terminals of the connector, in the lower portion of which recess is accommodated a sheet steel adapter integral with the wall, which an adapter has a clearance in a normal direction to the wall at least equal to the thickness of the small-format card and has a hole opposite the opening.