Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a smart-card reader connector, the said connector having contacts (6) overmoulded in a frame (10) from which protrude contact tails that are intended to be surface-mounted, on a printed-circuit board for example. According to the invention, the said contact tails (8) are bent before the said contacts (6) are overmoulded in the said frame.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un dispositif antivandalisme destiné à protéger un connecteur pour lecteur de carte à puce. Selon l'invention, ledit dispositif comporte au moins deux plaques isolantes de protection recouvrant chacune au moins une rangée de lames de contact, chacune desdites plaques comportant, au-dessus de chaque lame (4), une fente (10) laissant passer uniquement la partie active (12) de la lame (4) qui est destinée à réaliser le contact électrique avec les plages conductrices du microcircuit de la carte à puce.
Abstract:
The connector, for a smart-card reader, includes at least two conducting blades (1,2), the first blade (1) of which has a bearing surface (3) shaped so as to be able to be forced by part of the card, upon insertion of the latter into the reader, to move this blade (1) relative to the second blade (2) so as 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 card beyond the end-of-travel position. The second blade (2) includes a bearing surface (5) shaped so as to be able to be forced by the card, when the latter is moved beyond the end-of-travel position, to move the second blade (2) to a position in which it is no longer in contact with the first blade (1), or alternatively to a position in which it comes into contact with the latter.