CA2329220A1 - Support card - Google Patents

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CA2329220A1
CA2329220A1 CA002329220A CA2329220A CA2329220A1 CA 2329220 A1 CA2329220 A1 CA 2329220A1 CA 002329220 A CA002329220 A CA 002329220A CA 2329220 A CA2329220 A CA 2329220A CA 2329220 A1 CA2329220 A1 CA 2329220A1
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Uwe Weber
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06KGRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/077Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
    • G06K19/07737Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier consisting of two or more mechanically separable parts
    • G06K19/07739Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier consisting of two or more mechanically separable parts comprising a first part capable of functioning as a record carrier on its own and a second part being only functional as a form factor changing part, e.g. SIM cards type ID 0001, removably attached to a regular smart card form factor
    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06KGRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/077Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier

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Abstract

The invention relates to a support card having a locating window into which a miniature chip card can be reversibly integrated. The miniature chip card is held by the shape of the edges of the window on the one hand and the shape of the edges of the miniature chip card on the other hand. At least one narrow side (7, 7') of the window (2) and/or the miniature chip card (3) has a straight section (8, 8') and a concave section (9, 14) which each extend in one plane of the card.

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Desulption:
Support card _ 5 The invention relates to a support card according to the preamble of claim 1 _ A support card with a mini-chip card set disposed in the support card is known from DE 40 40 296 A1, wherein the mini-chip card is connected with the support card through a hinged rib arranged along a narrow side of the mini-chip card within a locating window of the support card. However, the mini-chip card is irreversibly arranged in the locating window and can only be separated from the suppott card once, namely by bending the mini-chip card along the hinged rib.
FR 2 747 811 discloses a telephone card that tan include an integrated chip card. The integration of the chip card is enabled by a recess having serrated edges, with the chip having matching contours being inserted in the recess. However, this approach has the disadvantage that the combination is difficult to manufacture and therefore refativeiy expensive.
EP 0 326 124 discloses a cash card with an fmpianted semiconductor chip. The object stated in the reference was to make it feasible to place a chip in a card and, if necessary, to remove the chip from the card and to insert the chip in another device in form of a significantly smaller unit. Disadvantageously, however, the chip is difficult to attach and to anchor which tends to make the device unreliable.
_ A support card of the aforedescribed type with a locating window for a mini-chip card is known from DE 196 44 614 C1, wherein the mini-chip card can be reversibly inserted in the locating window. The cross section of the edges of the locating window, on one hand, and of the mini-chip card, on the other hand, have matching shapes along the nafrow sides of the mini-chip card. However, this solution disadvantageously makes it difficult to handle the mini-chip card during insertion in and removal from the locating window. Straight edges with a pointed cross section extend along the narrow sides, which necessitates a large force during insertion and temoval of the mini-chip card.
It is therefore an object of the invention to improve a support card in such a way that a mini-chip card can be easily and reliably inserted in and removed from a locating window of the support card.
The invention is solved by the characterizing features of claim 1.
AMENDED SHEET
Arbitrary bending lines can be defined by forming the narrow sides of the locating window and/or the mini-chip card with side sections that project outwardly and extend in a card plane.
The comer regions of the mini-chip card can then be bent about the side sections, so that the card can be springably inserted in or removed from the locating window. The location of the bending line and the necessary bending force can be determined from the shape of the projecting side section. The mini-chip card can hence be inserted and gripped in the locating window like a piece of a puzzle.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the projecting side section has a curved shape.
Alternatively, the side section can also be a rectangular or dove-tailed.
importantly, the shape of the side section ensures that the mini-chip card is firmly gripped in the locating window.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the arcuate side section is in the form of an arc of a circle, thereby forming a defined bending line in a corner region of the mini-chip card.
The bending force required for breaking away or inserting the mini-chip card can be predetermined through the size and the shape of the projecting arc.
Preferably, the projecting arcuate side sections are securely clipped or locked in the corresponding recesses.
2o According to another embodiment of the invention, the side sections have beveled edges extending in the transverse direction. The edges of opposing nan'ow sides of the side .
sections of the locating window and the mlni~hip card, respectively, extend from a top side of the card to a bottom side of the card in different directions along an edge plane that extends crosswise to the card plane. This design reliably locks the mini-chip card In the locating window.
Additional advantages are recited in ttie additional dependent claims_ An embodiment of the invention will be described In detail hereinafter with reference to the 3o drawings.
It is shown in;
Fig. 1 a top view of a mini-chip card embedded in a locating window of a support card, and Fig. 2 a section along the line Il-II of Fig. 1 A support card 1 is formed as a standard chip card with a standard locating window 2 for a mini-chip card 3. One side of the rnini--chip card 3 has contact surfaces 5 that are in electrical contact with a chip (not shown) embedded in the mini-chip card 3. When the mini-chip card 3 is flush with the edge of the locating window 2 after insertion in the locating window 2, so that the top side 4 of the card and the bottom side 6 of the card are even and parallel with one another.
The edge sections of the locating window 2 are formed as narrow sides 7 having straight side sections 8, with the side sections 8 extending from a comer region of the locating window 2 along a straight line towards the center of the narrow side 7. A curved side section 9 having a circular shape and projecting from the narrow side 7 is disposed between the straight side sections 8 associated with a narrow side 7. In this case, the opposing end portions 10 of the straight side sections 8 transition abruptly, rather than gradually, into the curved shape of the side section 9. The abrupt transition tends to securely grip the mini-chip card 3 in the locating window 2.
i5 The mini-chip card 3 includes edge sections along Its narrow sides 7' that correspond to the narrow sides 7. The narrow sides T have straight side sections 8' and corresponding recesses 14 located in the region of the curved side sections 9. The side sections 8, 8', 9 and the recess 14 are formed in the card plane.
A curved side section 9 is associated with each narrow side 7. The side sections 9 are preferably ofFset form one another, i.e_, disposed at a different location of the respective narrow side 7. This causes an asymmetric distribution of the bending forces acting on different regions of the narrow sides 7. In particular, comer regions 11 of the mini-chip card 3 of different size and extent can hence be defined, thereby forming bending lines hawing a different length in the transversely direction. For example, as seen in Fig.
1, a short bending line 12 is formed in a first comer region 11 and a long bending line 13 is formed in a second opposite comer region 11, thereby forming a preferred location for interacting with and bending the comer region 11.
For example, a comer region 11 can be formed by adjacent curved side sections 9 having large radii. The corner section 11 can have a large constriction to facilitate bending of the corner region 11 _ The comer region 11 having the large constriction can be first acted on when the mini-chip card 3 is removed_ Conversely, for insertion of the mini-chip card 3, the other comer regions 11 are first aligned, and the mini-chip card 3 is subsequently placed in the predetermined final position by bending the corner region 11 with the large constriction.
The gripping action of the mini-chip card 3 in the locating window 2 can be enhanced by providing the curved side sections 9 and the corresponding recesses 14 of the mint-chip card 3 with beveled edges 15 and 16, respectively, which make two-dimensional contact with one another. As seen In Fig. 2, the faces of the beveled edges 15 of opposing to nan-ow sides 7 are open with respect to the top side ~4 of the support card 1, forming an acute angle with a transversely extending edge plane 17.
To provide a reliable Locking action, the beveled edges 15 of adjacent narrow sides 7 face in the opposite direction. In other words, the beveled edges 15 extend from the top side 4 to the bottom side 6 not in the direction of the mini-chip card 3, but rather in the opposite direction away from the edge of the mini-chip card 3.
1 o The locking action can be further enhanced by forming continuous beveled edges 15, 16 along the narrow sides 7, T of the locating window 2 and the mini-chip card 3, respectively.
In this embodiment, the opposing straight side sections 8, 8' of, on one hand, the locating window 2 and, on the other hand, the mini-chip card 3 form a trapezoidal cross-section.
Alternatively, the recesses 14 can also be implemented as a part of the support card 1, with the projecting curved side sections 9 being formed as part of the mini-chip card 3. A reliable locking action can also be provided by forming the edges not as beveled edges, but rather as a continuous centric raised portion extending along the side sections 8, 9 in the card plane, wherein raised portion engages with a recess of the corresponding side sections 8', 14 of the 2o mini-chip card 3: Alternatively, two spaced-apart raised portions can be formed that engage with corresponding recesses like a tongue/groove connection.

Claims (8)

Claims
1. Combination of a support card with a mini-chip card, wherein the mini-chip card can be reversibly inserted in a locating window of the support card and is held by suitably forming the edge sections of the mini-chip card, on one hand, and the edge sections of the locating window, on the other hand, characterized in that at least a narrow side (7, 7') of the locating window (2) and/or the mini-chip card (3) has a straight side section (8,, 8') and a side section (9, 14) projecting their from, with the respective side sections extending in a card plane, and that at least one side section (9) and the recess (14) have a beveled edge (15, 16), wherein the open faces of the beveled edges (15) of opposing narrow sides are oriented towards the top side of the support card and form an acute angle with respect to a transversely extending edge plane (17).
2. Combination of a support card with a mini-chip card according to claim 1, characterized in that the beveled edge (15) of the narrow side (7) makes two-dimensional contact with the corresponding beveled edge (16) of the narrow side (7') when the mini-chip card (3) is in the inserted position,
3. Combination of a support card with a mini-chip card according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the beveled edges (15) extend on a first narrow side (7) from a top side (4) to a bottom side (6) of the support card (1) by forming an acute angle on an edge plane (17) that faces the mini-chip card (3) and extends from the top side (4) in the transverse direction, and that the beveled edges (15) extend on an adjacent narrow side (7) by forming an acute angle on a side of the edge plane (17) facing away from the mini-chip card (3).
4. Combination of a support card with a mini-chip card according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the projecting side section (9) is formed as a curved side section (9).
5. Combination of a support card with a mini-chip card according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized In that the curved side section (9) is formed as a partial circle that is located between and directly connects to two adjacent straight side sections (8).
6. Combination of a support card with a mini-chip card according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the curved side section (9) is connected with the support card (1) as a single piece and oriented towards the mini-chip card (3), wherein the side section (9) is held in a corresponding recess (14) of the mini-chip card (3).
7. Combination of a support card with a mini-chip card according to one of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that a single curved side section (9) is associated with each narrow side (7) of the locating window (2).
8. Combination of a support card with a mini-chip card according to one of the claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the curved side sections (9) and the recesses (14) of adjacent narrow sides (7, 7') have a different orientation.
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DE19817297.4 1998-04-18
DE19817297A DE19817297C2 (en) 1998-04-18 1998-04-18 carrier card
PCT/EP1999/002555 WO1999054844A1 (en) 1998-04-18 1999-04-16 Support card

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CN (1) CN1300410A (en)
CA (1) CA2329220A1 (en)
CO (1) CO4850601A1 (en)
DE (1) DE19817297C2 (en)
HU (1) HUP0101509A3 (en)
ID (1) ID29265A (en)
IL (1) IL139067A0 (en)
PE (1) PE20000665A1 (en)
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HUP0101509A2 (en) 2001-09-28
IL139067A0 (en) 2001-11-25
ID29265A (en) 2001-08-16
PE20000665A1 (en) 2000-08-04
DE19817297A1 (en) 1999-10-21
WO1999054844A1 (en) 1999-10-28
CN1300410A (en) 2001-06-20
HUP0101509A3 (en) 2003-05-28
PL343490A1 (en) 2001-08-27
RU2000129135A (en) 2002-10-27
CO4850601A1 (en) 1999-10-26

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