Abstract: Adapter for contacting chip cards with a connection of a data processing unit standardized according to a PCMCIA standard, including a plug-in card-like housing which has an insertion slot opening on a front end into a mounting channel for mounting a chip card and a connector panel arranged on an opposite front end, and a printed circuit electrically connected with the connector panel which extends parallel to the mounting channel and which is provided with contact elements for contacting the chip card, where the printed circuit has a length shortened in relation to the mounting channel in the direction of extension of the mounting channel and is provided with an apparatus for positioning the printed circuit and for guiding the chip card in the mounting channel on the front end facing the insertion slot.

Abstract: A contacting unit has a housing consisting of a base plate and a cover plate with a plastic frame. A printed circuit board, having a strip plug for contacting a computer slot and a contact field for contacting a chip card, is mounted between cover plate and base plate that such between the printed circuit board and the base plate an insertion channel is defined and such that the strip plug is located at a first narrow side of the housing. The printed circuit board is secured by the plastic frame. The insertion channel has an insertion guide located at the opposite narrow housing side. The base plate and the cover plate are separate stamped sheet metal parts, and at least the longitudinal edges have inwardly bent tabs. The base plate has plastic holders for securing opposite ends of the strip plug. The insertion guide is a profiled plastic member having a length matching the length of the narrow side.

Abstract: A contacting unit for a card with electronic components has a housing with an insertion slot for receiving a card with electronic components. The housing has at least one lateral slot cutout for receiving a card with electronic components. A printed circuit board is positioned within the housing. The printed circuit board has contacting elements for the electronic components of the cards. The housing has a connector field at one lateral side thereof. The printed circuit board is connected to the connector field. The housing is designed so as to receive a plurality of cards in at least one plane of the housing in at least one arrangement including a stacked arrangement, a staggered arrangement, a side-by-side arrangement, an overlapping arrangement, an end-to-end arrangement, and a head-to-tail arrangement.

Abstract: A chip card contacting unit has a housing and a printed circuit board mounted in the housing. The printed circuit board has contacts for contacting electrically and mechanically a contact array of a chip card received in the housing. A switch is mounted in the housing. The switch has a stop limiting insertion of the chip card into the housing. A guide member guides the chip card during insertion and acts on the side of the chip card opposite the contact array to ensure correct positioning of the contact array at the contacts by providing an abutment.