Abstract: A contact carrier includes an insulating body and contacts positioned therein. Each contact has contact and connection ends projecting beyond the insulating body, and the connection ends of the contacts resting under prestress on corresponding portions of the insulating body, while forming coplanar contact surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a SIM card reader with a contact support comprising contact elements with a cove for receiving a SIM card comprising two spaced longitudinal side edges and two spaced front and rear edges, with preferably two bearing apparatusses on the contact support and cover for enabling a pivoting motion between the cover and the contact support.

Abstract: A contacting apparatus for a chip card, in particular for a SIM card (1), is provided, said contacting apparatus comprising a contact element support (11), a metal cover (12), reading contact elements (21) supported in said contact element support (11), switching or grounding contact elements (23, 24) supported in said contact element support (11), and means (60) for contacting and connecting the metal cover (12) via said switching contact elements to ground.

Abstract: An apparatus for establishing electrical connection between a printed circuit board and a chipcard such as a SIM-card includes: a support for carrying a plurality of contacts for carrying electrical signals between the printed circuit board and the SIM-card; a housing onto which is attached on a bottom side thereof the SIM-card; and a guide means, mounted on the housing independently of the support and arranged so as to be spaced from the support, for guiding the SIM card onto the support. The dimensions of the support are arranged to be smaller than the dimensions of the SIM card so as to increase the available space on the surface of the printed circuit board.