摘要 |
The present invention realtes to a SIM card reading device comprising a SIM contact pad (35) mounted on a printed wire board (37) that is arranged in a housing (14) of a communicaitons device, in particular of a mobiel telephone, and SIM card holder (10) arranged in the housing of the communications de vice for accommodation a SIM card and holding it in contact wiht the SIM contact pad. To poveide a new SIM card reading device that facilitates inserting and removing a SIM card into and from the communications devices although it is very thin to minimze the thickness of communicatiosn devices and in particular of mobile telephones, the SIM card holder (10) comprises a flat plate (11) for placing a SIM card theron, mouting means (23) attached therto for pivotally mounting the flat palte (14) in the housing (14) so that the plate (11) can be pivoted form a first position for placing a SIM card to be inserted into the communiciatons device thereon into a second position for holding the SIM card in contact wiht the SIM contact pad (36), and vice versa, holding elements (20, 21, 22) attached to the plate (11) for holding a SIM card placed on the plate in place, and interlocking means (30) attached to teh plate (11) for locking the SIM card holder (10) in the second position. |