Card insertion part and card reader

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10635865-B2
Application number	US-201916285316-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2019
Priority date	Feb 26, 2018
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

A card insertion part may include a base plate secured to a card reader main body; a substrate that is disposed on an opposite side of the card reader main body with respect to the base plate and including a light source installed on a surface thereof on an opposite side of the base plate; a cover with optical transparency that spreads over the substrate on an opposite side of the base plate; an insulating member that is disposed between the substrate and the base plate; and a flexible wiring member connected to the substrate. The substrate may include an opening through which the card is passed, and a ground wiring pattern formed on an area surrounding the opening. The ground wiring pattern may be electrically connected to the card reader main body via the flexible wiring member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A card insertion part having a card insertion slot formed therein to feed a card into a card reader main body and attached to the card reader main body, the card insertion part comprising:
a base plate secured to the card reader main body;
a substrate that is disposed on an opposite side of the card reader main body with respect to the base plate and comprising a light source installed on a surface thereof on an opposite side of the base plate;
a cover with optical transparency that spreads over the substrate on an opposite side of the base plate;
an insulating member that is disposed between the substrate and the base plate; and
a flexible wiring member connected to the substrate, wherein the substrate comprises an opening through which the card is passed, and a ground wiring pattern formed on an area surrounding the opening, and the ground wiring pattern is electrically connected to the card reader main body via the flexible wiring member.

2. The card insertion part according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible wiring member is a lead.

3. The card insertion part according to claim 2 , wherein
the substrate comprises a through-hole electrically connected to the ground wiring pattern, and
one end of the lead is inserted through the through-hole.

4. The card insertion part according to claim 3 , wherein the flexible wiring member is secured to at least any one of the base plate and the card reader main body with a metallic fixing member.

5. The card insertion part according to claim 4 , wherein the fixing member is also used as a member for securing the base plate to the card reader main body.

6. The card insertion part according to claim 5 , wherein the ground wiring pattern comprises a zigzag portion in which a plurality of projections protrudes toward the opening and is arranged in a direction along an edge of the opening.

7. The card insertion part according to claim 6 , wherein the ground wiring pattern surrounds a whole circumference of the opening.

8. A card reader comprising:
the card insertion part according to claim 7 ; and
a card reader main body to which the card insertion part is secured.

9. The card insertion part according to claim 3 , wherein the ground wiring pattern comprises a zigzag portion in which a plurality of projections protrudes toward the opening and is arranged in a direction along an edge of the opening.

10. The card insertion part according to claim 9 , wherein the ground wiring pattern surrounds a whole circumference of the opening.

11. The card insertion part according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible wiring member is secured to at least any one of the base plate and the card reader main body with a metallic fixing member.

12. The card insertion part according to claim 11 , wherein the fixing member is also used as a member for securing the base plate to the card reader main body.

13. The card insertion part according to claim 12 , wherein the ground wiring pattern comprises a zigzag portion in which a plurality of projections protrudes toward the opening and is arranged in a direction along an edge of the opening.

14. The card insertion part according to claim 13 , wherein the ground wiring pattern surrounds a whole circumference of the opening.

15. The card insertion part according to claim 1 , wherein the ground wiring pattern comprises a zigzag portion in which a plurality of projections protrudes toward the opening and is arranged in a direction along an edge of the opening.

16. The card insertion part according to claim 15 , wherein the ground wiring pattern surrounds a whole circumference of the opening.

17. A card reader comprising:
the card insertion part according to claim 1 ; and
a card reader main body to which the card insertion part is secured.

Assignees

• Nidec Sankyo Corp

Inventors

• Fujimoto Masaya
• Yaginuma Hiroki

Classifications

• G06K13/08 Primary

  Feeding or discharging cards · CPC title

• G06K7/0078 Primary

  reinforced housing for protection against damage, be it due malevolent action, such as drilling and other ways of forced entry, or by accident, such as shock due to dropping · CPC title

• G06K7/10247

  issues specific to the use of single wire protocol [SWP] in NFC like devices · CPC title