Ceramic-containing and ceramic composite transaction cards

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017316300-A1
Application number	US-201515521519-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	Nov 3, 2014
Publication date	Nov 2, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A transaction card includes a monolithic ceramic card body having one or more pockets, and at least one of a magnetic stripe, a barcode, and a laser signature portion. The one or more pockets may be configured to receive at least one of the magnetic stripe, the barcode, a contact chip module, a contactless chip module, a dual interface chip module, a booster antenna, a hologram or commercial indicia. A transaction card may also include a substrate layer having a first side and a second side. A first ceramic layer is connected to the first side of the substrate layer.

First claim

1 .- 27 . (canceled)

28 . A transaction card comprising a monolithic ceramic card body and one or more pockets disposed in the monolithic card body.

29 . The transaction card of claim 28 , wherein the one or more pockets are configured to receive at least one of: a magnetic stripe, a contact chip module, a dual interface chip module, a booster antenna, a hologram, a signature panel, commercial indicia, an optical machine-readable representation of data, and a contactless chip module.

30 . The transaction card of claim 28 , wherein the ceramic monolithic card body comprises one or more compounds of the group consisting of: silicides, nitrides, carbides, borides, oxides, and a combination thereof.

31 . The transaction card of claim 28 , wherein the ceramic monolithic card body comprises one or more compounds of the group consisting zirconia, alumina, beryllia, and ceria, and a combination thereof.

32 . The transaction card of claim 28 , wherein the ceramic monolithic card body comprises a yttrium-stabilized zirconia compound.

33 . The transaction card of claim 28 , further comprising at least one feature selected from the group consisting of: through holes, windows, microtext, and a combination thereof.

34 . The transaction card of claim 28 , further comprising at least one laser-marked feature disposed on the body.

35 . The transaction card of claim 34 , wherein the at least one laser marked feature comprises a security feature, a laser-applied digitized signature, at least one roughened surface, or a combination thereof.

36 . The transaction card of claim 28 , further comprising one or more luminophors in the monolithic ceramic card body.

37 . The transaction card of claim 36 , wherein the one or more luminophors comprise phosphors operable to shift incident light upfield or downfield.

38 . The transaction card of claim 36 , wherein the luminophors are disposed in a unique pattern that defines an identification mark.

39 . The transaction card of claim 36 , wherein the luminophors are selected from the group consisting of: NaGdF4:Yb/Tm, Y2SiO5:Pr/Li, Y2O3:Eu, LaPO4:Ce/Tb, organic/inorganic hybrid materials, quantum dots, and CU dots.

40 . The transaction card of any of claim 28 , further comprising one or more pigments in the monolithic ceramic card body sufficient to impart a color to the transaction card.

41 . The transaction card of claim 28 , wherein the ceramic card body further comprises at least one roughened surface portion.

42 . The transaction card of claim 41 , wherein the roughened surface portion comprises at least one feature adhesively connected thereto.

43 . The transaction card of claim 41 , wherein the roughened surface portion is more receptive to ink or dye than a non-roughened surface portion of the card body and is configured to receive a user's signature.

44 . The transaction card of claim 28 , further comprising a magnetic stripe disposed on a non-roughened surface of the monolithic card body.

45 . The transaction card of claim 28 , further comprising an optical machine-readable representation of data.

46 . The transaction card of claim 45 , further comprising an optical machine-readable representation of data comprises a barcode

47 . The transaction card of claim 28 , wherein the monolithic ceramic card body has an optical transparency greater than 70%.

48 . A transaction card comprising:
a substrate layer having a first side and a second side; and a first ceramic layer connected to the first side of the substrate layer.

49 . The transaction card of claim 48 , wherein the first side of the substrate layer defines a pocket in the substrate layer, and wherein the first ceramic layer is disposed in the pocket.

50 . The transaction card of claim 43 , further comprising one or more component pockets in at least the first ceramic layer.

Assignees

• Composecure Llc
• Composecure Llc

Inventors

• Herslow John
• Lowe Adam J

Classifications

• B32B15/20

  comprising aluminium or copper {(B32B15/016 and B32B15/017 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B32B9/047

  made of fibres or filaments · CPC title

• B32B2363/00

  Epoxy resins · CPC title

• B32B2307/402

  Coloured · CPC title

• B32B3/08

  characterised by added members at particular parts {(layer formed of separate pieces of material which are juxtaposed side-by-side B32B3/14, B32B3/18)} · CPC title