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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Suwa-gun Nagano, JP;
Shinya Miyazawa, Suwa-gun Nagano, JP;
Masaya Fujimoto, Suwa-gun Nagano, JP;
Junro Takeuchi, Suwa-gun Nagano, JP;
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Suwa-Gun, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A card reader may include a main body frame; a flexible printed circuit board; and a protection board to protect a part of the flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board may include a data signal circuit layer having a data signal circuit for transferring data, and a destruction detection circuit layer having a destruction detection circuit. The destruction detection circuit layer may overlap the data signal circuit layer. A second destruction detection circuit may be provided on the protection board. The destruction detection circuit layer is provided on one side of the data signal circuit layer. Part of the flexible printed circuit board may be covered with the protection board. The data signal circuit layer may be arranged on the main body frame side at least in the unprotected area and the destruction detection circuit layer may be arranged on an outer side of the card reader.