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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Aiyoshi, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/0021 (2013.01); H05K 1/0277 (2013.01); H05K 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a card reader that encrypts information acquired via an IC contact block. A card reader includes: an IC contact block including a contact spring capable of being in contact with an external connection terminal of an IC chip of a card; a flexible printed board to which a spring end of the contact spring is coupled; an encryption circuit mounted on the flexible printed board and electrically connected to the contact spring to encrypt information acquired from the IC chip via the IC contact block; and a resin sealing member that integrally covers the spring end and the encryption circuit.