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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2025
Nidec Instruments Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Shinya Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Keiji Ohta, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A card insertion part for a card reader includes a flange part, two separated protruding parts and a light-emitting part disposed on the front side with respect to the flange part. The light-emitting part includes light sources and an optical member such as a diffusion member. The optical member is formed with a recessed part in which the light sources are disposed and is formed so as to surround the two protruding parts and a cut-out part between the two protruding parts together. A front surface and an inner peripheral surface of the optical member are shone by lights emitted from the light sources. The front surface of the optical member is disposed on the front side with respect to a rear surface of the cut-out part, and the inner peripheral surface of the optical member is exposed between the two protruding parts.