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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 14, 2012
Randy Yokomoto, Torrance, CA (US);
Ian Kidman, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Nhut Trung Ha, Burbank, CA (US);
Joseph Butryn, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Randy Yokomoto, Torrance, CA (US);
Ian Kidman, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Nhut Trung Ha, Burbank, CA (US);
Joseph Butryn, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Citigroup Technology, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An anti-skimming assembly for a card reader device includes, for example, a displacement bar mountable on a front plate of a card reader device proximate a card entry opening formed in the front plate, which displacement bar has first and second legs. The displacement bar is mountable on the front plate with the first leg aligned with an internal read head inside the card entry opening of the card reader device. An infrangible fastener is connectible to the first leg through a first fastener opening formed in the front plate, and a non-conductive frangible or breakable fastener is connectible to the second leg through a second fastener opening formed in the front plate. In addition, first and second electrically conductive leads are carried by the non-conductive frangible fastener electrically connected to one another via an electrically conductive spring and connectible to an alarm circuit.