Patent · US Expired

Plastics card comprising a mini-smart-card which can be separated therefrom

US5936227A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Orga Kartensysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Truggelmann · Paderborn, DE
Thomas Schulte · Paderborn, DE
Rainer Blome · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 1997
Grant date	Aug 10, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 10, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K19/077
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plastic card includes a minichip card separably held in a carrier card. First and second separate and discrete breaking regions connect the minichip card to the carrier card along an outer contour of the minichip card. A gap separates a remainder of the outer contour of the minichip card from the carrier card. A breaking line on the carrier card, which has a higher flexibility than the rest of the carrier card, is interrupted by the gap and is closer to the first breaking region than to the second breaking region. When the carrier card is bent along the breaking line, the first breaking region separates, thereby leaving the minichip card attached to the carrier card by the second breaking region only. To fully separate the minichip card from the carrier, the minichip card is pivoted relative to the carrier card along the second breaking region until the second breaking region separates.

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