Patent · US Expired

Access control card, particularly for access to an automotive vehicle

US6547135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 6, 2001
Grant dateApr 15, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C9/00944
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This electronic card (10) is adapted to coact with a reader (2), one edge of the card however remaining outside the reader. It has at least one light wave guide (24) integrated into the thickness of the latter, opening on one edge (16) of the card and permitting carrying a light wave when the card (10) is introduced into the reader (2) from within the interior of the reader to the external edge of the card and/or vice versa.

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