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Granted Patent B2
US 12,067,439 · App. 18/079,172 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Card-type media

Inventors: Yukiko Katano (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuya Tsukada (Tokyo, JP); Shinji Kaneko (Tokyo, JP); Shigeki Minemura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPPAN INC.
G06K19/0775G06K19/0718G06K19/07745G06K19/07773
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,067,439
App. No.
18/079,172
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A card-type medium includes: a card body; an internal component embedded in the card body; an exposed component partially exposed on a front surface of the card body; and a circuit board to which the internal component and the exposed component are bonded, wherein the circuit board includes a first connection portion to which the internal component is bonded, a second connection portion to which the exposed component is bonded, the second connection portion being located at a position different from the first connection portion in a card thickness direction connecting the front surface of the card body and a rear surface on an opposite side of the card body to the front surface, and a connection wiring portion that connects the first connection portion and the second connection portion, the connection wiring portion extending in a direction including the card thickness direction.

Claims (65)

1. A card-type medium, comprising:

a card body;

an internal component embedded in the card body;

an exposed component partially exposed on a front surface of the card body; and

a circuit board to which the internal component and the exposed component are bonded, wherein

the circuit board includes

a first connection portion to which the internal component is bonded,

a second connection portion to which the exposed component is bonded, the second connection portion being located at a position different from the first connection portion in a card thickness direction connecting the front surface of the card body and a rear surface on an opposite side of the card body to the front surface, and

a connection wiring portion that connects the first connection portion and the second connection portion, the connection wiring portion extending in a direction including the card thickness direction, wherein

the circuit board includes a slit formed around the connection wiring portion and one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion and wherein

(a) the slit extends continuously in an extending direction of the connection wiring portion on both sides of the connection wiring portion or (b) the slit extends surrounding one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion, except for a portion where the connection wiring portion is connected to one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion.

2. The card-type medium of claim 1 , wherein

the circuit board further includes a cutout portion cut out along an outer edge or outside the outer edge of the first connection portion, the second connection portion and the connection wiring portion.

3. The card-type medium of claim 1 , wherein

the slit extends continuously in the extending direction of the connection wiring portion on both sides of the connection wiring portion.

4. The card-type medium of claim 1 , wherein

the slit extends surrounding one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion, except for the portion where the connection wiring portion is connected to one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion.

5. The card-type medium of claim 1 , wherein

the connection wiring portion extends along the extending direction of the connection wiring portion while being inclined relative to the card thickness direction.

6. The card-type medium of claim 5 , wherein

the connection wiring portion includes

a first inclined portion extending in a first direction which is inclined relative to the card thickness direction, and

a second inclined portion extending in a second direction which is inclined relative to the card thickness direction, the first direction and the second direction being directions different from each other.

7. The card-type medium of claim 1 , wherein

the internal component and the first connection portion are located on a first side in a direction of the front surface of the card body,

the exposed component and the second connection portion are located on a second side in the direction, and

the connection wiring portion extends in the direction between the first side and the second side of the direction while the circuit board is bent between the first side and the second side of the direction.

8. The card-type medium of claim 1 , wherein

the card body includes an aperture on the front surface, the aperture accommodating the exposed component, and

the second connection portion covers the entire aperture accommodating the exposed component from a rear surface side in the card thickness direction.

9. The card-type medium of claim 1 , wherein

the circuit board includes an antenna extending on a peripheral portion of the card body, and

the exposed component and the internal component are located inside the antenna.

10. The card-type medium of claim 9 , wherein

one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion is located at the same position as the antenna in the thickness direction.

11. The card-type medium of claim 9 , wherein

the exposed component includes

a contact terminal configured to be in contact with a contact type external device, and

a fingerprint sensor configured to detect a fingerprint of a user, and

the internal component includes an IC chip having a contact communication function and a contactless communication function.

12. A card-type medium, comprising:

a card body;

an internal component embedded in the card body;

an exposed component partially exposed on a front surface of the card body; and

a circuit board to which the internal component and the exposed component are bonded, wherein

the circuit board includes

a first connection portion to which the internal component is bonded,

a second connection portion to which the exposed component is bonded, the second connection portion being located at a position different from the first connection portion in a card thickness direction connecting the front surface of the card body and a rear surface on an opposite side of the card body to the front surface, and

a connection wiring portion that connects the first connection portion and the second connection portion, the connection wiring portion extending in a direction including the card thickness direction, wherein

the connection wiring portion extends along the extending direction of the connection wiring portion while being inclined relative to the card thickness direction and wherein

the connection wiring portion includes

a first inclined portion extending in a first direction which is inclined relative to the card thickness direction, and

a second inclined portion extending in a second direction which is inclined relative to the card thickness direction, the first direction and the second direction being directions different from each other.

13. A card-type medium, comprising:

a card body;

an internal component embedded in the card body;

an exposed component partially exposed on a front surface of the card body; and

a circuit board to which the internal component and the exposed component are bonded, wherein

the circuit board includes

a first connection portion to which the internal component is bonded,

a second connection portion to which the exposed component is bonded, the second connection portion being located at a position different from the first connection portion in a card thickness direction connecting the front surface of the card body and a rear surface on an opposite side of the card body to the front surface, and

a connection wiring portion that connects the first connection portion and the second connection portion, the connection wiring portion extending in a direction including the card thickness direction, wherein

the circuit board includes an antenna extending on a peripheral portion of the card body, and

the exposed component and the internal component are located inside the antenna and wherein

one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion is located at the same position as the antenna in the thickness direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2022
From: KATANO, YUKIKO; TSUKADA, TETSUYA; KANEKO, SHINJI; MINEMURA, SHIGEKI
To: TOPPAN INC.
Reel/Frame 062052/0622 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2020-103094 · Jun 15, 2020 · national
JP 2020-103095 · Jun 15, 2020 · national
JP 2020-103096 · Jun 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021021002 · Jun 2, 2021
Related Publication 20230111259A1 · Apr 13, 2023