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Flexible identification card or token
Assignee: Avery Weigh Tronix Ltd
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Filing: 1990-01-18
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Granted: 1993-04-06
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Expires: 2010-01-18
Abstract
Abstract A portable electronic card or token has a plurality of discrete electronic components mounted on a flexible substrate, the substrate and the components are encapsulated in a plastics material, and at least one respective high tensile member is associated with each component and disposed such that a region of the card or token encompassing the component is restrained from flexing. The flexing substrate forms resilient hinge portions between adjacent components.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles R. Jarvis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 08:05
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06K19/077; B; B32; B32B; B32B37/00; B32B37/14; B32B37/16; B32B37/22; B32B37/223; B32B37/226; B29; B29C; B29C33/00; B29C33/34; B29C33/36; B29C33/56; B29C33/68; B29C70/00; B29C70/68; B29C70/70; G06K19/07718; G06K19/0772; G06K19/07728; G06K19/07745; B29C67/00; B29C67/24; B29C67/246; H; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0271; H05K1/18; H05K1/189; H05K3/00; H05K3/22; H05K3/28; H05K3/284; H10; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W72/851; H10W72/874; H10W72/884
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
A portable electronic token having an overall predetermined minimum flexibility and formed of a flexible plastics material, said token including: an electronic component mounted on a flexible substrate providing electrical connections to said component, said electronic component and said electrical connections defining a region of said token; a first high tensile member overlying and encompassing said region; and a second high tensile member underlying and encompassing said region, said first and second high tensile members, said electronic component and said flexible substrate being encapsulated by said flexible plastics material, wherein said first and second high tensile members serve to restrain said token from flexing over said region of token, portions of said token including said plastics material and said substrate which are peripheral to said region, providing increased flexibility to thereby maintain the overall predetermined minimum flexibility of said token.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
140 words
A portable electronic token having an overall predetermined minimum flexibility and formed of a flexible plastics material, said token including: an electronic component mounted on a flexible substrate providing electrical connections to said component, said electronic component and said electrical connections defining a region of said token; a first high tensile member overlying and encompassing said region; and a second high tensile member underlying and encompassing said region, said first and second high tensile members, said electronic component and said flexible substrate being encapsulated by said flexible plastics material, wherein said first and second high tensile members serve to restrain said token from flexing over said region of token, portions of said token including said plastics material and said substrate which are peripheral to said region, providing increased flexibility to thereby maintain the overall predetermined minimum flexibility of said token.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A token as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a pair of face members defining opposite surfaces of said token, the flexible substrate being disposed therebetween.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A token as claimed in claim 2 wherein said face members are formed of a material selected from polycarbonate and polyester.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A token as claimed in 1 wherein said first and second high tensile members are metal foils.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A token as claimed in claim 4 wherein said metal foils are composed of a metal selected from the group comprising nickel, stainless steel and high tensile steel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
A token as claimed in claim 1 wherein the electronic component comprises processing means for processing data, the processing means being operatively connected by said flexible substrate to memory means for storing data, and to inductive input/output means, for contactlessly interacting with an external read/write unit to transmit and receive data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
83 words
A token according to claim 1 wherein there are a plurality of said electronic components each mounted on said flexible substrate and electrically connected thereto, each said component defining a respective region and having associated therewith a respective pair of said first and second members whereby said token is restrained from flexing in each of said regions and portions of said token between said regions act as hinges so as to provide increased flexibility thereat and said predetermined minimum flexibility to said token.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
A token according to claim 1, further including a hard glob top resin material encapsulating said electronic component and said electrical connections between said first and second high tensile members, said hard glob top resin being encapsulated with said substrate and said first and second high tensile members by said plastics material to form the token.
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