US 11,934,906 B2
Hybrid transaction card reader system
Florence Panetta, La Chapelle-en-Vercors (FR); Olivier Fabregoule, Guilherand Granges (FR); Roger Devornique, Valence (FR); Pierre Morel, Charpey (FR); and Richard Allirot, Corenc (FR)
Assigned to BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/620,821
Filed by BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/067235
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254651, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1906684 (FR), filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0309257 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/0004 (2013.01) [G06K 7/0078 (2013.01); H05K 1/0275 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid transaction card reader system comprising:
a hybrid transaction card reader comprising magnetic strip reader, a chip reader and a slot to receive a card supporting at least one of an integrated circuit chip or a magnetic strip; and
a protection device for protecting the chip reader, the protection device comprising:
an upper protective printed circuit;
a lower protective printed circuit; and
a lateral protective printed circuit, which comprises a superposition of unitary printed circuits, a plane of the superposition of the unitary printed circuits being parallel to a plane of the upper protective printed circuit and to a plane of the lower protective printed circuit, wherein the chip reader is located in a space between the upper, lower and lateral protective printed circuits.