US 12,148,260 B2
Bill storage unit of automated teller machine
Tae Gang Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ji Youn Cho, Seoul (KR); Gun Hyuk Lim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Chang Ho Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Sang Hyun Lee, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to HYOSUNG TNS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYOSUNG TNS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,464.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0106732 (KR), filed on Aug. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069131 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G07D 11/13 (2019.01); G07D 11/125 (2019.01); G07D 11/40 (2019.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC G07D 11/13 (2019.01) [G07D 11/125 (2019.01); G07D 11/40 (2019.01); B65H 2402/60 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1112 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bill storage unit of an automated teller machine, the bill storage unit comprising:
a lower cassette and an upper cassette which have bills stored therein and are vertically stacked;
an external control board disposed outside the lower cassette and the upper cassette to perform power supply and communication signal transmission to the lower cassette and the upper cassette;
first and second internal control boards electrically connected to the external control board and disposed inside the lower cassette and the upper cassette to perform power supply and communication signal transmission to each of components inside the lower cassette and components inside the upper cassette;
a plurality of connectors interconnected to electrically connect the external control board and the first and second internal control boards; and
a position alignment means configured to, when the upper cassette is being stacked on the lower cassette, guide the plurality of connectors to be interconnected at correct positions.