# US 10,122,105 B2 · Secured body of memory card reader > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,105 B2 - Document ID: US10122105B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/609,690 - Filed: 2017-05-31 - Published: 2017-11-30 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-31 - Assignees: Ingenico Group - Applicants: Ingenico Group - Inventors: Stephane Pavageau; Johann Jadeau - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122105B2 ## CPC - H01R 12/721: {cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits} - G06F 21/86: Secure or tamper-resistant housings - G06K 7/0082: {comprising an arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharge, e.g. by grounding part of the conductive housing} - G06K 7/0091: {the circuit comprising an arrangement for avoiding intrusions and unwanted access to data inside of the connector} - G07F 19/2055: {Anti-skimming aspects at ATMs} - H01R 13/508: assembled by {a separate} clip or spring - H01R 13/6666: {with built-in overvoltage protection} - G06K 7/0056: {housing of the card connector} - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A memory card reader body has a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape and a slot for inserting a memory card. The reader body furthermore includes a housing for receiving a memory card connector, and at least one protection circuit. The body includes an upper lid and a lower lid, where the protection circuit is positioned on an internal face of the upper lid. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A memory card reader body comprising: a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape; a slot for inserting a memory card; a housing for receiving a memory card connector; at least one protection circuit; and an upper lid and a lower lid, said upper lid and said lower lid being two distinct parts that can be fitted with each other, said protection circuit being positioned on an internal face of the upper lid, wherein said protection circuit takes the form of at least one lattice and an etching density of the protection circuit is variable according to a location of the protection circuit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The memory card reader body according to claim 1, wherein the internal face of the upper lid has a surface, and the protection circuit extends appreciably throughout the surface of the internal face of the upper lid. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The memory card reader body according to claim 1, wherein the upper lid has a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape comprising a main surface, two side walls and one longitudinal wall, the side walls and the longitudinal wall being fixedly attached to the main surface by a cut-off edge, the cut-off edge comprising, at each of the side walls, at least one assembling aperture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The memory card reader body according to claim 3, wherein said protection circuit is a laser-etched protection circuit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The memory card reader body according to claim 3, wherein said protection circuit is a flexible printed circuit board positioned within said housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The memory card reader body according to claim 1, wherein the lower lid has a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape comprising a main surface, two side walls and one longitudinal wall, and the reader body comprises, at each side wall, at least one fastening lug that is positioned so as to be facing a corresponding aperture of the upper lid. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The memory card reader body according to claim 6, wherein: the upper lid has a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape comprising a main surface, two side walls and one longitudinal wall, the side walls and the longitudinal wall being fixedly attached to the main surface by a cut-off edge, the cut-off edge comprising, at each of the side walls, at least one assembling aperture; and the lower lid is shaped so as to fit together with the upper lid, each fastening lug of the lower lid taking position in a corresponding assembling aperture of the upper lid, and wherein a unit formed by the upper lid and the lower lid is held by the insertion, into each assembling aperture, of a locking pin. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The memory card reader body according to claim 1, wherein the lower lid comprises at least one card-braking device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The memory card reader body according to claim 1, wherein the lower lid comprises at least one electrostatic discharge zone. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The memory card reader body according to claim 1, wherein the upper lid comprises at least one brittle zone configured to be broken when there is an unauthorized extraction of said upper lid. ### Claim 11 A memory card reader terminal comprising a memory card reader body, which comprises: a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape; a slot for inserting a memory card; a housing for receiving a memory card connector; at least one protection circuit; and an upper lid and a lower lid, said upper lid and said lower lid being two distinct parts that can be fitted with each other, said protection circuit being positioned on an internal face of the upper lid, wherein said protection circuit takes the form of at least one lattice and an etching density of the protection circuit is variable according to a location of the protection circuit.