Payment terminal security device comprising an embedded security element
AssigneeBanks and Acquirers International Holding
InventorVincent Hernandez
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Abstract
A security device for an electronic payment terminal having at least one printed circuit. The security device includes at least one deformable security element designed to be inserted in a housing of the printed circuit. The printed circuit has at least one security circuit including at least one conducting track internal to the printed circuit and interrupted at the housing. Furthermore, the at least one deformable element has at least one conducting surface configured to close the at least one internal conducting track when the deformable element is deformed in the housing.
Claims12
A security device for an electronic payment terminal comprising at least one printed circuit, wherein said security device comprises:
- at least one deformable security element configured to be inserted in a housing of said printed circuit, said printed circuit comprising at least one security circuit comprising at least one conducting track internal to said printed circuit and interrupted at said housing,
- wherein said at least one deformable element has at least one conducting surface configured to close said at least one internal conducting track when said deformable element is deformed in said housing.
An electronic payment terminal comprising:
- at least one printed circuit comprising a housing and at least one security circuit comprising at least one conducting track internal to said printed circuit and interrupted at said housing;
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- at least one deformable security element configured to be inserted in the housing of said printed circuit and having at least one conducting surface configured to close said at least one internal conducting track when said deformable element is deformed in said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.