Transaction card including removable chip
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsTyler Maiman, Kevin Osborn, Joshua Edwards
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Abstract
Provided are approaches for removing a chip of a transaction card using a chip removal element. In some approaches, the transaction card may include a body including a first main side opposite a second main side, a chip coupled to the first main side of the body, and a chip removal element disposed between the chip and the body. A first end of the chip removal element may be positioned within a tab recess along the first main side of the body, wherein the chip removal element is operable to decouple the chip from the body when the chip removal element is moved away from the body.
Claims20
A transaction card, comprising:
- a body including a first main side opposite a second main side;
- a chip comprising a contact and a die coupled with the contact via a set of electrical connections;
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- a chip removal element disposed between the chip and the body, wherein a first end of the chip removal element is operable to decouple the contact from the body, wherein decoupling the contact from the body causes the set of electrical connections to fracture.
A transaction card, comprising:
- a body including a first main side opposite a second main side;
- a chip comprising a die and a contact, the contact coupled with the die via a die attach and a set of electrical connections;
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- a chip removal element coupled with the die attach, wherein the chip removal element is operable to decouple at least part of the chip from the body, wherein decoupling the at least part of the chip from the body causes the set of electrical connections to fracture.
A method, comprising:
- providing a body of a transaction card, the body comprising a first main side opposite a second main side;
- coupling a chip removal element to a chip, wherein the chip includes a die coupled with a contact via a set of electrical connections;
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- coupling the chip and the chip removal element in a chip recess of the body, the chip removal element operable to decouple at least part of the chip from the body, wherein decoupling the at least part of the chip from the body fractures the electrical connections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.