Flex token with embossed key protection
AssigneeVasco Data Security, Inc.
InventorGuy Louis COUCK
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of pocket-size electronic devices, including credit card sized devices such as authentication tokens. It consists of an improvement of the well-known “raised ridge” to protect individual buttons from false key presses, obtained by applying embossing. A known problem with applying embossing to cards containing electronic components, is the fact that the embossing process may damage the components or the wiring inside the card. In the process according to the invention, an embossed ridge of a judiciously designed shape is used to avoid such damage.
Claims22
A slim electronic apparatus comprising a power source, an agent for performing at least one operation, an activation button for initiating said at least one operation by said agent, and an embossed ridge around said button.
A process for producing a slim electronic apparatus, comprising
- embedding a power source, an agent for performing at least one operation, and an activating button for initiating said at least one operation by said agent, into a card-like housing;
- and,
- embossing onto said card-like housing a ridge around said button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.