# US 2013/0160149 A1 · Encryption keypad capable of preventing illegal disassembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0160149 A1 - Document ID: US20130160149A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/810,415 - Filed: 2011-07-22 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-08-27 - Assignees: GRG Banking Equipment Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Junkun Zhang; Zhulong Lin; Jing He; Ying Han - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130160149A1 ## CPC - G06F 21/83: input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice or controllers thereof - G06F 21/86: Secure or tamper-resistant housings - G09C 1/00: Apparatus or methods whereby a given sequence of signs, e.g. an intelligible text, is transformed into an unintelligible sequence of signs by transposing the signs or groups of signs or by replacing them by others according to a predetermined system (cryptographic typewriters G09C3/00) - G06F 2221/2101: Auditing as a secondary aspect - G06F 2221/2107: File encryption - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09C: CIPHERING OR DECIPHERING APPARATUS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC OR OTHER PURPOSES INVOLVING THE NEED FOR SECRECY ## Abstract An enhanced encryption keypad (100) capable of preventing illegal disassembly for an automated teller machine comprises a key panel (101) and a main control board (102). A removal detection protection circuit is disposed inside a main chip of the main control board (102), and at least one pin of the removal detection protection circuit is guided out from a surface (1021) of a side of the main control board (102) near the key panel to form a removal detection point (1022). The removal detection point (1022) has two opened signal contact points. The two opened signal contact points are conducted by a conductive adhesive (103) to activate the removal detection protection circuit. A conductive protection ring (1023) isolated from the removal detection point is disposed at the periphery of the removal detection point. The conductive protection ring (1023) is connected to the removal detection protection circuit inside the main control chip. A protection circle (1024) is disposed at the periphery of the conductive protection ring and the corresponding conductive adhesive. The present application effectively protects the encryption keypad from illegal attacks on the removal detection point from the side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An encryption keyboard for preventing illegal disassembly, comprising a keystroke panel and a main control board, wherein a removal detection and protection circuit is provided in a main chip of the main control board, at least one lead pin of the removal detection and protection circuit is led out from a surface of the main control board adjacent to the keystroke panel so as to form a removal detection point, the removal detection point is provided with two disconnected signal contacts which are connected by conductive adhesive to activate the removal detection and protection circuit, a conductive protection ring is provided outside the removal detection point and is isolated from the removal detection point, the conductive protection ring is connected to the removal detection and protection circuit in the main chip, characterized in that, a guard member is provided at the outside of the conductive protection ring and of the conductive adhesive. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The encryption keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the guard member is provided with at least two hooks, each of the hooks inserts into a semi-blind hole in a surface of the main control board adjacent to the keystroke panel, and the guard member is fixed with the main control board by welding. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The encryption keyboard according to claim 2, wherein the guard member is a conductive metal ring which is electrically connected to the removal detection and protection circuit in the main control board. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The encryption keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the guard member is fixedly disposed on a surface, which is adjacent to the main control board, of the keystroke panel at the outside of a position corresponding to the conductive protection ring. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The encryption keyboard according to claim 1, wherein a bottom board is provided at a side of the main control board away from the keystroke panel, the guard member is fixedly disposed on a surface, which is adjacent to the main control board, of the bottom board at the outside of a position corresponding to the conductive protection ring, and the main control board is provided with a groove at a position corresponding to the guard member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The encryption keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the guard member is formed by vertically folding edges of the keystroke panel towards the main control board so as to fully enclose edges of the main control board when being assembled. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The encryption keyboard according to claim 1, wherein a bottom board is provided at a side of the main control board away from the keystroke panel, the guard member is formed by vertically folding edges of the bottom board towards the main control board so as to fully enclose edges of the main control board when being assembled. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The encryption keyboard according to claim 6, wherein a water-proof silicone rubber layer is provided between the keystroke panel and the main control board, the water-proof silicone rubber layer is provided with a conductive adhesive recess at a position corresponding to the conductive adhesive. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The encryption keyboard according to claim 1, wherein a water-proof silicone rubber layer is provided between the keystroke panel and the main control board, the water-proof silicone rubber layer is provided with a conductive adhesive recess at a position corresponding to the conductive adhesive. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The encryption keyboard according to claim 9, wherein a groove or a hole for receiving the guard member is provided in the water-proof silicone rubber layer at a position corresponding to the guard member.