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US 7,597,261 B2Granted
Anti-tampering protection for magnetic stripe reader
AssigneeVeriFone, Inc.
InventorArnon Aviv
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Abstract
A magnetic stripe reading device including a magnetic head assembly including a mounting element, at least one information reading sensor having output contacts, the sensor being mounted in the mounting element and a flat cable coupled to the output contacts of the at least one information reading sensor, a portion of the flat cable being arranged in a doubled-over configuration over the output contacts, thereby to provide anti-tampering protection to the output contacts.
Claims20
A magnetic head assembly comprising:
- a mounting element defining a peripheral anti-tamperinu enclosure;
- at least one information reading sensor having output contacts, said at least one information reading sensor being mounted in said mounting element;
- and
- a flat cable coupled to said output contacts of said at least one information reading sensor, a portion of said flat cable being arranged in a doubled-over configuration over said output contacts, thereby to provide anti-tampering protection to said output contacts,
- said output contacts of said at least one information reading sensor and said portion of said flat cable arranged in a doubled-over configuration being located within said peripheral anti-tampering enclosure.
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A magnetic head assembly comprising:
- a mounting element;
- at least one information reading sensor having output contacts, said at least one information reading sensor being mounted in said mounting element;
- and
- a flat cable, comprising multiple conductors arranged generally in a conductor plane and at least one protective wire grid arranged in a plane parallel to said conductor plane, coupled to said output contacts of said at least one information reading sensor, a portion of said flat cable being arranged in a doubled-over configuration over said output contacts, thereby to provide anti-tampering protection to said output contacts.
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A point-of-sale device comprising:
- a housing defining at least one keypad and display location;
- and
- a magnetic card reader assembly associated with the housing and including a slot and magnetic stripe reading device, said magnetic stripe reading device comprising:
- a magnetic head assembly including:
- a mounting element defining a peripheral anti-tampering enclosure;
- at least one information reading sensor having output contacts, said at least one information reading sensor being mounted in said mounting element;
- and
- a flat cable coupled to said output contacts of said at least one information reading sensor, a portion of said flat cable being arranged in a doubled-over configuration over said output contacts, thereby to provide anti-tampering protection to said output contacts,
- said output contacts of said at least one information reading sensor and said portion of said flat cable arranged in a doubled-over configuration being located within said peripheral anti-tampering enclosure.
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A point-of-sale device comprising:
- a housing defining at least one keypad and display location;
- and
- a magnetic card reader assembly associated with the housing and including a slot and magnetic stripe reading device, said magnetic stripe reading device comprising:
- a magnetic head assembly including:
- a mounting element;
- at least one information reading sensor having output contacts, said at least one information reading sensor being mounted in said mounting element;
- and
- a flat cable, comprising multiple conductors arranged generally in a conductor plane and at least one protective wire grid arranged in a plane parallel to said conductor plane, coupled to said output contacts of said at least one information reading sensor, a portion of said flat cable being arranged in a doubled-over configuration over said output contacts, thereby to provide anti-tampering protection to said output contacts.
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A method of manufacturing a magnetic head assembly including:
- mounting at least one information reading sensor having output contacts in a mounting element;
- coupling a flat cable to said output contacts of said at least one information reading sensor, said flat cable comprising multiple conductors arranged generally in a conductor plane and at least one protective wire grid arranged in a plane parallel to said conductor plane;
- and
- doubling-over a portion of said flat cable over said output contacts, thereby to provide anti-tampering protection to said output contacts.
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A magnetic bead assembly comprising:
- a mounting element defining a peripheral antitampering enclosure;
- at least one information reading sensor having output contacts, said at least one information reading sensor being mounted in said mounting element;
- and
- a flat cable coupled to said output contacts of said at least one information reading sensor, a portion of said flat cable being arranged in a doubled-over configuration over said output contacts, thereby to provide anti-tampering protection to said output contacts,
- said at least one information reading sensor and said portion of said flat cable arranged in a doubled-over configuration being located within said peripheral anti-tampering enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.