US 9,039,851 B2 · Method of manufacturing a card

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a (plastic) card with a flexible inlay. Said method comprises following steps: manufacturing a upper housing and a lower housing; coating colloidal on inner surfaces of the upper housing and the lower housing; placing the inlay in said upper housing or the lower housing; closing the upper housing and the lower housing together to have a housing-closed card; laminating the closed housings to have a finished card. Preferably, there is provided in either the upper housing or the lower housing a slot(s) in match with the inlay(s); the inlay is placed within the slot accordingly. By means of the invention, a card with flexible inlay is manufactured, for example, an intelligent card (i.e., smart card) comprising a flexible and active circuit board and a flexible display, and properties of a new kind of card with flexible inlay are guaranteed.

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A method of manufacturing a card, comprising the following steps:

manufacturing a upper housing and a lower housing;
coating an inner surface of at least one of the upper housing and the lower housing with a colloidal;
placing one or more flexible inlays in either the coated upper housing or the coated lower housing, wherein said one or more flexible inlays have at least one different physical property from the upper housing and lower housing;
closing the upper housing and the lower housing together to get a housing-closed card, wherein the colloidal completely fills into space between the upper housing and the lower housing, and wherein the colloidal operates to enhance affinity between the upper housing, lower housing and the one or more flexible inlays and forms firm and direct connection with close contact among individual components in the housing-closed card;
and
laminating the housings-closed card to have a finished card.

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