Cards and devices with embedded holograms

• US 8,567,679 B1
• Filed: 01/23/2012
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
• Inventors: Mullen, Jeffrey D., Nicklaus, Eric R.
• Primary Examiner(s): MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I
• Application Number:
  US13/356,573
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 283/94, 235/457
• US Class Current: 235/457
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/412 Transparent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2457/08 PCBs, i.e. printed circuit boards
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/08 characterised by added members at particular parts layer formed of separate pieces of material which are juxtaposed side-by-side B32B3/14, B32B3/18
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/0476 Holographic printer G03H1/268 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/12 by photographic printing , e.g. by laser printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/042 the record carrier having a form factor of a credit card and including a small sized disc, e.g. a CD or DVD disc shaped data carriers in general, see G11B20/00 and G11B23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06112 the marking being simulated using a light source, e.g. a barcode shown on a display or a laser beam with time-varying intensity profile
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06206 the magnetic marking being emulated
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0716 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising a sensor or an interface to a sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07709 the interface being a keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/16 the marking being a hologram or diffraction grating

Abstract

A card, such as a payment card, or other device may include an electronics package. The electronics package may include electronic components mounted on a flexible, printed circuit board. The electronics package may be laminated (e.g., via a hot, cold, or molding lamination process) between layers of transparent polymer. A hologram may be fixed to one side of the electronics package such that the hologram may be viewed from the exterior of the laminated card having transparent polymer layers. As such, the hologram may not be removed without breaching the integrity of a transparent polymer layer.

Claims

1. A card comprising:

a first layer of transparent polymer;

a second layer of transparent polymer; and

a flexible printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein a microprocessor is attached to said first surface, a first hologram is attached to said second surface, and said flexible printed circuit board is provided between said first and second layers,

wherein a layer of print material is provided on a surface of said first layer of transparent polymer through a drop-on-demand printing process.

2. The card of claim 1, wherein said first layer, said second layer, and said flexible printed circuit board are fixed together via a molding lamination process.

3. The card of claim 1, wherein a signature panel is affixed to said second layer of transparent polymer and said signature panel and said first hologram are viewable from the exterior of said card.

4. The card of claim 1, further comprising a battery.

5. The card of claim 1, further comprising a second hologram and a battery.

6. The card of claim 1, wherein said first hologram is attached to said second surface via a glue.

7. The card of claim 1, wherein said first hologram is attached to said second surface via a tape.

8. The card of claim 1, wherein said first hologram is attached to said second surface via an adhesive.

9. A card comprising:

a first layer of transparent polymer;

a second layer of transparent polymer; and

a flexible printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein a microprocessor is attached to said first surface, a hologram is attached to said second surface, and said flexible printed circuit board is provided between said first and second layers,

wherein a layer of print material is provided on a surface of said first layer of transparent polymer and said print material is acrylic-based.

10. A card comprising:

a first layer of transparent polymer;

a second layer of transparent polymer;

a flexible printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein a microprocessor is attached to said first surface, a first hologram is attached to said second surface, and said flexible printed circuit board is provided between said first and second layers; and

a second hologram.

11. A card comprising:

a first layer of transparent polymer;

a second layer of transparent polymer; and

a flexible printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein a microprocessor is attached to said first surface, a hologram is attached to said second surface, and said flexible printed circuit board is provided between said first and second layers,

wherein a signature panel is fixed to the exterior surface of said first layer.

12. A card comprising:

a first layer of transparent polymer;

a second layer of transparent polymer; and

a flexible printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein a microprocessor is attached to said first surface, a hologram is attached to said second surface, and said flexible printed circuit board is provided between said first and second layers,

wherein a signature panel is fixed to the exterior surface of said first layer, wherein a print material is at least partially provided on at least a first portion of the exterior layer of said first layer and at least a second portion of said signature panel.

13. A card comprising:

a first layer of transparent polymer;

a second layer of transparent polymer; and

a flexible printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein a microprocessor is attached to said first surface, a hologram is attached to said second surface, and said flexible printed circuit board is provided between said first and second layers,

wherein a signature panel is fixed to the exterior surface of said first layer, wherein a signature panel is centered horizontally on the card on the exterior surface of said first layer.

14. A card comprising:

a first layer of transparent polymer;

a second layer of transparent polymer;

a flexible printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, wherein a microprocessor is attached to said first surface, and said flexible printed circuit board is provided between the interior surfaces of said first and second layers; and

a hologram affixed to the exterior layer of said first layer, wherein a print material is at least partially provided on at least a first portion of the exterior layer of said first layer and at least a second portion of said hologram.

15. The card of claim 14, wherein said hologram is a rectangle and said print material over said second portion causes the viewable portion of said hologram to have rounded corners.