Data storage card and method for the manufacture of a data storage card

• US 8,695,883 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2009
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Giesecke + Devrient Mobile Security GmBH (Giesecke & Devrient GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
• Inventors: Riedl, Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THIEN MINH
• Application Number:
  US12/997,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20110114731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,761 Days
• Field of Search: 235/487, 235/492, 235/488, 235/486, 235/454
• US Class Current: 235/487
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 48/08 flexible, e.g. films
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 48/15 incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. extrusion moulding around inserts
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 48/19 the layers being joined at their edges
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2017/00 Carriers for sound or information
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2017/006 Memory cards, chip cards
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2425/00 Cards, e.g. identity cards, credit cards
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 13/00 Loose leaves modified for binding; Inserts loose leaves modified for temporary attachment B42F3/00; indexing features B42F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/30 Plastic material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/00 Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/24 Passports
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/305 Associated digital information record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/369 Magnetised or magnetisable materials
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/45 Associating two or more layers

Abstract

A data carrier card and a method for producing a data carrier card, in particular a chip card or magnetic stripe card. The data carrier card has a card body having one or several foils, where the foil or at least one of the foils is a coextruded foil having at least two areas with different material properties. The use of coextruded foils makes it possible to form in a simple manner different areas in the card body which differ from each other in material quality. In particular, it is possible to form for example a data carrier card with a card body having a plurality of alternating opaque and transmissive strips or with window strips and/or windows enclosed in the surface of the card body.

Claims

1. A data carrier card comprising a card body comprising:

one or several foils, wherein the foil or at least one of the several foils comprises a single coextruded foil layer having at least two contiguous surface areas that are co-planar having different material properties,

wherein at least one first surface area of the at least two surface areas of the coextruded foil is opaque and at least one second surface area of the at least two surface areas of the coextruded foil is transmissive, and

wherein the at least one first surface area is formed entirely of a first material having at least one material property that is different than the at least one second surface area, said at least one first surface area and said second surface area being arranged to form at least a top surface of the single coextruded foil layer.

2. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein the card body comprises several, superposed foils disposed one upon the other which are laminated together.

3. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein the card body comprises several, superposed foils, wherein at least a portion of the foils is formed from one material over the entire surface and is arranged on at least one side of the coextruded foil.

4. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein the at least two surface areas of the coextruded foil are formed from the same basic material with different additives.

5. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein at least one surface area of the at least two surface areas of the coextruded foil is polarizing.

6. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein at least one surface area of the at least two surface areas of the coextruded foil is formed from more elastic and/or more hardwearing material than at least one other area of the at least two areas of the coextruded foil.

7. The data carrier card according to claim 6 for use in an electronic identification book, wherein an area of the coextruded foil that is located at a seam of the identification book is more elastic than an area of the coextruded foil not located at the seam of the identification book.

8. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein at least one area of the at least two surface areas of the coextruded foil comprises one or several of the following materials:

polycarbonate, PET, PETG, TPE, TPU, polyolefins, PA, PVC, ABS.

9. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the transitions between two neighboring surface areas of the coextruded foil is executed sharply and/or smoothly.

10. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein one or several coextruded foils each have at least one opaque surface area and at least one transmissive surface area is configured and/or arranged one over the other such that the data carrier card has at least one window and/or at least one window strip.

11. The data carrier card according to claim 10, wherein the at least one window and/or the at least one window strip extends through the card body and/or end at an opaque area of the card body.

12. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein the coextruded foil comprises a plurality of alternating opaque and transmissive strips, wherein at least a portion of superposed coextruded foils having alternating opaque and transmissive strips are arranged such that the at least one window and/or the at least one window strip is formed by the arrangement.

13. The data carrier card according to claim 12, wherein at least a portion of superposed coextruded foils having alternating opaque and transmissive strips is arranged such that opaque and transmissive strips of neighboring foils are superposed in each case.

14. The data carrier card according to claim 12, wherein at least a portion of superposed coextruded foils having alternating opaque and transmissive strips is arranged such that opaque and transmissive strips of neighboring foils are oriented so as to be offset and/or rotated relative to each other.

15. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein the card body comprises several, superposed foils disposed one upon the other formed simultaneously by coextrusion.

16. The data carrier card according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first surface area and at least one second surface area extend through a thickness of the single coextruded foil layer.

17. A method for producing a data carrier card comprising a card body comprising one or several foils, wherein the foil or at least one of the several foils comprises a single coextruded foil layer having at least two contiguous surface areas that are co-planar having different material properties, wherein at least one first surface area of the at least two surface areas of the coextruded foil is opaque and at least one second surface area of the at least two surface areas of the coextruded foil is transmissive, said method comprising the step forming the card body by coextrusion of at least one foil such that the at least one foil has at least two contiguous surface areas with different material properties, wherein the at least one first surface area is formed entirely of a first material having at least one material property that is different than the at least one second surface area, said at least one first surface area and said second surface area being arranged to form at least a top surface of the single coextruded foil layer.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the coextrusion is effected at a temperature of substantially 200°

C. or at 230°

C.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein one or several further foils are applied by lamination to at least one side of the at least one coextruded foil.