Scored smart card

• US 9,379,755 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2012
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thales DIS France SAS (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Froger, Alexis, Renouard, Jeremy, Cogno, Georges
• Primary Examiner(s): TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN
• Application Number:
  US14/355,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20140308990A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,338 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07739 comprising a first part capable of functioning as a record carrier on its own and a second part being only functional as a form factor changing part, e.g. SIM cards type ID 0001, removably attached to a regular smart card form factor
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices

Abstract

The invention relates to a SIM (2) card in a first format, with an electronic module (4). The card body comprises a score line (6) surrounding the electronic module (4) in order to define the second card format (3). The said score line (6), comprises residual matter thickness that is smaller than the thickness of the card body. The thickness of the residual matter comprises a first thickness (9) over a first part of the score line (6), at least one second thickness (10) smaller than the first thickness (9) over a second part of the score line and at least one residual thickness change zone (11, 17), where the said thickness change zone is a gradual thickness change zone (11, 17) that goes from the first thickness to the second thickness.

Claims

1. A smart card comprising:

a first card body in the credit card format that supports a second card body in the 2FF format and a third card body in the 3FF format and an electronic module,

a score line surrounding the electronic module and defining said 3FF format, the said score line comprising all along the score line a residual matter thickness that is smaller than the thickness of the second card body, the residual matter thickness comprises;

a first thickness over a first part of the score line, at least a second thickness smaller than the first thickness over a second part of the score line and at least one residual thickness change zone, the said thickness change zone being a gradual thickness change zone that starts with the first thickness and proceeds to the second thickness.

2. A card according to claim 1, wherein the first part and the second part are separated by a pivot axis, which is a line that substantially separates the second card body format into two substantially equal parts.

3. A card according to claim 1, wherein the residual thickness is asymmetrical in shape.

4. A card according to claim 1, wherein the residual thickness is offset in relation to the thickness of the card body.

5. A card according to claim 1, which is made by moulding.