Plastic card

• US 6,848,622 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2002
• Issued: 02/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsumura, Shinichi, Kudo, Takao, Asaoka, Satoko
• Primary Examiner(s): PAIK, STEVE S
• Application Number:
  US10/415,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20040026518A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/375, 235/449, 235/451, 235/492, 235/487, 235/488, 428/99, 428/195
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/00 Layered products comprising a layer of synthetic resin fibrous or filamentary layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/02; particulate layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/16; foamed layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/18
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/08 of synthetic resin
• 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 25/369 Magnetised or magnetisable materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs

Abstract

In a plastic card (10) for an embossing finish comprising a core material (12) and a sheath material (13), a breaking elongation of the core material (12) is 25% or less and a breaking elongation of the sheath material (13) is 130% or more. The ratio of the thickness of the core material to the thickness of the sheath material (13) occupied in the entire part of the plastic card is set to 20 to 53:10. Otherwise, a breaking elongation of the core material (12) is 50% or less and the tensile strength of the sheath material (13) is 100 MPa or more. The ratio of the thickness of the sheath material (13) to the thickness of the core material (12) occupied in the entire part of the card is set to 41 to 90:10. The breaking elongation of the core material (12) and the sheath material (13) or the tensile strength of the sheath material (13), and the ratio of thickness of the core material (12) to the sheath material (13) are adjusted so that the plastic card excellent in embossing characteristics and hardly generating cracks due to a repetitive bending fatigue is provided.

Claims

1. A plastic card comprising:

a core material having at least one core sheet;

and a sheath material having at least one sheath sheet,

wherein a breaking elongation of the core material is 25% or less, wherein a breaking elongation of the sheath material is 130% or more, wherein the core material and the sheath material include at least one of a non-vinyl chloride resin and a polymer alloy of a non-vinyl chloride resin and are thermocompression bonded, and wherein the ratio of the total thickness of the at least one core sheet relative to the total thickness of the at least one sheath sheet (20 to

     53);

10.

2. The plastic card according to claim 1, wherein the core material has at least a pair of core sheets bonded through a circuit board and the sheath material has at least a pair of outer layer sheath sheets bonded through the core material.

3. The plastic card according to claim 2, wherein at least the one pair of core sheets and at least the one pair of outer layer sheath sheets are symmetrically disposed on the circuit board located as a center.

4. The plastic card according to claim 1, wherein the core material and the sheath material are made of a non-vinyl chloride resin or a polymer alloy of a non-vinyl chloride resin including inorganic filler.

5. The plastic card according to claim 1, wherein an embossing finish is applied to the sheath material.

6. The plastic card according to claim 1, wherein a magnetic stripe is provided on the sheath material.

7. The plastic card according to claim 1, wherein integrated circuit chips are provided in the core material.

8. A plastic card comprising:

a core material layer provided on each of the opposing face surfaces of a circuit board; and

a sheath material layer provided outside of each of the core material layers,

wherein each of the core material layers and the sheath material layers is made of a material a non-vinyl chloride resin or a polymer alloy of a non-vinyl chloride resin to which inorganic filler is added, wherein the core material layers and the sheath material layers include at least one of a non-vinyl chloride resin and a polymer alloy of a non-vinyl chloride resin and are thermocompression bonded, and wherein the sheath material layers have a total thickness that is thinner than the total thickness of the core material layers and have a breaking elongation higher than that of the core material layres, and wherein an embossing finish applied.

9. The plastic card according to claim 8, wherein the core material layer and the sheath material layer provided on one surface side and the core material layer and the sheath material layer provided on the other surface side are symmetrically provided on the circuit board located as a center.

10. The plastic card according to claim 8, wherein a magnetic stripe is provided on the sheath material layer.

11. The plastic card according to claim 8, wherein integrated circuit chips are provided on the core material layer.

12. A plastic card comprising:

a core material having at least one core sheet; and

a sheath material having at least one sheath sheet,

wherein a breaking elongation of the core material is 50% or less, wherein a tensile strength of the sheath material is 100 MPa or more, wherein the core material and the sheath material include at least one of a non-vinyl chloride resin and a polymer alloy of a non-vinyl chloride resin and are thermocompression bonded, and wherein the ratio of the total thickness of the at least one core sheet relative to the total thickness of the at least one sheath sheet is (41 to

     90);

10.

13. The plastic card according to claim 12, wherein the core material has at least a pair of core sheets bonded through a circuit board and the sheath material has at least a pair of outer layer sheath sheets bonded through the core material.

14. The plastic card according to claim 13, wherein at least the one pair of core sheets and at least the one pair of outer layer sheath sheets are symmetrically disposed on the circuit board located as a center.

15. The plastic card according to claim 12, wherein the core material and the sheath material are made of a non-vinyl chloride resin or a polymer alloy of a non-vinyl chloride resin.

16. The plastic card according to claim 15, wherein the core material is made of a non-vinyl chloride resin or a polymer alloy of a non-vinyl chloride resin including an inorganic filler and the sheath material is composed of a drawn sheet made of the non-vinyl chloride resin or the polymer alloy of the non-vinyl chloride resin.

17. The plastic card according to claim 12, wherein an embossing finish is applied to the sheath material.

18. The plastic card according to claim 12, wherein a magnetic stripe is provided on the sheath material.

19. The plastic card according to claim 12, wherein integrated circuit chips are provided on the core material.