ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,238, issued on July 28.
"Card reader" was invented by Ryotaro Kamiyama (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card reader which is attached to an attaching face on an inner side of a case of an information apparatus and is capable of accessing information of a card includes a card reader main body part, a cover member which is fixed to a front side of the card reader main body part, and an antenna which is disposed inside the cover member and communicates with the card in a non-contact manner for accessing the information. The cover member is provided with a protruding part which is inserted into an attaching hole part provi...