ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,893, issued on April 7, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Card reader" was invented by Shinya Miyazawa (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card reader includes an IC contact block having IC contact springs, a main body frame and a torsion coil spring which urges the IC contact block. The IC contact block has a card abutting part abutting with a card and a block side spring engaging part with which one end of the torsion coil spring is engaged and is movable between a contact position where the IC contact springs are contacted with the card and a retreated position where the IC contact springs are r...