ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,543, issued on Feb. 24, 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 a data reading mechanism and a main body frame formed with a card moving passage and holding the data reading mechanism. The main body frame is formed with a moving passage forming surface, an accommodation part recessed from the moving passage forming surface toward a lower side, and a guide part for guiding a foreign matter inserted from a card insertion slot to the accommodation part. The accommodation part is disposed at a position displ...