ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,947, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Card reader and method of controlling card reader" was invented by Munemasa Momose (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a card reader, in a card moving step performed when activation of an IC chip fails in a first activation attempt step, a card is transported and stopped within a range where IC contact springs in contact with external connection terminals do not come off the external connection terminals, with an IC contact block positioned in a contactable position where the IC contact springs are allowed to contact the external connection...