ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,355, issued on July 22, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Information processing device" was invented by Shinya Miyazawa (Nagano, Japan) and Junro Takeuchi (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing device includes a control board, a connector board having a connector to which an IC card is attached, and a protection board formed with a breakage detection circuit. The connector board is formed with a second breakage detection circuit for detecting its own disconnection and short circuit. The connector is mounted on a face on one side of the connector board, the protection board is ...