ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,282, issued on March 25, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Card reader" was invented by Ryo Uchiyama (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card reader includes a card accommodating part which has an insertion port into which a card is inserted, accommodates at least a part of the card having been inserted, and has a discharge hole which is capable of discharging a foreign matter in an inside of the card accommodating part, and a foreign matter accommodation member which accommodates the foreign matter discharged through the discharge hole and is capable of being attached and detached. The foreign ma...