ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,907, issued on March 4, was assigned to NIDEC SANKYO Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Card transport unit" was invented by Satoshi Yokoyama (Nagano, Japan) and Keiji Ohta (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card transport unit transports a card ejected one-by-one from a card housing section to a card processing section, and includes: a carriage that is moved in a carriage transport path provided between the card housing section and the card processing section; a contactless card reader that includes a contactless communication antenna making contactless communication with the card; and a support member that holds the contactless c...