Patents Assigned to HIERSTAR LIMITED
  • Patent number: 9039851
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a (plastic) card with a flexible inlay. Said method comprises following steps: manufacturing a upper housing and a lower housing; coating colloidal on inner surfaces of the upper housing and the lower housing; placing the inlay in said upper housing or the lower housing; closing the upper housing and the lower housing together to have a housing-closed card; laminating the closed housings to have a finished card. Preferably, there is provided in either the upper housing or the lower housing a slot(s) in match with the inlay(s); the inlay is placed within the slot accordingly. By means of the invention, a card with flexible inlay is manufactured, for example, an intelligent card (i.e., smart card) comprising a flexible and active circuit board and a flexible display, and properties of a new kind of card with flexible inlay are guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Hierstar Limited
    Inventors: Xueli Xie, Zheng Zhang, Jixiang Guo, Taoling Xie
  • Publication number: 20120154290
    Abstract: A smart card is disclosed by the present invention. The smart card comprises a flexible keyboard, an ultra thin flexible battery, an infrared data interface, a flexible display, a flexible circuit board and a CPU kernel; wherein the flexible circuit board provides electrical connection for individual parts of the smart card, the flexible keyboard is used for inputting by user, the ultra thin flexible battery provides power supply to the smart card, the infrared data interface is used for infrared communication with an external terminal, the flexible display is used for man-machine interaction, the CPU kernel controls individual parts of the smart card and the smart card is packaged with plastic material. The invention enables the smart card to authenticate off-line user, therefore the security of electronic transaction is ensured. The smart card product of the invention can be carried and used by user conveniently, and can reduce product costs and has very wide application prospect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: HIERSTAR LIMITED
    Inventors: Qiaobang Yang, Zheng Zhang, Jixiang Guo, Taoling Xie, Xueli Xie
  • Publication number: 20120103508
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a (plastic) card with a flexible inlay. Said method comprises following steps: manufacturing a upper housing and a lower housing; coating colloidal on inner surfaces of the upper housing and the lower housing; placing the inlay in said upper housing or the lower housing; closing the upper housing and the lower housing together to have a housing-closed card; laminating the closed housings to have a finished card. Preferably, there is provided in either the upper housing or the lower housing a slot(s) in match with the inlay(s); the inlay is placed within the slot accordingly. By means of the invention, a card with flexible inlay is manufactured, for example, an intelligent card (i.e., smart card) comprising a flexible and active circuit board and a flexible display, and properties of a new kind of card with flexible inlay are guaranteed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: HIERSTAR LIMITED
    Inventors: Xueli Xie, Zheng Zhang, Jixiang Guo, Taoling Xie