Patents by Inventor Fabien Zupanek

Fabien Zupanek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for connecting a chip to an antenna in a contactless smart card radio frequency identification device
    Patent number: 6770509
    Abstract: A method for connecting a chip (10) to a contactless smart card antenna having deformable contacts (18), the antenna being printed using conductive ink on an antenna support (16) made of deformable material. This method includes the steps of positioning the chip (10) provided with contacts (12) made of a non-deformable material, on the antenna support so that the contacts (12) are facing the contacts (18) of the antenna, and exerting a force on the chip (10) so that the contacts (12) deform the antenna support (16) and the contacts (18) of the antenna as a result of the pressure, the support (16) and the contacts (18) maintaining their deformation after the pressure is released, thus enabling a significant contact surface to be obtained between the contacts (12) of the chip (10) and the contacts (18) of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: ASK S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Halope, Fabien Zupanek
  • Method for connecting a chip to an antenna in a contactless smart card radio frequency identification device
    Publication number: 20020192856
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for connecting a chip (10) to a contactless smart card antenna having deformable contacts (18), the antenna being printed using conductive ink on an antenna support (16) made of deformable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Christophe Halope, Fabien Zupanek