Patent ID: 8733655
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A magnetic read head for reading a magnetic stripe of a magnetic stripe card, comprising: a plurality of pins; circuitry to convert magnetic signals to electrical signals, where output of the circuitry is coupled to the plurality of pins; and a shield that encloses the circuitry, the shield having a front face through which magnetic signals pass to read the magnetic stripe, a base on a side of the shield opposite the front face, and one or more side surfaces between the base and the front face, wherein the shield has a plurality of openings, wherein each opening of the plurality of openings in the shield extends through a side surface from the one or more side surfaces of the shield, wherein each pin of the plurality of pins passes from inside of the shield, through an opening in a side surface of the shield, and to outside of the shield, and wherein a bottom surface of each pin where each pin passes through each opening is co-planar with a bottom surface of the base of the shield.