Patent ID: 9107336
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B42D,G06K,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating cards that each include at least one electronic unit incorporated or embedded in a card body and at least a first printed pattern on a side of a first surface of the card body, wherein the method includes the successive steps of: A) forming a plurality of card bodies in the form of a thick sheet that incorporates or embeds respectively a plurality of electronic units; B) printing a plurality of first patterns on a first surface of the thick sheet in a printing station, wherein ink is deposited on the first surface sheet at the printing station so that each first pattern is on a different card body of this thick sheet; and C) placing an at least partially transparent coating on each first printed pattern and assembling this at least partially transparent coating with the corresponding card body so that both adhere to each other, wherein the printing station is formed of a plurality of cylinders disposed to be printing support, wherein the thick sheet incorporating or embedding the plurality of electronic units is arranged in succession at the surface of the cylinders during the printing step and thus is disposed to be bent several times in the printing station.