Patent ID: 8733662

Claim:
A method of manufacturing at least one card including an electronic module, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a frame or a plate having at least one aperture for receiving the electronic module; (b) applying pressure to deform or crush at least one part of the frame or plate in a peripheral area of said at least one aperture, wherein the application of pressure is localised at said at least one part of this frame or plate, so that the thickness of said frame or said plate is reduced locally in said at least one part; (c) bringing the electronic module opposite said at least one aperture so that at least one zone of the electronic module is superposed on said at least one part of the frame of plate in the peripheral area; (d) assembling together said at least one part of said frame or said plate and said at least one zone of said electronic module; and (e) adding a resin at least on one side of said frame or plate so as to fill any space remaining in said at least one aperture, wherein the resin is added after the at least one part of said frame or said plate is assembled with the at least one zone of said electronic module.