Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to security for a credit card processing reader. Part of security for a reader is a secure cover having a trace mesh to discourage drilling through the cover. The mesh may be connected to one or more landing areas on the cover. The landing area has electrical pads with trace routing that provides tamper protection for the landing area.

Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to security for a credit card processing reader. Part of security for a reader is protecting sensitive components, for example components that access information from a credit card during a transaction. An alternative security configuration may include integrated circuits replacing portions of electrically active mesh. This may reduce the size and cost of a reader while maintaining its security with respect to published guidelines.

An electronic card connector, cooperated with a plug-in component and defining an insertion direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell attached to the insulative housing and forming a cavity therebetween, and an ejector movable in the insulative housing. The metal shell has a number of lateral walls located at two sides and a front end thereof. One of the lateral walls has a resisting portion protruding to the cavity and resists the resisting portion to confine a movement thereof in a horizontal plane.

An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of conductive contacts (5) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell (4) embedded in the insulative housing and a metal cover (3) assembled to the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base (10) and a slot (6) formed above the base, and the conductive contacts embedded into the base and defining contact portions (51) protruding into the slot and soldering portions (52) opposite to the contact portions. The metal shell includes a main portion (41) embedded into the base, and a longitudinal side portion (40) bending from at least one side of the main portion and extending in the front-to-back direction. The side portion locates at one side of the slot and electrically connects with the metal cover. Above all, the manufacturing process of the electrical connector is simplified, and the shielding effect is enhanced.

Various embodiments provide a smart card reader that includes a smart card reader body and smart card contacts. The smart card reader body is a single, contiguous piece of electrically dissipative material. As a smart card is inserted in to the smart card reader body and makes contact with portions of the smart card reader body, any electrostatic charge that has accumulated on plastic portions of the smart card is discharged through the smart card reader body itself, and to ground. As a result, damage to circuitry coupled to the smart card reader and an embedded circuit housed in the smart card is avoided.

A slidable magnetic card reader particularly suitable for magnetic payment cards having at least one longitudinal edge surface, the card reader including a magnetic card reading head operative to provide a data output in response to sliding thereby of a magnetic card bearing readable magnetically encoded data and a sliding track defining assembly including an elongate magnetic card edge engagement surface arranged for sliding engagement with a longitudinal edge surface of a magnetic card, the elongate magnetic card edge engagement surface extending at least to a location generally underlying the magnetic card reading head, at least a portion of the elongate magnetic card edge engagement surface being electrically conductive and being coupled to electrical ground.

An electronic card connector, cooperated with a plug-in component and defining an insertion direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell attached to the insulative housing and forming a cavity therebetween, and an ejector movable in the insulative housing. The metal shell has a number of lateral walls located at two sides and a front end thereof. One of the lateral walls has a resisting portion protruding to the cavity and resists the resisting portion to confine a movement thereof in a horizontal plane

Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to security for a credit card processing reader. Part of security for a reader is a secure cover having a trace mesh to discourage drilling through the cover. The mesh may be connected to one or more landing areas on the cover. The landing area has electrical pads with trace routing that provides tamper protection for the landing area.

A system for prevention of electrostatic discharge from a payment card to a point of sale (POS) device comprising an integrated circuit card (ICC) socket, includes a spring member comprising a first end electrically coupled to a second end. The first end is electrically coupled to an electrical ground, the first end is mechanically coupled to the POS device, and the second end is positioned for contact with a top edge of the payment card. When the payment card is inserted into the ICC socket and the top edge comes into contact with the second end, the first end and the second end form a first electrical path for electrostatic discharge between the payment card and the electrical ground.