PORTABLE MECHANICAL SWITCH FOR SELECTIVE DEACTIVATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION CIRCUITS

摘要

Systems and methods for providing security for authentication devices—such as electronically readable cards or ID badges with embedded RFID chips or NFC capability—may include an envelope or pocket-like case for carrying an electronically readable card, having an electrically conductive, non-opaque sleeve that can be moved to cover or expose the electronically readable card and that prevents information on the the card from being electronically read when covered yet still allows the card to be seen when covered. In one or more embodiments, the sleeve may be a wire mesh that is flexible enough to be compressed to expose the card yet stiff (or rigid) enough to be extended to cover the card and that is transparent enough to allow reading visual information on the surface of the card when covering the card. Protection can be switched off by a mechanical switch that leaves the protection normally on.

主权项

1. An apparatus for protecting an electronic device comprising:
a case having a cavity; and a flexible, electrically conductive sheath inside the case and compressible between a first position and a second position, wherein the electrically conductive sheath surrounds the electronic device in the first position and the electrically conductive sheath surrounds only a portion of the electronic device in the second position.