Intelligent card and car key card with material appearance effect

Abstract

The utility model relates to an intelligent card with a material appearance effect and a vehicle key card, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent cards. The intelligent card provided by the utility model comprises an intelligent card blank layer, the outer surface of the intelligent card blank layer is provided with a transfer printing layer, and the transfer printing layer presents a material appearance effect; the transfer printing layer is located on the upper surface, the lower surface and the side edge of the intelligent card blank layer, and the thickness of the transfer printing layer is 0.01-0.1 mm; the intelligent card blank layer comprises an INLAY core layer and a protective film layer, the protective film layer is located on the outermost side of the intelligent card blank layer, and the transfer printing layer is attached to the protective film layer of the intelligent card. The transfer printing layer enables the intelligent card to present the appearance effect of a real material, makes up for the situation that the appearance material effect of the intelligent card is relatively single, and enables the characteristics and the quality standard of the intelligent card body to meet the actual requirements.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of smart cards, in particular to a smart card and a car key card with material appearance effects. Background Art

[0002] At a time when new energy vehicles are developing vigorously, car key cards are favored by many car manufacturers due to their intelligence and portability. There is an increasing demand for unique and technological appearance, and novel and innovative quality products have also become the product goals of various car manufacturers.

[0003] Existing smart cards primarily consist of an INLAY layer, a printed layer, and a PVC protective film layer. The card's appearance is primarily achieved through offset printing, silk-screen printing, and hot stamping on the printed layer. However, the printed layer's patterns rarely perfectly replicate the appearance of the actual material itself. Incorporating new materials such as carbon fiber, jade, and wood into smart card products is prohibitively expensive due to the need to meet various industry-standard parameters. Furthermore, the inherent performance characteristics of the materials themselves limit the card's performance, such as wood's inherent bending resistance, carbon fiber's high cutting costs due to its hardness, and jade's lengthy production cycles. Furthermore, due to the inherent material properties and process limitations, the side edges of the card product cannot exhibit special material effects.

[0004] In response to the demand for novel and innovative car key cards in the rapidly developing new energy vehicle field, there is an urgent need for a smart card with a special material appearance effect to solve the problem of the relatively single material appearance of smart car key cards on the market and meet customers' demand for car key cards with different textures. Utility Model Content

[0005] In view of the above analysis, the present invention aims to provide a smart card and car key card with material appearance effects to solve the problem that the surface and sides of existing smart cards cannot present the appearance effects of the real material itself, resulting in the material appearance effects of the smart cards being relatively single.

[0006] The purpose of this utility model is mainly achieved through the following technical solutions:

[0007] In a first aspect, the utility model provides a smart card with a material appearance effect, wherein the smart card comprises a smart card blank layer, wherein an outer surface of the smart card blank layer is provided with a transfer layer, and the transfer layer presents a material appearance effect.

[0008] Furthermore, the transfer layer is located on the upper surface, lower surface and side edges of the smart card blank layer.

[0009] Furthermore, the smart card further comprises a protective film layer, which is located on the outermost surface of the smart card blank layer, and the transfer layer is attached to the protective film layer of the smart card.

[0010] Furthermore, the smart card further includes an element layer, and the element layer is located on the outer surface of the transfer layer.

[0011] Furthermore, the elements of the element layer include hot stamped and / or gilded colored LOGOs or special element patterns.

[0012] Furthermore, the thickness of the element layer is 0.01-0.08 mm.

[0013] Furthermore, the outermost layer of the smart card is a UV varnish layer.

[0014] Furthermore, the thickness of the UV varnish layer is 0.01-0.15 mm.

[0015] Furthermore, the transfer layer has a thickness of 0.01-0.1 mm.

[0016] In a second aspect, the present invention provides a car key card, which is the smart card described in the first aspect of the present invention.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the present invention can achieve at least one of the following beneficial effects:

[0018] 1. The outer surface of the smart card of the utility model is attached with a transfer layer showing the appearance of the real material itself, such as Figure 1 As shown, it can solve the problem that the pattern on the printed layer of the existing smart card is difficult to perfectly present the appearance of the real material itself, resulting in the material appearance of the smart car key card on the market being relatively single and unable to meet consumer needs; in addition, the side of the smart card of the utility model can also be attached with a transfer layer that presents the appearance of the real material itself.

[0019] 2. In order to ensure that the characteristics and quality standards of the smart card body with a transfer layer attached to the surface remain unchanged and still meet actual needs, the transfer layer cannot affect the structure and function of the smart card body. The smart card blank layer of the utility model includes an INLAY core layer and a protective film layer. The transfer layer is attached to the protective film layer of the smart card blank and presents the appearance of the real material itself.

[0020] 3. In order to meet customers' requirements for smart card pattern settings, the smart card of the present invention also includes an element layer, which is located on the surface of the transfer layer; the elements of the element layer include hot stamping and / or gold-stamping color LOGOs or special element patterns.

[0021] 4. In order to enhance the scratch and abrasion resistance of the product surface, the utility model attaches a UV varnish layer on the transfer layer and / or element layer obtained by water transfer printing.

[0022] In the present invention, the above-mentioned technical solutions can be combined with each other to achieve more preferred combinations. Other features and advantages of the present invention will be described in the following content, and some advantages will become apparent from the description or be understood through practice of the present invention. The objectives and other advantages of the present invention can be realized and obtained through the contents particularly pointed out in the text and drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] The accompanying drawings are only used for the purpose of illustrating specific embodiments and are not to be considered as limiting the present invention. Throughout the accompanying drawings, the same reference symbols denote the same components.

[0024] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the smart card of the utility model;

[0025] Reference numerals:

[0026] 1-smart card blank layer; 2-transfer layer; 3-hot stamping element layer; 4-UV varnish layer. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein the accompanying drawings constitute a part of the present invention and are used together with the embodiments of the present invention to illustrate the principles of the present invention, and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention.

[0028] A specific embodiment of the present utility model discloses a smart card with material appearance effects, such as Figure 1 The smart card includes a smart card blank layer 1 located in the middle layer, and a hot stamping element layer 3 and a UV varnish layer 4 sequentially arranged on both sides of the smart card blank layer 1. The outer surface of the smart card blank layer 1, including the upper and lower surfaces and the side edges, is attached with a transfer layer 2; the transfer layer 2 can present the appearance of the real material itself, and the real material includes but is not limited to one of various types of marble, jade, wood, metal, and carbon fiber; the transfer layer 2 attached to the surface and side edges of the smart card blank layer can present the same or different appearance of the real material itself.

[0029] It should be noted that, according to the needs of different consumers, the present invention may also have a transfer layer only on one side surface, both sides surface or side of the smart card blank layer, so as to achieve a real material simulation effect when the smart card is observed from a specific angle.

[0030] Existing smart cards mainly include an INLAY layer, a printing layer, and a protective film layer. The appearance of the card is mainly achieved by offset printing, silk screen printing, and hot stamping patterns on the printing layer. However, it is currently difficult for the patterns on the printing layer to perfectly present the appearance of the real material itself. This is mainly because the offset printing and silk screen printing patterns have a poor degree of restoration of the appearance of the real material itself, that is, the simulation effect is poor. The thickness of the silk screen pattern is generally 10-100μm, with strong covering power, but poor precision and average adhesion, and requires surface coating protection; the offset printing pattern has high precision, but the thickness can only reach about 10μm, with poor covering power and average adhesion, and also requires surface coating protection; and the hot stamping pattern is formed by transferring a shiny and textured metal foil (such as gold and silver) to the surface of the printing material, which is even more difficult to achieve the appearance of the real material itself. If new materials such as carbon fiber, jade, and wood are applied to smart card products, the cost will be very high due to the need to meet various parameter requirements of the card industry. At the same time, the performance of the card is also limited by the performance characteristics of the materials themselves, which makes the performance of the card subject to various restrictions. For example, wood is not resistant to bending, carbon fiber is hard and has high cutting costs, and jade has a long production cycle. In addition, due to the characteristics of the materials themselves and process limitations, the side of the card product cannot present special material effects.

[0031] The smart card of the present invention includes a smart card blank layer. In order to ensure that the characteristics and quality standards of the smart card body itself remain unchanged and still meet actual needs, the transfer layer cannot affect the structure and function of the smart card body. The smart card blank layer includes an INLAY core layer and a protective film layer. The present invention attaches a transfer layer that can present the appearance of the real material itself to the protective film layer of the smart card. The transfer layer not only presents the appearance of the material, but also has strong covering power and high adhesion. According to the needs of different consumers, the smart card of the present invention can achieve the simulated appearance of hundreds of materials such as various types of marble, jade, wood, metal, carbon fiber, etc. at one or more places on one side, both sides, or the side of the smart card, making up for the market situation where the appearance of smart card materials is relatively single.

[0032] In a specific embodiment, a water transfer film layer is directly transferred onto the protective film layer. In order to further increase the adhesion between the transfer layer and the protective film layer, the protective film can be surface pretreated. The surface pretreatment methods are all existing surface pretreatment methods, such as polishing the surface of the PVC protective film layer, corona treatment, plasma treatment, or / and coating a special adhesive or coating to improve the adhesion of the transfer film. In addition, in order to further improve the adhesion of the transfer film, the following measures can also be taken: decontamination treatment of the surface of the protective film layer, selection of transfer ink with higher viscosity, optimization of transfer process parameters (such as lamination speed, water temperature, room temperature and relative humidity), etc., to ensure the best transfer effect.

[0033] In one possible embodiment, the transfer layer attached to the surface and sides of the smart card blank layer is an oil film layer, and the ink attached to the surface and sides of the smart card blank layer can be achieved using mature water transfer printing technology. For example, the protective film layer of the smart card blank is first corona treated, and a transfer pattern or customized pattern is selected; a transfer material of a size corresponding to the workpiece to be transferred is cut and laid flat on the water surface with the printed surface facing upward, with no bubbles between the film and the water surface; after the transfer material has been left on the water surface for a certain period of time, an activator is sprayed on the transfer material to dissolve the ink on the transfer material, discoloring it and making it soft and elastic; the transfer material is transferred to the surface and side edges of the smart card manually (without positioning the product) or using a semi-automatic film-coating machine (with positioning the product), and the transfer workpiece is soaked for about 30 seconds to allow the ink to stably adhere to the surface of the smart card product; then, the excess transfer material film remaining on the surface and sides of the transferred smart card is removed by rinsing with water; and moisture on the surface of the smart card product after successful transfer is removed by heat drying.

[0034] In a possible implementation, a transfer ink with a higher viscosity is directly selected, and conventional water transfer operation can be used to complete the formation of the transfer layer without the above operation.

[0035] In a possible implementation, an adhesive layer is provided on the transfer side of the protective film layer, and then a conventional water transfer operation is used to complete the formation of the transfer layer.

[0036] The smart card ink transfer layer of the utility model has strong adhesion to the surface of the protective film layer, strong covering power, and high precision. The transfer layer can perfectly present the appearance of the real material itself, that is, the simulation effect is good; the transfer layer has strong adhesion to the surface of the smart card blank, and a hot stamping and / or gold-plated colored LOGO or special element pattern can be further attached to the surface of the transfer layer to form an element layer; and a UV varnish layer can be further attached to the transfer layer and / or the hot stamping element layer.

[0037] It should be noted that, in order to meet the customer's demand for smart card pattern setting, the utility model further has a hot stamping and / or a gold element layer attached to the transfer layer obtained by water transfer printing.

[0038] It should be noted that in order to enhance the scratch and abrasion resistance of the product surface, the present invention has a UV varnish layer attached to the transfer layer and / or hot stamping element layer obtained by water transfer printing.

[0039] Specifically, a UV varnish layer may be directly attached to the transfer layer to protect the transfer layer, improve the scratch resistance and abrasion resistance of the transfer layer, and improve the durability of the appearance of the real material itself.

[0040] Specifically, a colored LOGO or a hot stamping pattern of special elements can be first attached to the transfer layer obtained by water transfer printing to form a hot stamping element layer, and then a UV varnish layer can be attached to the surface of the hot stamping element layer and the transfer layer that has not been hot stamped; the varnish layer not only improves the scratch resistance and abrasion resistance of the transfer layer and the hot stamping layer; since the composition of the UV varnish is similar to that of the transfer layer, both are polymer materials, the UV varnish layer has a high adhesion to the transfer layer, and can also improve the adhesion firmness of hot stamping elements of different materials on the transfer layer, prevent separation between the edge of the hot stamping element and the transfer layer, and prevent falling off.

[0041] It should be noted that, according to needs, you can choose to perform hot stamping processing of color LOGO or special elements on one side or both sides of the smart card, on the transfer layer or PVC protective film layer.

[0042] It should be noted that, according to needs, a UV varnish layer can be sprayed on one or both sides of the smart card, on the transfer or PVC protective film layer, on the transfer layer and / or the hot stamping element layer.

[0043] It should be noted that in order for the transfer layer to completely cover the base material, perfectly present the appearance of the real material itself, and have a high adhesion ability on the PVC protective film, the thickness of the transfer layer needs to be limited.

[0044] Specifically, the thickness of the transfer layer of the present invention is 0.01-0.1 mm. If the transfer layer is too thick, wrinkles will appear. If the ink layer is too thin, the covering effect will be poor.

[0045] It should be noted that in order to ensure that the colored LOGO or special elements that enhance the beauty and texture of the smart card are firmly attached to the ink layer and meet the size requirements of the smart card, the thickness of the hot stamping and / or gold element layer needs to be limited.

[0046] Specifically, the thickness of the hot stamping and / or gold element layer of the present invention is 0.01-0.08 mm. If the element layer is too thick, the outermost protective varnish layer will not be able to cover it.

[0047] It should be noted that in order to improve the scratch resistance and abrasion resistance of the smart card, meet the size requirements of the smart card and enhance the adhesion of the element layer, the thickness of the UV varnish layer needs to be limited.

[0048] Specifically, the thickness of the UV varnish layer of the present invention is 0.01-0.15 mm. If the UV varnish layer is too thick, it will lead to poor leveling and drying effects. If the UV varnish layer is too thin, it will lead to the inability to cover and protect the hot stamping or gold elements.

[0049] Another specific embodiment of the present invention discloses a car key card, which is the smart card provided by the above specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0050] The smart card with special material effects provided by the utility model is applied to the car key card, which is not only easy to carry, scratch-resistant and durable, but also has the appearance of the real material itself, meeting consumers' continuous demand for novel and innovative textured car key cards.

[0051] Example 1

[0052] A smart card 1 having a carbon fiber appearance includes a smart card blank layer and a transfer layer attached to the surface and sides of the smart card blank layer. The thicknesses of the smart card blank layer and the transfer layer are 0.88 mm and 0.05 mm, respectively. The transfer layer has a carbon fiber appearance, so that the surface of the smart card perfectly presents the appearance of the carbon fiber material itself, and the sides of the smart card also perfectly present the appearance of the carbon fiber material itself.

[0053] Example 2

[0054] A smart card 2 having a wood-like appearance comprises a smart card blank layer and a transfer layer attached to the surface and sides of the smart card blank layer. The thicknesses of the smart card blank layer and the transfer layer are 0.88 mm and 0.05 mm, respectively. The transfer layer exhibits a wood-like appearance, so that the surface of the smart card perfectly presents the appearance of the wood material itself, and the sides of the smart card also perfectly present the appearance of the wood material itself.

[0055] Example 3

[0056] A smart card 3 having a marble appearance comprises a smart card blank layer and a transfer layer attached to the surface and sides of the smart card blank layer, wherein the thicknesses of the smart card blank layer and the transfer layer are 0.88 mm and 0.05 mm, respectively. The ink layer exhibits a marble appearance, so that the surface of the smart card perfectly presents the appearance of the marble material itself, and the sides of the smart card also perfectly present the appearance of the marble material itself.

[0057] Example 4

[0058] A smart card 4 having a wood-like appearance comprises: a smart card blank layer located in an intermediate layer, a transfer layer attached to the surface and sides thereof, and a hot stamping element layer and a UV varnish layer sequentially arranged on both sides of the smart card blank layer, wherein the thicknesses of the transfer layer, the smart card blank layer, the hot stamping element layer, and the UV varnish layer are 0.05 mm, 0.88 mm, 0.02 mm, and 0.03 mm, respectively; wherein the transfer layer has a wood-like appearance.

[0059] The above is only a preferred specific implementation method of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to this. Any changes or replacements that can be easily thought of by any technician familiar with this technical field within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A smart card with a material appearance effect, characterized in that: The smart card comprises a smart card blank layer, wherein the outer surface of the smart card blank layer is provided with a transfer layer, and the transfer layer presents a material appearance effect; The transfer layer is located on the upper and lower surfaces and side edges of the smart card blank layer, and the thickness of the transfer layer is 0.01-0.1 mm; The smart card blank layer comprises an INLAY core layer and a protective film layer, wherein the protective film layer is located on the outermost surface of the smart card blank layer, and the transfer layer is attached to the protective film layer of the smart card; The smart card further comprises an element layer, wherein the element layer is located on the outer surface of the transfer layer; The elements of the element layer include hot stamping and / or gold-plated colored LOGO; Wherein, the transfer layer is a water transfer layer; The thickness of the element layer is 0.01-0.08 mm; The outermost layer of the smart card is a UV varnish layer; The thickness of the UV varnish layer is 0.01-0.15 mm.

2. A car key card, characterized in that: The car key card is the smart card according to claim 1.

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