# US 10,245,997 B2 · Radio frequency ID tag positioning system for compressed-gas tanks > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,997 B2 - Document ID: US10245997B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/036,486 - Filed: 2018-07-16 - Published: 2018-12-13 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-12 - Assignees: Bauer Compressors, Inc. - Applicants: Bauer Compressors, Inc. - Inventors: Tahsin Durak; Michael R. Sayre - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245997B2 ## CPC - B60P 3/228: {Measuring or indicating means, e.g. of level, volume, weight} - B60P 3/227: {Methods for tracing the load} - G06K 7/10178: {including auxiliary means for focusing, repeating or boosting the electromagnetic interrogation field (comparable booster antennas integrated on the record carrier itself G06K19/07794)} - G06K 19/04: characterised by the shape - G06K 19/0726: {the arrangement including a circuit for tuning the resonance frequency of an antenna on the record carrier} - G06K 19/07758: {arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag} - B60P 3/2215: {Mounting of tanks to vehicles} - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) ## Abstract A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag positioning system includes a tag holder having a first region with a slot extending from an edge of the first region, and a second region extending from the first region. When an RFID tag having an antenna is disposed in the slot of the tag holder and when the tag holder is adapted to be retained adjacent a filling fixture of a gas tank with the second region adapted to be in contact with the gas tank so that the slot is approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the gas tank, the RFID tag's antenna is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gas tank. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag positioning system, comprising: a collar adapted to be coupled to a filling fixture on a gas tank wherein the filling fixture is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the gas tank; and a tag holder coupled to said collar, said tag holder being transparent to electromagnetic energy, said tag holder including a first region having a slot extending from an edge of said first region, said tag holder including a second region extending from said first region, said second region including a positioning leg wherein, when said collar with said tag holder coupled thereto is coupled to the filling fixture such that said positioning leg of said tag holder is adapted to be in contact with the gas tank, said slot is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gas tank. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An RFID tag positioning system as in claim 1, further comprising an RFID tag disposed in said slot of said tag holder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An RFID tag positioning system as in claim 1, wherein said collar is adjustable in size. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) An RFID tag positioning system as in claim 1, wherein said tag holder comprises a material selected from the group consisting of rubber, fiberglass, plastics, wood, cloth, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 5 A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag positioning system, comprising: an adjustable length strap adapted to be coupled to a gas tank having a longitudinal axis; and a tag holder coupled to said strap, said tag holder being transparent to electromagnetic energy, said tag holder including a first region having a slot extending from an edge of said first region, said tag holder including a second region extending from said first region, said second region including a positioning leg wherein, when said strap with said tag holder coupled thereto is coupled to the gas tank such that said positioning leg of said tag holder is adapted to be in contact with the gas tank, said slot is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gas tank. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) An RFID tag positioning system as in claim 5, further comprising an RFID tag having an antenna, said RFID tag disposed in said slot of said tag holder wherein said antenna is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gas tank. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) An RFID tag positioning system as in claim 5, wherein said tag holder comprises a material selected from the group consisting of rubber, fiberglass, plastics, wood, cloth, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 8 A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag positioning system, comprising: a tag holder transparent to electromagnetic energy, said tag holder including a first region having a slot extending from an edge of said first region, said tag holder including a second region extending from said first region, said second region including a positioning leg; and an RFID tag having an antenna, said RFID tag disposed in said slot of said tag holder wherein, when said tag holder is adapted to be retained adjacent a filling fixture of a gas tank with said positioning leg adapted to be in contact with the gas tank so that said slot is approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the gas tank, said antenna is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gas tank. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) An RFID tag positioning system as in claim 8, further comprising a collar coupled to said tag holder and adapted to be attachable to the gas tank. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) An RFID tag positioning system as in claim 9, wherein said collar is adjustable in size. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) An RFID tag positioning system as in claim 8, wherein said tag holder comprises a material selected from the group consisting of rubber, fiberglass, plastics, wood, cloth, and combinations thereof.