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US 2009/0212913 A1Published application
Radio Frequency Identification Enabled Tag And Method For Its Production
AssigneeHolland1916 Inc
InventorsAdam Barksdale, Jim Stradinger
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags provides RFID enabled metal tags that are of thicknesses limited only by the thickness of the RFID chip embedded therein. The metal can support variable information, and as such, may be printed economically in short runs by various metal printing techniques. The RFID chip in the tag is readable from two sides of the tag.
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An identification tag comprising:
- a metal body including oppositely disposed first and second sides;
- an aperture in the body, extending through the body, the aperture including at least one inner edge;
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- a device responsive to electronic signals within the aperture and positioned in the aperture by an adhesive material that fixes the device in position in the aperture and maintains the device from contacting the at least one inner edge of the aperture, the device being accessible to electronic signals on the oppositely disposed first and second sides of the body.
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An identification tag comprising:
- a metal body including oppositely disposed first and second sides;
- an aperture in the body, extending through the body, the aperture including at least one inner edge;
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- a device responsive to electronic signals within the aperture and positioned in the aperture by an adhesive material that fixes the device in position in the aperture and maintains the device from contacting the at least one inner edge of the aperture, and the thickness of the device corresponds substantially to the thickness of the body.
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A method for making an identification tag comprising:
- providing at least one metal body with oppositely disposed upper and lower surfaces:
- making an aperture in the at least one metal body, the aperture extending through the at least one metal body;
- placing a device responsive to electronic signals within the aperture;
- maintaining the device so as to be substantially coplanar with the upper and lower surfaces;
- and,
- filling the aperture with material that allows for the passage of electronic signals therethrough to fasten the device in place such that the device is out of contact with the edges of the aperture and that the device is accessible to electronic signals on both sides of the at least one metal body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.