Rfid enabled container
AssigneeParker-Hannifin Corporation
InventorsDerek Alan Carroll, Gino G. Banco
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Abstract
A radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled article includes a body formed of a plastic or other polymeric first material having at least one wall, the wall having a length, a width, and a thickness, and wherein the thickness dimension is smaller than the length and the width and is defined between a first surface and a second surface; and an RFID transponder embedded 5-95% into the thickness dimension of the wall. The first and second surfaces of the wall are free from witness marks.
Claims24
A method of making an article having an embedded identifier, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming a body of a plastic or other polymeric first material having at least one wall, the wall having a preassembly thickness in a thickness dimension defined between a first surface and a second surface;
- placing an identifier on the second surface of the wall;
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- encapsulating the identifier by overmolding a plastic or other polymeric second material which may be the same as or different from the first material onto the second surface and the identifier, forming a monolithic wall having a new thickness dimension defined between the first surface and a new second surface, the new thickness being thicker than the preassembly thickness.
A method of making an article with an embedded identifier, the method comprising the steps of:
- closing a mold having a first cavity with a first geometry and a second cavity with a second geometry, the first cavity closing around a first mold core;
- injecting into the first cavity a plastic or other polymeric first material to form a first body having at least one wall;
- opening the mold to expose the first body;
- placing an identifier on a surface of the wall;
- repositioning the first body and first core with respect to the mold;
- closing the mold with the first cavity around a second core and the second cavity around the first core;
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- simultaneously injecting into the first cavity a plastic or other polymeric second material, which may be the same as or different from the first material, to form a second body having at least one wall, and injecting into the second cavity a plastic or other polymeric third material, which may be the same as or different from the first and/or second material, to encapsulate the identifier by overmolding the third material onto the second surface and the identifier,
- wherein the second geometry is larger than the first geometry.
A radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled article, the article comprising:
- a body formed of a plastic or other polymeric first material having at least one wall, the wall having a length, a width, and a thickness, and wherein the thickness dimension is smaller than the length and the width and is defined between a first surface and a second surface;
- and
- an RFID transponder embedded 5-95% into the thickness dimension of the wall,
- wherein the first and second surfaces of the wall are substantially free from witness marks.
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