Golf ball with rfid inlay in a molded impression
AssigneeEdge Technology
InventorsROBERT LUCIANO, Warren White, David Grieshaber
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Abstract
A compressible core with an RFID tag is described. The compressible core includes an RFID integrated circuit, a carrier material, a molded compressible core, and a fill material. The RFID integrated circuit includes a memory that stores at least one unique identifier. The carrier material includes an RFID antenna electrically coupled to the RFID integrated circuit. The molded compressible core has a center and a spherical surface. Additionally, the molded compressible core includes a molded impression that receives the carrier material with the antenna and RFID integrated circuit. The fill material fills the molded impression occupied by the inlay.
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A method for embedding an RFID tag into a compressible core, the method comprising:
- placing a compressible compound in a mold, wherein the mold includes a projection configured to leave a molded impression;
- heating the compressible compound in the mold;
- removing the mold;
- generating a molded compressible core having a center and a spherical surface, wherein the molded compressible core includes the molded impression left by the mold projection;
- encapsulating an RFID integrated circuit in a flexible substrate;
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- placing the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit in the molded impression, the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit includes an RFID antenna electrically coupled to an RFID integrated circuit that includes a memory configured to store at least one unique identifier.
A method for embedding an RFID tag into a compressible core, the method comprising:
- placing a compressible compound in a mold, wherein the mold includes a projection configured to leave a impression;
- heating the compressible compound in the mold;
- removing the mold;
- generating a compressible core having a center and a spherical surface, wherein the compressible core includes the impression on the surface of the compressible core;
- encapsulating an RFID integrated circuit in a flexible substrate;
- placing the flexible substrate having the RFID integrated circuit on the impression, wherein the RFID integrated circuit includes,
- a plurality of RFID contact pads;
- an RFID memory configured to store at least one unique identifier, and
- an RFID antenna electrically coupled to the RFID integrated circuit,
- wherein the RFID antenna includes a plurality of stranded wires that are fixedly coupled to the RFID contacts pads;
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- encapsulating the compressible core with a shell so that the shell interfaces with compressible core and the flexible substrate having the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.