# US 2023/0409864 A1 · Radiofrequency identification tag devices

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- Number: US 2023/0409864 A1
- Document ID: US20230409864A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/253,215
- Filed: 2021-11-03
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-17
- Assignees: Allflex UK Group Ltd
- Applicants: Allflex UK Group Ltd
- Inventors: Ian Graydon SPOOR; Keith Daniel James HEALD
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230409864A1

## CPC

- G06K 19/07758: {arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag}
- B65D 63/1027: {the integral securing member being formed as a female and male locking member, e.g. locking head and locking teeth, or the like}
- G06K 19/0723: {the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs}
- G06K 19/07786: {the antenna being of the HF type, such as a dipole}
- G09F 3/0297: {including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code (digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00)}
- G09F 3/14: by strings, straps, chains, or wires
- G09F 3/205: {specially adapted for electric cables, pipes or the like}
- B65D 2203/10: Transponders
- B65D 2563/108: Appendages formed with/on the strap for purposes other than joining, releasing or bundling, e.g. for fixing the strap to a wall, label plates
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

## Abstract

A combined RFID tag and label device for attaching an elongate object such as a cable, cable bundle, or pipe. The device comprises a plastic flag having a display surface to carry a visible identification code or label for the device and includes an encapsulated RFID tag configured to provide remote-readable RFID data to an RFID reader. The device includes a device tie and a tie mount which are configured such that, after fastening, the flag has a central longitudinal axis which lies above, and is aligned parallel to, a longitudinal axis of the elongate object where the device is fastened.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A combined RFID tag and label device for attaching to an elongate object, the device comprising:
a plastic flag having a display surface to carry a visible identification code or label for the device and a reverse surface opposite the display surface,
wherein the flag includes an encapsulated RFID tag configured to provide remote-readable RFID data to an RFID reader;
a device tie to fasten around the elongate object to attach the device;
a tie mount on the flag wherein the tie mount is located on the reverse surface of the flag and provides a tie mount attachment for a first end of the tie such that the tie extends from the tie mount across and generally parallel to the reverse surface,
wherein the tie mount has an aperture to receive a second, opposite end of the tie after the tie has been passed around the elongate object, and wherein the flag has a corresponding aperture so that the second end of the tie can extend through the flag during fastening; and
configured such that, after fastening, the flag has a central longitudinal axis which lies above, and is aligned parallel to, a longitudinal axis of the elongate object where the device is fastened.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein the tie mount attachment for the first end of the tie is configured such that the first end of the tie, and the part of the tie the extends from the tie mount across and generally parallel to the reverse surface, is displaced away from the reverse surface of the flag such that, after fastening, the flag lies adjacent to but slightly proud from the elongate object.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein the tie mount is located beyond a longitudinal edge of the flag such that, when fastened, the central longitudinal axis lies above the longitudinal axis of the elongate object.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein the flag has an oblong shape and wherein the RFID tag comprises an integrated circuit located in a longitudinally central position along the central longitudinal axis with a dipole antenna extending to each side of the integrated circuit along the central longitudinal axis, comprising a single said tie mount located adjacent the integrated circuit in a longitudinally central position along the central longitudinal axis.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein the tie has teeth and the aperture of the tie mount has a pawl to engage with the teeth to fasten the tie within the tie mount.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein the rear surface of the flag and tie mount are compression moulded around the device tie.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A vehicle wiring loom comprising multiple cable bundles, and the device of claim 1 fastened to each of at least some of the cable bundles.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A system comprising the device of claim 1 and a tag reader, wherein the remote-readable RFID data is readable by the tag reader, wherein the tag reader includes a subsystem to input an identifier from the identification code or label into the tag reader, and wherein the tag reader is configured to provide tag data read from the RFID tag identified by the identifier.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A system comprising the device of claim 1 and a tag writer, wherein the remote-readable RFID data is writable by the tag writer, wherein the tag writer includes a subsystem to input an identifier from the identification code or label into the tag writer, and wherein the tag writer is configured to write tag data into the RFID tag identified by the identifier.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9 wherein the tag reader is a tag reader/writer, wherein the remote-readable RFID data is readable by the tag reader/writer, wherein the tag reader/writer includes a subsystem to input an identifier from the identification code or label into the tag reader/writer, and wherein the tag reader/writer is configured to provide tag data read from the RFID tag identified by the identifier.

### Claim 11

An RFID tag device fastenable with a cable tie, the RFID tag device comprising:
a first surface, and a second surface disposed to a rear of the first surface;
a cable tie mount, arranged to receive a cable tie, and disposed on a mounting area of the RFID tag device, wherein the mounting area is on a surface other than the first surface;
wherein, when the RFID tag device is in a fastened configuration around an object to which the RFID tag device is attached, a long axis of the RFID tag device lies substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the object and the first surface faces away from the object.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the mounting area is co-planar with the second surface and extends laterally away from an area defined by the second surface, such that, in the fastened configuration, the second face lies substantially facing the object.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11 comprising an RFID tag located between the first surface and the second surface, and wherein the cable tie mount is configured to hold the RFID tag away from the cable tie.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a slot extending through the first and second surface, the slot arranged to receive a surplus length of a cable tie when said cable tie is received in the cable tie mount and the RFID tag device is in the fastened configuration.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the cable tie mount is oriented such that a cable tie is receivable in the cable tie mount along an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the RFID tag device.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the RFID tag device is an ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID tag.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first surface is laser-printed or bears a laser-printed information label.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the RFID tag device is plastic apart from the RFID tag, and formed by a compression moulding between the mounting area of the RFID tag device and the cable tie mount.

### Claim 19 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11 comprising an RFID tag which includes an RF-readable chip configured to be remotely programmed by an RF programming device.

### Claim 20 (depends on 11)

An RFID tag device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the RFID tag device comprises a single said cable tie mount.