# US 2023/0410693 A1 · Battery-operated electronic label > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0410693 A1 - Document ID: US20230410693A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/459,589 - Filed: 2023-09-01 - Published: 2023-12-21 - Earliest claimed: 2022-05-18 - Assignees: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH - Applicants: SES-Imagotag GmbH - Inventors: Andreas RÖSSL - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230410693A1 ## CPC - G09F 3/14: by strings, straps, chains, or wires - G09F 3/208: {Electronic labels, Labels integrating electronic displays} - G09F 9/372: {the positions of the elements being controlled by the application of an electric field} - G09F 2013/222: {with LEDs} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract An electronic label with a housing, that comprises a front wall and a rear wall and a side wall, wherein the front wall comprises a, particularly reflective, screen, and wherein by contrast to the front wall and rear wall, the side wall is constructed to be light-conducting and wherein a light source for emitting the light that can be generated using it through the side wall is positioned inside the housing, and wherein the side wall is inclined towards the front wall. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic label (1) with a housing (2), which has a front wall (3) and a rear wall (4) and at least one side wall (5), wherein the front wall (3) has a, particularly reflective, screen (3A), and wherein by contrast to the front wall (3) and rear wall (4), the side wall (5) is constructed to be light-conducting, and wherein a light source (19A, 29B) for emitting the light that can be generated using it through the side wall (5) is positioned inside the housing (2), and the side wall (5) has an energy storage device holder (7) protruding into the interior of the housing (2), which is designed to hold at least one electrical energy storage device (8) at an intended position in the housing (2), wherein the rear wall (4) has a protrusion (10), which surrounds an energy storage device accommodating region, which is dimensioned in such a manner that the energy storage device holder (7) together with the energy storage device (8) can be accommodated therein. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion (10) is lifted from the remainder of the rear wall and is open towards the side wall (5). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic label (19 according to claim 1, wherein in comparison to the protrusion (10) other regions of the housing (2) are thinner or flatter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein the housing (2) has a shaft (9) running between the front wall (3) and the rear wall (4) for accommodating the energy storage device holder (7). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein the side wall (5) with its energy storage device holder (7) is designed to be drawer-like. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein the side wall (5) and the energy storage device holder (7) are constructed in one piece and to be transparent. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein the electrical energy storage device (8) is a battery or a rechargeable battery or a button cell battery. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein the side wall (5) has, in contrast to an edge less manner, a side wall edge with an edge with a thickness. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic label (1) according to claim 8, wherein the side wall edge is relatively narrow compared to the side wall surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic label (1) according to claim 8, wherein the side wall (5) is placed onto adjacent walls, so that the side wall edge is visible. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein the side wall (5) is inclined towards the front wall (3). ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, which comprises battery-operable electronics (25) for actuating the light source (29A, 29B). ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic label (1) according to claim 12, wherein the electronics (25) is designed to control whether and how, that is to say the dynamic with which light is output through the side wall (5). ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The electronic label (1) according to claim 12, which has at least two LEDs positioned at different places as light source (29A, 29B), with the aid of which light can be fed from various sides into the energy storage device holder (7). ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein aside from the one light-conducting side wall (5), the rest of the housing (2) is formed completely by the front wall (3) and the rear wall (4), which are constructed in a bowl-shaped manner. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The electronic label (1) according to claim 1, wherein the rear wall (4) has a recess (12) adjacent to the side wall (5) and a part of the energy storage device holder (7) is exposed there. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic label (1) according to claim 16, wherein the protrusion (10) of the rear wall (4) enclosing the energy storage device accommodating region (7) is constructed adjacently to the recess (12).