RFID-based electric seal
OwnerChih Chuan Cheninventor
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Abstract
An electric seal includes an antenna device engaged in a lock member and having a contact located in the lock member, a lock shaft engageable into the lock member and having a circuit board engaged in the bore of the lock shaft and having an RFID chip coupled to an electric circuit, the electric circuit includes a contact for electrically engaging with the contact of the antenna member when the lock shaft is engaged into the compartment of the lock member for identifying the RFID-based electric seal, the RFID chip do not generate and emit the signal to identify the electric seal when the lock shaft is disengaged from the lock member or when the circuit board is disengaged from the antenna member.
Claims15
An electric seal comprising:
- a lock member including a compartment formed therein,
- an antenna device engaged in said lock member and including an antenna member having a first contact located in said compartment of said lock member,
- a lock shaft engageable into said compartment of said lock member and lockable to said lock member, and including a bore formed in said lock shaft, and
- a circuit board engaged in said bore of said lock shaft and including an electric circuit, and including an RFID chip coupled to said electric circuit, said electric circuit including a second contact for selectively engaging with said first contact of said antenna member and for electrically connecting said electric circuit of said circuit board to said antenna member when said lock shaft is engaged into said compartment of said lock member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.