RFID-based electric seal
OwnerChih Chuan Cheninventor
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Abstract
An electric seal includes a lock member having a compartment and an orifice communicative with each other and having a spring blade, a latch device engaged in the lock member, an antenna device having a segment engaged with the spring blade, a lock shaft engageable through the orifice and into the compartment of the lock member and lockable to the lock member with the latch device, and a circuit board attached to the lock shaft and having an RFID chip coupled to an electric circuit, the electric circuit includes a contact for selectively engaging with the upper segment of the antenna device and for electrically connecting the electric circuit to the antenna device when the lock shaft is engaged into the orifice of the lock member.
Claims14
An electric seal comprising:
- a lock member including a compartment formed therein, and including an orifice formed therein and communicative with said compartment of said lock member, and including a spring blade engaged in said lock member and aligned with said orifice of said lock member,
- a latch device engaged in said compartment of said lock member,
- an antenna device engaged in said lock member and including a base member having a first segment engaged with said spring blade of said lock element,
- a lock shaft engageable through said orifice and into said compartment of said lock member and lockable to said lock member with said latch device, and
- a circuit board attached to said lock shaft and including an electric circuit, and including an RFID chip coupled to said electric circuit, said electric circuit including a contact for selectively engaging with said first segment of said base member of said antenna device and for electrically connecting said electric circuit of said circuit board to said antenna device when said lock shaft is engaged into said orifice of said lock member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.