# US 9,519,855 B2 · Non-contact IC label and nameplate > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,519,855 B2 - Document ID: US9519855B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/567,351 - Filed: 2014-12-11 - Published: 2015-04-02 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-06-13 - Assignees: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kunio Omura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519855B2 ## CPC - G06K 19/07773: {Antenna details (antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22)} - G06K 19/07771: {the record carrier comprising means for minimising adverse effects on the data communication capability of the record carrier, e.g. minimising Eddy currents induced in a proximate metal or otherwise electromagnetically interfering object} - G06K 19/07786: {the antenna being of the HF type, such as a dipole} - H01Q 1/2225: {used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal} - H01Q 9/26: with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength (resonant loop antennas H01Q7/00) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract A non-contact IC label includes a magnetic sheet, a gap retention member including a dielectric material, and a communication section provided between the magnetic sheet and the gap retention member. The communication section includes an IC chip and a first antenna section and a second antenna section which are connected to the IC chip. The magnetic sheet has a first magnetic face facing the gap retention member, and the IC chip, the first antenna section and the second antenna section are provided on the first magnetic face of the magnetic sheet. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-contact IC label, comprising: a magnetic sheet; a gap retention member comprising a dielectric material; and a communication section provided between the magnetic sheet and the gap retention member, the communication section including an IC chip and a first antenna section and a second antenna section which are connected to the IC chip, wherein the magnetic sheet has a first magnetic face facing the gap retention member, and the IC chip, the first antenna section and the second antenna section are provided on the first magnetic face of the magnetic sheet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-contact IC label according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic sheet, the gap retention member, the first antenna section and the second antenna section are heat resistant. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-contact IC label according to claim 1, further comprising: a base film positioned between the communication section and the gap retention member, wherein the base film is heat resistant and has a principal face facing the IC chip, the first antenna section, and the second antenna section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The non-contact IC label according to claim 1, wherein the IC chip is metal-welded by ultrasonic bonding with each of the first antenna section and the second antenna section. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The non-contact IC label according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic sheet comprises a binder and magnetic particles or magnetic flakes, and the binder comprises at least one of a silicone resin, a fluororesin, an epoxy resin, a polyethersulfone resin, and a polyimide resin. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-contact IC label according to claim 1, which is configured to communicate with a data reading device through a radio wave. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The non-contact IC label according to claim 1, wherein the gap retention member has a thickness of greater than 0.5 mm, and 3 mm or less. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A nameplate, comprising: the contact IC label according to claim 1; and a main body comprising a metallic material, wherein the magnetic sheet in the non-contact IC label has a second magnetic face opposite to the first magnetic face, and an adhesion layer is formed such that the second magnetic face is adhered to the main body through the adhesion layer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The nameplate according to claim 8, wherein the main body has a rectangular shape, and the non-contact IC label is placed adjacent to a longitudinal side of the main body and positioned in a central portion of the longitudinal side of the main body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The nameplate according to claim 8, wherein the main body has a first face on which a hole accommodating a portion of the non-contact IC label is formed, and the gap retention member is formed on the first face of the main body such that the hole is covered. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The nameplate according to claim 8, wherein the main body and the adhesion layer are heat resistant. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The nameplate according to claim 8, wherein the non-contact IC label further comprises a base film positioned between the communication section and the gap retention member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The nameplate according to claim 12, wherein the base film is resistant to a temperature exceeding 200° C. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The nameplate according to claim 8, wherein the gap retention member of the non-contact IC label has a thickness of greater than 0.5 mm, and 3 mm or less. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The nameplate according to claim 8, wherein the gap retention member of the non-contact IC label has a thickness of from 1500 μm to 2750 μm. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The nameplate according to claim 8, wherein the gap retention member has a concave portion in which the magnetic sheet and the communication section are accommodated. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The nameplate according to claim 16, wherein the non-contact IC label further comprises a base film which is formed on the communication section and accommodated in the concave portion of the gap retention member. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The nameplate according to claim 17, wherein the magnetic sheet, the gap retention member, the first antenna section, the second antenna section and the base film are resistant to a temperature exceeding 200° C.