Method for producing a plastic container having a two-dimensionally extending electronic element, plastic container produced according to said method and injection mold for carrying out the method

A plastic container comprising

• a wall formed by plastic material, and
• a two-dimensionally extending electronic element in the form of an RFID inlay being arranged in or on the wall,
• wherein the plastic container is produced according to a method comprising at least the following steps:
• a.) providing a two-dimensionally extending RFID inlay being realized without a protective covering, a mold and a first plastic component in the form of a molten plastic material, wherein the mold features an outer mold part with a first inner face and a mold core with a second inner face, said first and said second inner face together forming a mold cavity, wherein the outer mold part comprises a recess being formed by a collar-shaped elevation of the first inner face;
• b.) introducing the two-dimensionally extending RFID inlay without a protective covering into the recess of the mold;
• c.) fixing the two-dimensionally extending RFID inlay in the recess;
• d.) injecting the first plastic component into the mold cavity of the mold and onto the two-dimensionally extending RFID inlay;
• and
• e.) subsequently to step d.), cooling the first plastic component.

An injection mold comprising

• an outer mold part having a first inner face, which features a recess being formed by a collar-shaped elevation of the first inner face for accommodating a two-dimensionally extending electronic element in the form of an RFID inlay being realized without a protective covering, the recess featuring elements for fixing the two-dimensionally extending RFID inlay, and
• a mold core having a second inner face,
• a mold cavity formed by said first inner face and said second inner face together, and
• a nozzle for injecting molten plastic material into the mold cavity and onto the two-dimensionally extending RFID inlay accommodated in the recess.