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Theftproof tag

US6229444A · kind A · utility

43Cited by
2References
18Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 14, 1998
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 14, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01F3/08
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A theftproof tag which is effective regardless of the material of the article to which it is attached. There is neither a change in resonance of a resonance circuit nor a decrease in the Q value due to the material of the surface of a theft monitored article, thereby decreasing errors in the operation of a theft monitor. The theftproof tag has a resonance circuit resonating to an electric wave at a specified frequency transmitted from a transmitting antenna, and having a coil unit and a capacitor electrically connected to both ends of the coil unit. The coil unit has a magnetic core member made of a composite material composed of a powder or flakes of a soft magnetic metal, and a plastic, and a winding wound around the periphery of the magnetic core member and connected to the capacitor, a portion of the magnetic core member facing the attaching surface of the article.

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