Patent · US Expired

Wireless identification device, RFID device with push-on/push off switch, and method of manufacturing wireless identification device

US6693513B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 1, 2002
Grant dateFeb 17, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2231/05
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless identification device including a housing; circuitry in the housing configured to provide a signal to identify the device in response to an interrogation signal; and a selectively actuated switch supported by the housing and controlling whether the circuitry identifies the device. A method of manufacturing a wireless identification device, the method comprising configuring circuitry to provide a signal to identify the device in response to an interrogation signal; coupling the circuitry to a push-on/push-off switch supported by the housing and controlling whether the circuitry provides the signal to identify the device; and encasing the circuitry in a housing such that the switch is actuable from outside the housing by touching a portion of the housing.

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