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Wireless tag and electrically conductive pipe having wireless tag

US7961103B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 2009
Grant dateJun 14, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/13095
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless tag adapted for mounting inside a hollow electrically conductive pipe, includes: a contact placed in contact with the electrically conductive pipe so as to be electrically connected to the electrically conductive pipe; a lead wire placed inside the electrically conductive pipe along a longitudinal direction of the electrically conductive pipe and spaced a prescribed distance away from an inside wall of the electrically conductive pipe, thereby forming a coaxial line together with the electrically conductive pipe; and a wireless tag circuit, electrically connected at one end to the contact and at the other end to the lead wire, for generating a response signal in response to an interrogation signal transmitted from a reader/writer.

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