US 11,913,573 B2
Radio-frequency identification connector
Martin R. Price, Buffalo, NY (US); Kristian James Hagen, Gasport, NY (US); and Kari Ann Sausen, Clarence, NY (US)
Assigned to Oetiker NY, Inc., Lancaster, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/635,237
Filed by Oetiker NY, Inc., Lancaster, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/037760
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/066896, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,758, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0292325 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 23/00 (2006.01); F16L 23/036 (2006.01); F16L 23/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 23/006 (2013.01) [F16L 23/036 (2013.01); F16L 23/10 (2013.01); G06K 19/07758 (2013.01); G06K 19/07798 (2013.01); F16L 2201/10 (2013.01); F16L 2201/60 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio-frequency identification (RFID) connector, comprising:
a connector, including at least one component including a first end and a second end, the second end being displaceable relative to the first end to tighten and loosen the connector; and
a RFID assembly connected to the connector, the RFID assembly including:
a RFID tag; and
at least one contact arranged on the at least one component and electrically connected to the RFID tag;
wherein:
in an unlocked state of the RFID connector, the RFID tag indicates an open state of the RFID assembly; and
in a locked state of the RFID connector, the RFID tag indicates a closed state of the RFID assembly.