US 12,086,667 B2
Wireless communication device having a stiffness altering structure
Ian J. Forster, Chelmsford (GB)
Assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/758,039
Filed by Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/067215
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/134076, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,480, filed on Dec. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0056643 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/04 (2006.01); G06K 19/02 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/045 (2013.01) [G06K 19/07749 (2013.01); G06K 19/027 (2013.01); G06K 19/041 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An RFID device, comprising:
a reactive strap comprising a conductor enclosing an area and a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip connected to the conductor, the enclosed area defining a first opening; and
a flexible substrate attached to the conductor and comprising an inner perimeter defining a second opening,
wherein the first and second openings together define a passage through both the conductor and the flexible substrate;
wherein the RFID device further comprises a flexible article and an antenna, the antenna comprising a wire configured for reactively coupling with the reactive strap,
wherein the reactive strap is secured to the flexible article by at least one stitch extending from a position outside of an outer perimeter of the flexible substrate over the conductor to a position within the second opening of the flexible substrate without penetrating the flexible substrate, wherein the at least one stitch is formed using the wire.