US 12,136,012 B2
RFID tag having pivotable components including a first component provided with an integrated circuit and a near-field antenna and a second component provided with a far-field antenna
Jean-Miguel Robadey, Bossonnens (CH); and Christian Mirus, Fribourg (CH)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,634.
Application 18/472,634 is a division of application No. 17/760,045, granted, now 11,934,907, previously published as PCT/EP2020/087989, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20155462 (EP), filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0013011 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10297 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06K 19/07737 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag comprising:
a first component provided with an integrated circuit and a near-field antenna being electrically connected to the integrated circuit;
a second component provided with a far-field antenna;
a mechanical pivot, wherein the first component and the second component are pivotable relative to each other about the mechanical pivot from an open position, in which the first and second components are separated, to a closed position, in which the integrated circuit with near-field antenna is inductively coupled with the far-field antenna such that the integrated circuit is readable not only in a near-field RFID communication but also in a far-field RFID communication; and
a first locking part located on one of the first and second components and a second locking part located on the other of the first and second components, wherein in the closed position, the first locking part and the second locking part prevent the first and second components from separating, and wherein the first and second locking parts surround the first and second components, respectively.