US 12,469,978 B2
Method and machine to assemble a transponder provided with a helical antenna in a component of an article
Fulvio Boldrini, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 18/580,963
Filed by G.D SOCIETA′ PER AZIONI, Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/056745
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 19, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/002426, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000019685 (IT), filed on Jul. 23, 2021; and application No. 102021000020465 (IT), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0105522 A1, Mar. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. H01Q 11/08 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 11/08 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/36 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to assemble a transponder (9) provided with a helical antenna (11) in a component (1) of an article; the method comprises the steps of:
moving, by means of a main conveyor (15) and along an assembling path (P), a carriage (16) carrying at least one seat (18) designed to house the component (1);
placing, in an input station (S1) arranged along the assembling path (P), the component (1) in the seat (18) of the carriage (16);
coupling, in a feeding station (S4) arranged along the assembling path (P) downstream of the input station (S1), an integrated circuit (10) provided with two electrical contacts (12) to the component (1);
winding, in a winding station (S5) arranged along the assembling path (P) downstream of the feeding station (S4), an externally insulated conductor wire (13) around the component (1) in order to obtain a series of turns making up the helical antenna (11); and
welding, in a welding station (S6) arranged along the assembling path (P) downstream of the winding station (S5), two opposite ends of the helical antenna (11) to the two electrical contacts (12) of the integrated circuit (10).