Electronic seal improvement

• US 10,510,272 B1
• Filed: 08/10/2018
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chih-Chuan Chen
• Original Assignee: Chih-Chuan Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Chih-Chuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Mortell, John F
• Application Number:
  US16/100,213
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 39/005 Locks with means for tracking the location of locked items, e.g. freight containers
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 67/36 Padlocks with closing means other than shackles ; Removable locks, the lock body itself being the locking element; Padlocks consisting of two separable halves or cooperating with a stud
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0317 having bolt like sealing means means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it F16B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0335 using RFID tags

Abstract

The present invention consists of a plug bolt and a bolt seat. The plug bolt comprises a conductor and a circuit board; the conductor has a first stuck-buckle, an accommodation-hole, and a top-cover; the circuit board is set with an RFID chip, an upper contact point, and a lower contact point. The RFID chip forms a first far-field antenna loop through the first pin, the upper contact point, the top-cover, and the conductor. The bolt seat is equipped with an elastic device, an internal antenna, an inserting-hole, and a second stuck-buckle, thereby controlling the elastic device to provide a pre-pressure to the internal antenna to electrically connect with the lower contact point. When the RFID chip is activated, the internal antenna forms a second far-field antenna loop and synchronously activate the first one; which the first and second far-field antenna loops can be cut-off when the top-cover is worn.

Claims

1. An electronic seal improvement, which at least comprises:

a plug bolt, which is composed of a conductor and a circuit board;

wherein the conductor has an accommodation-hole with an opening facing downward and a top end thereof is closed by a top-cover;

wherein a first stuck-buckle is set in a lower portion of the conductor;

wherein the circuit board is mounted on the accommodation-hole and set with an RFID chip, and is further set with an upper contact point matching with the top-cover and a lower contact point protruding a bottom end of the accommodation-hole;

wherein the RFID chip is connected out to form a first pin and a second pin;

wherein a first far-field antenna circuit loop is formed by the RFID chip through the first pin, the upper contact point, the top-cover, and the conductor;

wherein the second pin is electrically connected with the lower contact point; and

a bolt seat set with an elastic device and an internal antenna, and an inserting-hole provided for inserting a lower portion of the conductor;

wherein the bolt seat is further set with a second stuck-buckle for positioning the first stuck-buckle, so as to control the elastic device to provide pre-pressure to the internal antenna to electrically connect with the lower contact point and to activate the RFID chip and the internal antenna to form a second far-field antenna circuit loop;

wherein the first far-field antenna circuit loop is synchronously activated, and the first far-field antenna circuit loop and the second far-field antenna circuit loop can be simultaneously cut off when the top-cover is disengaged.

2. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 1, wherein the first far-field antenna circuit loop and the second far-field antenna circuit loop form an asymmetric antenna configuration, and an output power of the second far-field antenna circuit loop is controlled to be greater than the output power of the first far-field antenna circuit loop, so as to assure that the first far-field antenna circuit loop and the second far-field antenna circuit loop will also be cut off simultaneously when the conductor 10 is cut off.

3. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 2, wherein the first pin and the second pin of the RFID chip are normally maintaining open contact point (normally Open).

4. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 1, wherein the elastic device is composed of a first unit and a second unit;

when the first and second far-field antenna circuit loops are activated, the first unit provides a positive pre-pressure required for electrical connection between the internal antenna and the lower contact point;

but when the top-cover is worn out, the second unit can provide a negative pre-pressure required for the lower contact point to disengage from the internal antenna.

5. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 2, wherein the elastic device is composed of a first unit and a second unit;

when the first and second far-field antenna circuit loops are activated, the first unit provides a positive pre-pressure required for electrical connection between the internal antenna and the lower contact point;

but when the top-cover is worn out, the second unit can provide a negative pre-pressure required for the lower contact point to disengage from the internal antenna.

6. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 3, wherein the elastic device is composed of a first unit and a second unit;

when the first and second far-field antenna circuit loops are activated, the first unit provides a positive pre-pressure required for electrical connection between the internal antenna and the lower contact point;

but when the top-cover is worn out, the second unit can provide a negative pre-pressure required for the lower contact point to disengage from the internal antenna.

7. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 4, wherein the second unit is set with a spring-piece inside the bolt seat, and the spring-piece is located between an upper position of the internal antenna and a lower position of the inserting-hole, and is penetrated and set a guiding-hole;

wherein the guiding-hole can provide the lower contact point to pass through, but cannot provide the bottom end of the conductor to pass through when the first stuck-buckle and the second stuck-buckle are positioned, so that the bottom end of the conductor can push the spring-piece to deform and provide a negative pre-pressure to the bottom end of the conductor.

8. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 5, wherein the second unit is set with a spring-piece inside the bolt seat, and the spring-piece is located between an upper position of the internal antenna and a lower position of the inserting-hole, and is penetrated and set a guiding-hole;

wherein the guiding-hole can provide the lower contact point to pass through, but cannot provide the bottom end of the conductor to pass through when the first stuck-buckle and the second stuck-buckle are positioned, so that the bottom end of the conductor can push the spring-piece to deform and provide a negative pre-pressure to the bottom end of the conductor.

9. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 6, wherein the second unit is set with a spring-piece inside the bolt seat, and the spring-piece is located between an upper position of the internal antenna and a lower position of the inserting-hole, and is penetrated and set a guiding-hole;

wherein the guiding-hole can provide the lower contact point to pass through, but cannot provide the bottom end of the conductor to pass through when the first stuck-buckle and the second stuck-buckle are positioned, so that the bottom end of the conductor can push the spring-piece to deform and provide a negative pre-pressure to the bottom end of the conductor.

10. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board bridges a first connecting wire between the first pin and the upper contact point, and bridges a second connecting wire between the second pin and the lower contact point.

11. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 2, wherein the circuit board bridges a first connecting wire between the first pin and the upper contact point, and bridges a second connecting wire between the second pin and the lower contact point.

12. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 3, wherein the circuit board bridges a first connecting wire between the first pin and the upper contact point, and bridges a second connecting wire between the second pin and the lower contact point.

13. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 10, wherein the circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and is spacedly set with a first hole and a second hole penetrating through the first surface and the second surface;

wherein the RFID chip is mounted on the first surface;

wherein the first pin is positioned at the first hole and the second pin is positioned at the second hole;

wherein the first surface is set with a first connecting wire between the first pin and the upper contact point, and the second surface is set with a second connecting wire between the second pin and the lower contact point;

wherein the circuit board is mounted on the accommodation-hole through an insulating plate which is combined and set on the second surface of the circuit board to isolate the second connecting wire.

14. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 11, wherein the circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and is spacedly set with a first hole and a second hole penetrating through the first surface and the second surface;

wherein the RFID chip is mounted on the first surface;

wherein the first pin is positioned at the first hole and the second pin is positioned at the second hole;

wherein the first surface is set with a first connecting wire between the first pin and the upper contact point, and the second surface is set with a second connecting wire between the second pin and the lower contact point;

wherein the circuit board is mounted on the accommodation-hole through an insulating plate which is combined and set on the second surface of the circuit board to isolate the second connecting wire.

15. The electronic seal improvement according to claim 12, wherein the circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and is spacedly set with a first hole and a second hole penetrating through the first surface and the second surface;

wherein the RFID chip is mounted on the first surface;

wherein the first pin is positioned at the first hole and the second pin is positioned at the second hole;

wherein the first surface is set with a first connecting wire between the first pin and the upper contact point, and the second surface is set with a second connecting wire between the second pin and the lower contact point;

wherein the circuit board is mounted on the accommodation-hole through an insulating plate which is combined and set on the second surface of the circuit board to isolate the second connecting wire.