WAVE ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a wave antenna, comprising:
- passing a conducting material through a first cog and a second cog having teeth and placed in proximity to each other, wherein the teeth in the first and second cogs substantially interlock with each other as the first and second cogs rotate; and
placing alternating bends in the concluding material when the conducting material is passed through the first cog and the second cog.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A wireless communication device coupled to a wave antenna that provides greater increased durability and impedance matching. The wave antenna is a conductor that is bent in alternating sections to form peaks and valleys. The wireless communication device is coupled to the wave antenna to provide wireless communication with other communication devices, such as an interrogation reader. The wireless communication device and wave antenna may be placed on objects, goods, or other articles of manufacture that are subject to forces such that the wave antenna may be stretched or compressed during the manufacture and/or use of such object, good or article of manufacture. The wave antenna, because of its bent structure, is capable of stretching and compressing more easily than other structures, reducing the wireless communication device'"'"'s susceptibility to damage or breaks that might render the wireless communication device coupled to the wave antenna unable to properly communicate information wirelessly.
59 Citations
24 Claims
-
1. A method of manufacturing a wave antenna, comprising:
-
passing a conducting material through a first cog and a second cog having teeth and placed in proximity to each other, wherein the teeth in the first and second cogs substantially interlock with each other as the first and second cogs rotate; and placing alternating bends in the concluding material when the conducting material is passed through the first cog and the second cog.
-
-
2. A method of manufacturing a wireless communication device that is coupled to a wave antenna, comprising:
-
passing a conducting material through a first cog and a second cog having teeth and placed in proximity to each other, wherein the teeth in the first and second cogs substantially interlock with each other as the first and second cogs rotate; placing alternating bends in the conducting material when the conducting material passes through the first cog and the second cog to form a conducting material having a plurality of bends that form a plurality of peaks separated by valleys; and electrically connecting a wireless communication device across opposing sides of one of the plurality of peaks or valleys. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A system for manufacturing a wave antenna having a plurality of peaks separated by valleys, comprising:
-
a first cog and a second cog placed in proximity to each other, wherein the first and second cogs are configured to rotate, and wherein the first and second cogs have teeth that substantially interlock with each other as the first and second cogs rotate; wherein the first and second cogs are further configured to receive a conducting material and place alternating bends in the conducting material when the conducting material passes through the first and second cogs, said alternating bends forming the plurality of peaks and valleys of the wave antenna.
-
-
14. A system for manufacturing a wireless communication device that is coupled to a wave antenna, said wave antenna having a plurality of peaks separated by valleys, comprising:
-
a first cog and a second cog placed in proximity to each other, wherein the first and second cogs are configured to rotate, and wherein the first and second cogs have teeth that substantially interlock with each other as the first and second cogs rotate, wherein the first and second cogs are further configured to receive a conducting material and place alternating bends in the conducting material when the conducting material passes through the first and second cogs, said alternating bends forming the plurality of peaks and valleys of the wave antenna; and a station configured to electrically connect a wireless communication device across opposing sides of one of the plurality of peaks or valleys. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
Specification