DEVICE FOR INCREMENTALLY ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF AN RFID TAG

• US 20100253474A1
• Filed: 04/06/2009
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Incorporated (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Incorporated (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Asebes, Charles Christopher, Adkins, Jason Michael, Pillarisetti, Sudhakar
• Granted Patent: US 8,164,456 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/041 Constructional details G06K19/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13095 PIN / Access code, authentication

Abstract

A device for incrementally adjusting the position of an RFID tag includes a base, and a lid releasably attachable to said base. The base includes a generally planar surface in which a plurality of locators are formed at regular intervals. A portion of the RFID tag is received by one of the plurality of locators, thereby allowing for the incrementally adjustment of the position of the RFID tag. The plurality of locators extend collinearly and are formed overlapping so that the position of the RFID tag is adjustable in increments less than the overall length of the RFID tag.

Claims

1. A device for incrementally adjusting the position of an RFID tag, said device comprising:

a base having a generally planar surface;

a plurality of locators which receive a portion of the RFID tag, said plurality of locators being positioned at regular intervals for incrementally adjusting the position of the RFID tag; and

a lid releasably attachable to said base.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said plurality of locators are a plurality of recesses in said planar surface, and wherein each of said plurality of recesses are dimensioned to receive a portion of the RFID tag.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein said plurality of recesses extend collinearly in a first direction.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein said plurality of recesses overlap so that the position of the RFID tag is adjustable in increments less than the overall length of the RFID tag.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein said plurality of recesses also extend collinearly in a second direction, said second direction being traverse to said first direction.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein said plurality of recesses overlap in said first direction and said second direction so that the position of the RFID tag is adjustable in increments less than the overall length of the RFID tag in said first direction and said second direction.

7. The devices of claim 6, wherein unrecessed portions of said planar surface form a plurality of supports to contain the RFID tag within said plurality of recesses.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein said base has an outwardly extending lip bounding the perimeter of said planar surface, said outwardly extending lip having a predetermined height.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein said lid has a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein said lid has a thickness equal to that of said predetermined height of said lip such that when said lid is attached to said base said bottom surface of said lid is adjacent to said planar surface and said top surface of said lid is flush with said lip.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein said base and said lid are composed of a non-metallic material.