RFID TAG CONTAINER

• US 20120132552A1
• Filed: 04/01/2011
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Salour, Al, Trimble, Douglas Duane, Fletcher, Joseph Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,963,720 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/307
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49 Method of mechanical manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

An RFID tag container includes a container body having a first container portion and a second container portion detachably engaging the first container portion, wherein the container body is sized and configured to contain an RFID tag in a flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight seal.

Claims

1. A device adapted to house an RFID tag comprising a flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight sealed container.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said container is cylindrically shaped.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said container comprises plastic.

4. The device of claim 1 further comprising at least one mount flange on said container.

5. The device of claim 4 further comprising at least one opening in said at least one mount flange.

6. The device of claim 1 further comprising an ID label on said container.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein said ID label comprises a tag ID.

8. The device of claim 6 wherein said ID label comprises an asset ID.

9. The device of claim 6 wherein said ID label comprises a unique container ID associated with an asset tag.

10. A device adapted to contain an RFID tag, comprising:

a flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight sealed container comprising;

a first container portion; and

a second container portion detachably engaging said first container portion.

11. The device of claim 10 further comprising a first set of threads on said first container portion and a second set of mating threads on said second container portion.

12. The device of claim 11 further comprising a seal between said first container portion and said second container portion.

13. The device of claim 10 further comprising at least one mount flange on said container.

14. The device of claim 13 further comprising at least one opening in said at least one mount flange.

15. The device of claim 10 further comprising an ID label on said container.

16. The device of claim 15 wherein said ID label comprises a tag ID.

17. The device of claim 15 wherein said ID label comprises an asset ID.

18. An device containment method, comprising:

providing a container;

inserting an RFID tag in said container;

closing and sealing said container with a flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight seal; and

attaching said container to an asset.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said closing and sealing comprises engaging a first container portion of said container with a mating, second container portion.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising placing an ID label having an RFID tag ID and an asset ID on said container.

21. The method of claim 18 further comprising removing said container from said asset.

22. The method of claim 18 further comprising inserting a sensor in said container.