RFID tag container

• US 8,963,720 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2011
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Lau, Hoi
• Application Number:
  US13/078,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20120132552A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,425 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.1, 340/539.31, 340/539.13, 340/572.8, 220/592.21, 220/500, 206/599, 206/14, 206/216, 295/92, 294/28
• US Class Current: 340/572.8
• 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 reusable flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight sealed container and an ID label on said container, the container comprising;

a first container portion made of hard plastic and having a first set of threads and an O-ring seat; and

a second container portion made of hard plastic and having a second set of mating threads and an O-ring shoulder that is complementary to the O-ring seat,

wherein the first and second container portions are sealingly and detachably attached to each other.

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

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

4. The device of claim 3 further comprising at least one opening in said at least one mount flange.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein said ID label comprises a tag ID.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein said ID label comprises an asset ID.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein said ID label comprises a unique container ID associated with an asset tag.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein the container is configured to be compatible with IEEE 802.11 b/g (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.15.4, or Ultra wide band 6 to 8GHz radio transmissions.

20. The device of claim 1 further comprising at least one mount flange on the first container portion and at least one mount flange on the second container portion.

21. The device of claim 3 further comprising at least one tie connected to the at least one mount flange.

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

a reusable flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight sealed container and an ID label on said container, the container comprising;

a first container portion made of hard plastic;

a second container portion made of hard plastic and detachably engaging said first container portion; and

an O-ring positioned between the first container portion and the second container portion.

9. The device of claim 8 further comprising a first set of threads on said first container portion and a second set of mating threads on said second container portion.

10. The device of claim 9 further comprising a seal between said first container portion and said second container portion.

11. The device of claim 8 further comprising at least one mount flange on said container.

12. The device of claim 11 further comprising at least one opening in said at least one mount flange.

13. The device of claim 8 wherein said ID label comprises a tag ID.

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

22. The device of claim 8 further comprising at least one tie connected to the container.

15. An RFID device containment method, comprising:

inserting an RFID tag in a reusable container having a complementary container portions made of hard plastic, which are sealingly and detachably attached to each other;

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

placing an ID label having an RFID tag ID and an asset ID on said container;

attaching said container to an asset;

detaching said container from said asset; and

decommissioning said RFID tag.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said closing and sealing comprises engaging a first container portion of said container with a mating, second container portion.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising inserting a sensor in said container.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising reusing said RFID tag.