Battery operated device and tag for a battery operated device

• US 9,449,268 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2015
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Stanley Works Israel, Ltd. (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The Stanley Works Israel, Ltd. (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Inventors: Goren, Ori, Tsukran, Roi, Katz, Amir
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mahase, Pameshanand
• Application Number:
  US14/935,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20160063371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 316 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07743 External electrical contacts
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/01 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1418 Removal detected by failure in electrical connection between the appliance and a control centre, home control panel or a power supply
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1427 with transmitter-receiver for distance detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2405 characterised by the tag technology used
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2417 having a radio frequency identification chip
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2434 Tag housing and attachment details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2454 Checking of authorisation of a person accessing tagged items in an EAS system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0213 System disabling if a separation threshold is exceeded disabling electrical appliances in case of unplugging G08B13/1409
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0275 Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS] tag technology used for parent or child unit, e.g. same transmission technology, magnetic tag, RF tag, RFID
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0288 Attachment of child unit to child/article
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0291 Housing and user interface of child unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/02 Details

Abstract

A device tag including a housing that includes a first connector structure constructed and arranged to engage with a battery operated device and a second connector structure constructed and arranged to slidingly engage with a battery such that the device tag is provided between the battery operated device and the battery. The device tag also includes an electrical connector carried by the housing and constructed and arranged to provide an electrical connection between the battery operated device and the battery. The device tag further includes an electronic device carried by the housing and constructed and arranged to transmit electrical signals.

Claims

1. A device tag comprising:

a housing comprising;

a first connector structure constructed and arranged to engage with a battery operated device; and

a second connector structure constructed and arranged to engage with a battery such that the device tag is provided between the battery operated device and the battery;

the device tag further comprising an electrical connector carried by the housing and constructed and arranged to provide an electrical connection between the battery operated device and the battery; and

an electronic device carried by the housing, the electronic device having a transmitter constructed and arranged to transmit and receive wireless data signals to and from a separate unit, and a controller connected to the transmitter.

2. The device tag of claim 1, wherein the transmitter transmits the wireless data signals according to a Bluetooth protocol.

3. The device tag of claim 1, wherein the controller can cause an alarm reaction when the device tag is moved outside of a predetermined area.

4. The device tag of claim 3, wherein the controller can cause an alarm reaction when the transmitter receives a wireless signal indicating that the device tag is moved outside a predetermined area.

5. The device tag of claim 3, wherein the alarm reaction includes disabling power from the battery to the battery operated device.

6. The device tag of claim 3, wherein the alarm reaction includes disabling the battery operated device.

7. The device tag of claim 1, wherein the battery operated device slidingly connects with the first connector structure, and wherein the battery slidingly connects with the battery operated device.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the battery operated device slidingly connects with the first connector structure along a first axis, and wherein the battery slidingly connects with the battery operated device along a second axis, and wherein the first axis and the second axis are parallel.

9. The device tag of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector comprises a first terminal structure constructed and arranged to be electrically connected to the battery operated device.

10. The device tag of claim 1, wherein the controller instructs the transmitter to send data about the battery.

11. The device tag of claim 1, wherein the controller instructs the transmitter to send data about the battery operated device.