CN213659484U

CN213659484U - Tool for embedding RFID (radio frequency identification) tag

Info

Publication number: CN213659484U
Application number: CN202022522683.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 施安平; 许世轩
Original assignee: Sata Tools Shanghai Co ltd
Current assignee: Sata Tools Shanghai Co ltd; SATA Tool Shanghai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-04
Filing date: 2020-11-04
Publication date: 2021-07-09
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-04

Abstract

The utility model provides an embedding RFID label's instrument, the instrument includes: the RFID tag comprises a main body, wherein a groove is formed in the main body, the RFID tag is jointed with the bottom surface of the groove, the area of the bottom surface of the groove is larger than that of the joint surface of the RFID tag, and a gap exists between the RFID tag and each side surface of the groove; and a protector made of a polymer material, the protector being mounted on the body to cover the groove. The tool of the present invention can be different types of tools, such as a wrench, a socket, a pliers, etc. The utility model provides an instrument can guarantee that the performance of RFID label does not receive the influence of the instrument body of making by metal material when not influencing structural strength, practicality and pleasing to the eye of instrument, guarantees the reliability of label reading and writing.

Description

Tool for embedding RFID (radio frequency identification) tag

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a hardware and tools technical field especially relates to an embedding RFID label's instrument.

Background

With the development of the internet of things technology, the applicable field of the radio frequency identification technology is more and more extensive. In particular, it is now common practice to attach RFID tags to items to enable item tracking and management.

At present, the method for installing the RFID tag in the industry mainly has three modes: heat-shrinkable sleeve, surface paste, surface groove embedding. However, these several methods of attaching RFID tags have serious drawbacks. The heat-shrinkable tubing receives the influence of material property, and easy ageing wearing and tearing, drop influence the pleasing to the eye of instrument simultaneously to because the variety of instrument, be difficult to guarantee that the size of heat-shrinkable tubing is unanimous. In the case of the surface-attaching method, attaching an RFID label to the surface of a tool increases the thickness of the tool and easily causes the label to be peeled off. If embed the RFID label in tool surface recess, the label receives external force extrusion and damages easily to only the label top surface exposes, can exert an influence to the performance of label, especially for metal tool, because the interference effect of metal to radio frequency signal, the label of direct embedding metal tool can receive certain influence.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a technical problem provide an embedding RFID label's instrument, through the embedding mode that improves the RFID label, under the condition that does not influence instrument structural strength, guarantee that the read-write performance of RFID label is not influenced.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the utility model discloses an embedding RFID label's instrument, this instrument includes: the RFID tag comprises a main body, wherein a groove is formed in the main body, the RFID tag is connected with the bottom surface of the groove, the bottom surface of the groove is larger than the area of the RFID tag, and a gap exists between the RFID tag and each side surface of the groove; and a protector made of a polymer material, the protector being mounted on the body to cover the groove.

In some embodiments, the recess is an annular groove disposed about the body.

In some embodiments, the RFID tag is a loop tag.

In some embodiments, the groove is a U-shaped groove formed by a bottom surface, a first side surface and a second side surface.

In some embodiments, the RFID tag has three faces exposed when the protector is not installed.

In some embodiments, the groove is a strip-shaped groove disposed on the body.

In some embodiments, the height of the top of the antenna of the RFID tag is a first height, the depth of the stripe-shaped groove is a first depth, and the first height is greater than the first depth.

In some embodiments, the protective member is a cap-like structure, the protective member is inserted into the groove with an interference fit to wrap the label, and the bottom of the protective member engages the bottom surface of the groove.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the protector is provided with an industrial glue to bond the protector and the bottom surface of the groove.

In some embodiments, the body of the tool is made of a metallic material and the RFID tag is a metal-resistant RFID tag.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides an embedding RFID label's instrument has following beneficial effect:

the utility model provides an embedding RFID label's instrument is provided with the recess on the instrument body, places the RFID label in the recess, and there is the clearance simultaneously RFID label and each side of recess. A protector is attached to the tool body to protect the RFID tag. The utility model provides an instrument can guarantee that the performance of RFID label does not receive the influence of the instrument body of making by metal material when not influencing structural strength, practicality and pleasing to the eye of instrument, guarantees the reliability of label reading and writing.

Drawings

Fig. 1a is a schematic view of an RFID tag embedded sleeve-like tool without a protector according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 1b is a schematic view of a sleeve-like tool with an embedded RFID tag mounted protector according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 2a is an exploded view of an RFID tag embedded shank-like tool according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 2b is an enlarged partial view of a recessed portion of an RFID tag embedded shank-like tool according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 3a illustrates an RFID tag embedded wrench-like tool according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 3b is an enlarged partial view of a recessed portion of an RFID tag embedded wrench-like tool according to some embodiments of the present invention;

Detailed Description

While the RFID tag embedded tool of the present invention may be implemented in a variety of different tools, the exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the description herein should be considered as an illustration of the structure of the RFID tag embedded tool and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to the exemplary embodiments. Accordingly, the drawings and description of the specific embodiments are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "left", "right", "front", "back", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Fig. 1a to 1b show a tool of a sleeve type for embedding an RFID tag, which includes a sleeve body 120, a groove 160, an RFID tag 140, and a protector 180. The sleeve type tool comprises but is not limited to a sleeve and/or a sleeve accessory product with various specifications such as a standard sleeve, a long sleeve, a screwdriver sleeve and the like, and other modified implementation manners. The sleeve body 120 may be made of a metal material. Metallic materials include, but are not limited to, metals alone and alloys, combinations of metals with other materials, and the like. A groove 160 is provided on the surface of the sleeve body 120. The groove 160 may be an annular groove. The RFID tag 140 is placed in the annular groove. The protector 180 is attached to the sleeve body 120.

In order not to interfere with the normal use of the socket-like tool, the recess 160 may be provided at the driving end of the socket body 120 rather than the driven end of the socket body 120 (i.e., the end that mates with a nut or other fastener tightened by the socket). The groove 160 may be an annular groove disposed circumferentially around the sleeve body to take full advantage of the annular face of the sleeve body 120. Also, in industrial production, the annular groove provided circumferentially around the sleeve body 120 can be easily machined by a commonly used machine (e.g., a lathe, a numerical control machine, etc.).

The RFID tag 140 is placed in the annular groove. To this end, the RFID tag 140 may be a ring-shaped RFID tag. Also, the RFID tag 140 may be a flexible metal resistant tag using customized dimensions to better fit the annular groove. The lower surface of the RFID tag 140 is adhesively engaged with the bottom surface of the annular groove. The bottom surface of the annular groove has an area greater than the area of the engagement surface of the RFID tag 140. Since the metallic material has some effect on the performance of the RFID tag 140. The RFID tag 140 has a gap with both sides of the annular groove to avoid direct contact with the metal body. The protective member 180 covers the annular groove to protect the RFID tag 140 in the annular groove.

The protector 180 is attached to the sleeve body 120 to cover the annular groove, thereby protecting the RFID tag 140 in the annular groove. The protector 180 is made of a polymer material. For example, the protector 180 may be a rubber protective collar. After the rubber protective collar is mounted on the sleeve body 120, the RFID tag 140 is not visible from the appearance, and the appearance of the tool and the practical use of the sleeve tool are not affected.

In some embodiments, the length of the annular RFID tag is the same as the circumference of the annular groove. Thus, the annular RFID tag fits into the annular groove, and there is no portion of the tag that overlaps.

In some embodiments, the annular RFID tag is embedded in the sleeve body 120, thereby making full use of the space on the annular surface of the sleeve body 120 and increasing the reflective area. The upper surface 141 of the ring-shaped RFID tag is not affected by the metal material. The scanner can perform radio frequency identification of the tool at various angles. For the traditional sleeve-type tool embedded with the RFID tag, the granular RFID tag is often arranged on a local area of the sleeve body by means of heat-shrinkable sleeve or surface pasting. In the case where the scanner and the tool are in a static environment at the same time, the granular RFID tag located in a local area often cannot be accurately identified by the scanner, and tool identification needs to be achieved by adjusting the angle and position of the scanner and/or the tool. To the utility model provides an embedding RFID label's instrument, cover each angle of sleeve body 120 through flexible annular RFID label. Due to the presence of the ring-shaped RFID tag, the scanner can directly identify the tool without the need for angular and/or positional adjustments.

Fig. 2a to 2b show a shank type tool with an embedded RFID tag, which includes a shank tool body 220, a handle 240, a groove, an RFID tag 280, and a protector 2100. Toggle type tools include, but are not limited to, pliers, ratchet wrenches, and other toggle type tools. The recess is provided on the handle 240 of the toggle tool body 220. The collet-like tool body 220 may be made of a metallic material. The toggle tool body 220 includes a handle 240. The groove is provided inside the handle 240. RFID tag 280 is placed in the recess. The protector 2100 may be a handle sleeve that is mounted on the handle 240 of a toggle-type tool.

Grooves are machined by wire cutting in the handle 240 of the shank tool body 220 prior to thermoforming of the shank-like tool. The groove bottom surface is guaranteed to be flat during cutting to facilitate subsequent application of the RFID label 280. Because the handle of the shank tool body is cylindrical, a space of a semi-cylinder is obtained by cutting the tail end of the handle to form a groove. Fig. 2b is a partially enlarged view of the groove portion. As shown in fig. 2b, the two sides of the groove are opened to form a U-shaped groove 260. Thus, the U-shaped groove 260 has a bottom surface 262, a first side surface 264, and a second side surface 266. A U-shaped slot 260 is provided in the interior of the handle 240. The force bearing end of the handle 240 is outside the handle 240 during ordinary use. Therefore, the U-shaped groove 260 does not damage the structural strength of the tool and does not affect the daily use of the handle 240. And does not damage the labels inside the U-shaped slot 260 with the use of tools.

RFID tag 280 may be a particulate metal resistant tag. RFID tag 280 may be a variety of shapes including, but not limited to, a cuboid, a cube, a cylinder, etc. For clarity of illustration, RFID tag 280 is a rectangular parallelepiped metal resistant tag by way of example only. The lower surface of RFID tag 280 is adhesively engaged with the bottom surface 262 of U-shaped channel 260. The area of bottom surface 262 of U-shaped channel 260 is greater than the area of the engagement surface of RFID tag 280. Thus, front side 284 of RFID tag 280 is spaced from first side 264 of U-shaped channel 260. Back side 286 of RFID tag 280 is spaced from second side 266 of U-shaped channel 260. Since the U-shaped groove 260 is opened, the upper surface, the left side surface, and the right side surface of the RFID tag 280 placed in the U-shaped groove 260 are exposed and are not affected by the shielding of the metal material. After the protector made of a polymer material is mounted, the radio frequency performance of the RFID tag 280 can be still ensured.

The protector 2100 may be made of a polymer material. For example, the protector 2100 may be a handle cover made of plastic or rubber. In the process of producing the handle sleeving tool, the RFID tag 280 is put in after the groove is machined on the handle 240, and then the plastic handle sleeve is sleeved on the handle. For a manufactured toggle-type tool, the RFID tag 280 is already embedded in the handle 240, and the RFID tag 280 is not visible from the appearance, so that the beauty and practicability of the tool are not affected.

Fig. 3a to 3b show a wrench type tool with an embedded RFID tag, which includes a wrench body 320, a groove 340, an RFID tag 360, and a protection member 380. Wrench-like tools may include, but are not limited to, speed wrenches, spanner wrenches, open ended wrenches, spline wrenches, reversible wrenches, and like flat shaped tools. The wrench body 320 is made of a metal material. The recess 340 is provided on a handle surface of one side of the wrench body 320. An RFID tag 360 is disposed within the recess 340. The protector 380 covers the RFID tag 360.

The recess 340 is provided on a handle surface of a single side of the metal wrench body 320. The groove 340 may include, but is not limited to, a bar groove, a square hole groove, a rectangular groove, a notch, etc. Fig. 3b is an enlarged partial view of the recessed portion of the wrench-like tool. As shown in fig. 3b, the depth of the groove 340 is a first depth. The groove 340 has a bottom surface 342, a first side 344, a second side 346, a third side 347, and a fourth side 348.

The RFID tag 360 may be an ultra high frequency anti-metal tag. The RFID tag 360 may be a variety of shapes including, but not limited to, a cuboid, a cube, a cylinder, and the like. For clarity of illustration, RFID tag 360 is a rectangular parallelepiped metal resistant tag by way of example only. The lower surface of the RFID tag 360 is adhesively engaged with the bottom surface 342 of the recess 340. The area of the bottom surface of the recess is larger than the area of the engagement surface of the RFID tag. Thus, as shown in FIG. 3a, front side 364, back side 366, left side 367, right side 368 of RFID tag 360 are spaced a distance from first side 344, second side 346, third side 347, fourth side 348 of indentation 340. The front side 364 of the RFID tag 360 is spaced a first distance from the first side 344 of the recess 340. A back side 366 of RFID tag 360 is spaced a second distance from second side 346 of recess 340. A left side 367 of RFID tag 360 is spaced a third distance from third side 347 of indentation 340. The right side 368 of the RFID tag 360 is spaced a fourth distance from the fourth side 348 of the groove 340. The first distance, the second distance, the third distance and the fourth distance are more than or equal to 1mm, and the first distance, the second distance, the third distance and the fourth distance can be the same or different. The antenna top height of the RFID tag 360 is a first height that is greater than the first depth of the recess 340. Thus, when the RFID tag 360 is placed in the recess 340, the antenna tip of the RFID tag 360 is above the metal surface of the wrench body 320. The antenna tip of the RFID tag 360 is exposed from the wrench body 320. Thus, the performance of the RFID tag 360 is not affected by the wrench body 320.

The protector 380 may have a cap-shaped structure, and the protector 380 is made of a polymer material. For example, the protector 380 may include, but is not limited to, a plastic cover, a rubber cover, and the like. The size of the protector 380 is slightly larger than that of the groove 340. Thus, the protector 380 may be fitted into the groove 340 in an interference fit manner. Meanwhile, the bottom of the protector 380 is provided with an industrial glue (not shown) for adhering the protector 380 and the bottom 342 of the groove 340. In this way, the bottom of the protector 380 may be adhesively engaged with the bottom surface 342 of the groove 340 to enhance the securement of the protector 380 to the groove 340. Thus, the protector 380 wraps around the RFID tag 360 to protect the RFID tag 360 located in the middle of the protector 380. Since the first height is greater than the first depth, the antenna tip of the RFID tag 360 is exposed out of the metal surface of the wrench body 320. Therefore, the upper surface of the protector 380 wrapping the RFID tag 360 is also higher than the metal surface of the wrench body 320. In order not to affect the hand feeling in actual use, both ends of the protector 380 may be subjected to the rounding of the arc surfaces. After the protector 380 is attached to the wrench body 320, the RFID tag 360 is not visible from the outside, and the appearance and the practicability of the tool are not affected.

In some embodiments, the volume of the protector 380 is not limited since the protector 380 is directly fitted into the groove. Therefore, the RFID tag 360 can be embedded in a modular manner in various different sizes of wrench tools.

Although some exemplary embodiments have been described herein by way of example, various modifications may be made to these embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention as defined in the following claims.

The particular embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative only, as the invention may be modified in nature and equivalents thereof, apparent to those skilled in the art from the teachings herein, and, thus, the specific embodiments of the invention disclosed above are illustrative only, and are not to be considered in a limiting sense as to the details of construction or design herein disclosed unless otherwise specified in the claims. Accordingly, the particular illustrative embodiments disclosed above are susceptible to various substitutions, combinations or modifications, all of which are within the scope of the disclosure. The RFID tag embedded tool illustratively disclosed herein may still be suitably practiced in the absence of any element not specifically disclosed herein or in the absence of the optional components disclosed herein. All numbers and ranges disclosed above may also vary somewhat. Whenever a numerical range with a lower limit and an upper limit is disclosed, any number and any included range falling within the range is specifically disclosed. In particular, any range of values disclosed herein is to be understood as being inclusive of any of the values and ranges encompassed within the broader range of values. Also, the terms in the claims have their plain, ordinary meaning unless otherwise explicitly and clearly defined by the applicant.

In addition, the number of components in the claims includes one or at least one unless otherwise specified. If there is any inconsistency between the words or terms used in the present invention and the usage or meaning in other documents, the definitions of the words or terms used in the present invention shall be applied.

Claims

1. An RFID tag embedding tool, comprising:

the RFID tag comprises a main body, wherein a groove is formed in the main body, the RFID tag is jointed with the bottom surface of the groove, the area of the bottom surface of the groove is larger than that of the joint surface of the RFID tag, and a gap exists between the RFID tag and each side surface of the groove; and

a protector made of a polymer material, the protector being mounted on the body to cover the groove.

2. The RFID tag embedding tool of claim 1, wherein the recess is an annular groove disposed around the body.

3. The RFID tag embedded tool of claim 2, wherein the RFID tag is a loop tag.

4. The RFID tag embedding tool of claim 1, wherein the recess is a U-shaped groove comprised of a bottom surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface of the recess.

5. The tool for embedding an RFID tag according to claim 4, wherein three faces of the RFID tag are exposed when the protector is not mounted.

6. The RFID tag embedding tool of claim 1, wherein the recess is a strip-shaped groove provided on the body.

7. The tool of claim 6, wherein the height of the antenna top of the RFID tag is a first height, the depth of the strip-shaped groove is a first depth, and the first height is greater than the first depth.

8. The RFID tag embedding tool of claim 7, wherein the protector is a cap-like structure, the protector is embedded in the groove with an interference fit to wrap the tag, and a bottom of the protector engages a bottom surface of the groove.

9. The tool for embedding an RFID tag of claim 8, wherein the bottom of the protecting member is provided with an industrial glue for adhering the protecting member and the bottom surface of the groove.

10. The RFID tag embedded tool of claim 1, wherein the body of the tool is made of a metallic material and the RFID tag is a metal resistant RFID tag.