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Deactivatable resonance label

Assignee: Actron Entwicklungs AG
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Filing: 1990-12-19
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Granted: 1994-11-22
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Expires: 2010-12-19
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Abstract

Abstract A resonance label (1) comprises an insulating support layer (4) having two sides (2, 3). A first conductor is on one side (3) of the insulating supporting layer (4) and forms a capacitor plate (6b) and an induction coil (5) having a number of individual turns spaced apart from each other. A second conductor is on the other side (2) of the insulating supporting layer (4) and forms another capacitor plate (6a) so as to define a resonant circuit. At least one of the first and second conductors includes two adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) which are spaced apart at a distance (a) from each other closer to one another than the spacing between the individual turns of the induction coil (5). The distance (a) between the adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) defines a desired breakdown point (8) on the respective side (2) of the insulating support layer (4).

Inventors

  • 👤 Burckart C. Kind
  • 👤 Philipp Muller

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 07:55
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B13/00; G08B13/22; G08B13/24; G08B13/2402; G08B13/2405; G08B13/2414; G08B13/242; G08B13/2428; G08B13/2431; G08B13/2437; G08B13/2442

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim 147 words
Resonance label (1) comprising: an insulating support layer (4) having two sides (2,3); a first conductor on one side (3) of the insulating supporting layer (4) and forming a capacitor plate (6b ) and an induction coil (5) having a number of individual turns spaced apart from each other; a second conductor on the other side (2) of the insulating supporting layer (4) and forming another capacitor plate (6a ) so as to define a resonant circuit; at least one of the first and second conductors including two adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) which are spaced apart at a distance (a) from each other closer to one another than the spacing between the individual turns of the induction coil (5), the distance (a) between the adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) defining a desired breakdown point (8) on the respective side (2) of the insulating support layer (4).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 147 words
Resonance label (1) comprising: an insulating support layer (4) having two sides (2,3); a first conductor on one side (3) of the insulating supporting layer (4) and forming a capacitor plate (6b ) and an induction coil (5) having a number of individual turns spaced apart from each other; a second conductor on the other side (2) of the insulating supporting layer (4) and forming another capacitor plate (6a ) so as to define a resonant circuit; at least one of the first and second conductors including two adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) which are spaced apart at a distance (a) from each other closer to one another than the spacing between the individual turns of the induction coil (5), the distance (a) between the adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) defining a desired breakdown point (8) on the respective side (2) of the insulating support layer (4).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
Resonance label according to claim 1 wherein the desired breakdown point (8) is defined in the vicinity of the respective capacitor plate (6a).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 35 words
Resonance label according to claim 1 wherein the desired breakdown point (8") is covered with an electrically conductive material (15) which is insulated by a thin insulating layer (14) against one of the conductive areas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
Resonance label according to claim 1 wherein the desired breakdown point (8) and the adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) are covered by a dielectric (9).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
Resonance label according to claim 4 wherein the dielectric (9) is made from a material which perforates at a breakdown voltage determined by the dimensioning of the resonance label (1) and passes into a permanent, low-value resistor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 28 words
Resonance label according to claim 5 wherein the distance of (a") between the adjacent conductor areas (6", 7d") at the breakdown point (8") is at most 3 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 28 words
Resonance label according to claim 6 wherein the distance (a") between the adjacent conductor areas (6a", 7d") at the breakdown point (8") is between 0.1 to 0.5 mm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 26 words
Resonance label according to claim 1 wherein the distance (a) between the adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) at the breakdown point (8) is at most 5μ.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 26 words
Resonance label according to claim 8 wherein the distance between the adjacent conductor areas (6a, 7d) at the breakdown point (8) is between 0.1 to 0.5μ.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 44 words
Resonance label according to claim 1 wherein the desired breakdown point (8") is covered with an electrically conductive layer (15) which has a resistance value of at most 1,000 Ohms and which is insulated by a thin insulating coating (14) from the conductive areas.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 19 words
Resonance label according to claim 10 wherein the electrically conductive layer (15) comprises an epoxy resin mixed with aluminum.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 16 words
Resonance label according to claim 10 wherein the thin insulating coating (14) comprises an insulating varnish.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 31 words
Resonance label according to claim 10 wherein the insulating coating (14) is formed by oxidation of the free sides of the conductor areas (6a", 7d") bounding the desired breakdown point (8").
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 20 words
Resonance label according to claim 10 wherein the electrically conductive layer (15) has a resistance value of approximately 100 Ohms.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 18 words
Resonance label according to claim 10 wherein the thin insulating coating (14) is between 0.5 to 5μ thick.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 15 words
Resonance label according to claim 10 wherein the electrically conductive layer (15) comprises metal particles.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 16 words
Resonance label according to claim 10 wherein the electrically conductive layer (15) comprises a resistance paste.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 16 words
Resonance label according to claim 10 wherein the thin insulating coating (14) comprises an insulating ink.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 23 words
Resonance label according to claim 1 wherein the resonance label is covered on the side having the desired breakdown point by a film.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 12 words
Resonance label according to claim 19 wherein the film comprises paper material.

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