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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2024
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
David Bellows, Fort Salonga, NY (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
An example assembly for detecting opening events of an item includes: a wireless communications tag. A memory of the wireless communications tag is configured to store an opening indicator. A piezoelectric element is configured to be disposed between two mating portions of a closing structure of the item. The piezoelectric element is loaded when the two portions are mated and unloaded when the two portions of the closing structure are unmated. The piezoelectric element is configured to output an electric signal that can be used by the wireless communications tag, e.g., to cause a logic circuit of the wireless communications tag to update the opening indicator when the piezoelectric element is unloaded.
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