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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John B. Hattick, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
John H. Rolin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Victor A. Vega, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 2/700 ;
Abstract
A key ( ) includes a transceiver core ( ) that couples to antenna electrodes that include all or part of a key shank ( ) and an electrically conductive surface ( ). The transceiver core ( ) utilizes these electrodes ( and ) to capacitively transceive information with a reader ( ). The reader ( ) may, in turn, utilize all or part of a keyed lock cylinder ( ) as an antenna electrode.