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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:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2012
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Craig Weakley, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Andrew F. Geib, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Kevin Donahue, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Dale R. Masslon, Tolland, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/0723 (2013.01);
Abstract
An identification system for machinery or equipment, such as an aircraft engine, includes a name plate, a mounting bracket for mounting the name plate, a housing, and an RFID tag positioned within the housing between the name plate and the mounting bracket. The RFID tag includes an integrated circuit and an antenna such as a patch antenna.