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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. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Cejn Ab, Skövde, SE;
Inventor:
Leif Nyfelt, Skövde, SE;
Assignee:
CEJN AB, Skövde, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/00 (2006.01); F16L 1/11 (2006.01); F16L 11/12 (2006.01); G01V 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/11 (2013.01); F16L 11/124 (2013.01); G01V 15/00 (2013.01); G06K 19/07758 (2013.01); F16L 2201/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tube comprising a tag (). The tag () comprising tube service data and at least one more data of the following group of data: tube identification data, tube manufacture data, and tube operation data. The tag () allows the data to be read, written, and updated electronically, and the tag () provides data for servicing the tube (). A method for servicing such a tube, the method comprising: providing the tag () on the tube (); reading electronically the data from the tag () for servicing the tube (); servicing the tube () according to the data read; and writing electronically the data to the tag () to update at least the tube service data.