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Granted Patent B2
US 9,346,419 · App. 14/373,151 · Granted May 24, 2016

Sign plate

Inventors: Katsuhisa Sirosaki (Uozu, JP); Ikuo Mimura (Uozu, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.
B60R13/10G06K7/10009G06K19/07771G06K2007/10504
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Patent No.
US 9,346,419
App. No.
14/373,151
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sign plate 1 includes a plate-shaped metal plate 2 having a a slot 23 which penetrates from the front surface 21 toward the back surface 22 , an RFID inlay 3 arranged on the front surface 21 of the metal plate 2 so as to straddle the slot 23 , and a retroreflective sheeting 4 arranged on the front surface 21 of the metal plate 2 and having a mirror reflective region 41 and a non-mirror reflective region 42 . In a plan view of the retroreflective sheeting 4 , the mirror reflective region 41 includes a plurality of mirror reflective regions which are formed as independent regions by being divided by the non-mirror reflective region 42 , the slot 23 region overlaps the mirror reflective region 41 and the non-mirror reflective region 42 , and the overlapping mirror reflective region 41 does not straddle the slot 23.

Claims (11)

1. A sign plate comprising:

a plate-shaped conductive plate having a front surface and a back surface, providing a slot which penetrates from the front surface toward the back surface;

an RFID inlay arranged on the front surface or the back surface of the conductive plate so as to straddle the slot; and

a retroreflective sheeting arranged on the front surface of the conductive plate so as to cover the slot, said retroreflective sheeting having a mirror reflective region where a mirror reflective layer is formed and a non-mirror reflective region where the mirror reflective layer is not formed, in a plan view from above said front surface, the mirror reflective region providing a plurality of independent mirror reflective regions that are separated by the non-mirror reflective region, wherein

in said plan view the non-mirror reflective region has a mesh shape, and

a path length of the non-mirror reflective region overlapping the slot is 200% or more with respect to a length of an outer periphery of the slot,

as seen in said plan view, the independent mirror reflective regions overlap the slot and the non-mirror reflective region overlaps the slot, and

the non-mirror reflective region overlapping the slot straddles the slot and none of the independent mirror reflective regions overlapping the slot straddles the slot.

2. The sign plate according to claim 1 , wherein a line width of the non-mirror reflective region overlapping the slot is 0.01 mm to 1.0 mm.

3. The sign plate according to claim 2 , wherein in said plan view a total area of the independent mirror reflective regions overlapping the slot is 80% to 96% with respect to an area of the slot.

4. The sign plate according to claim 1 , wherein in said plan view a total area of the independent mirror reflective regions overlapping the slot is 80% to 96% with respect to an area of the slot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2014
From: SIROSAKI, KATSUHISA; MIMURA, IKUO
To: NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC.
Reel/Frame 033343/0456 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-020681 · Feb 2, 2012 · national
JP 2012-117017 · May 22, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140366411A1 · Dec 18, 2014