IP Library Granted Patent US 11,681,892
Granted Patent B2
US 11,681,892 · App. 17/302,659 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Method for producing hoselines and pipelines with RFID chips

Inventors: Alexander Schmidt (Goettingen, DE); Carsten Wilke (Korbach, DE)
Assignee: ContiTech USA, Inc.
G06K19/07758
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Patent No.
US 11,681,892
App. No.
17/302,659
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing hoselines having at least the following working steps: a) providing a hoseline or pipeline blank ( 1, 2, 3 ) of at least one elastomeric and/or thermoplastic base material in a production device, while reinforcing elements may be embedded in the base material; and b) introducing an RFID structure ( 4, 4 A, 4 B, 4 C) into the outer layer ( 3 ) of the hoseline or pipeline blank ( 1 ) in the axial direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hoseline or pipeline blank ( 1 ) and synchronously with the feed rate of the production device, the RFID structure having at least one carrier ( 4 A) and the RFID structure ( 4, 4 A, 4 B, 4 C) having RFID chips ( 4 B) securely arranged on the carrier ( 4 A) at predetermined spaced intervals.

Claims (30)

1. A method for producing hoselines with RFID chips, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

a) providing a hoseline blank of at least one elastomeric and/or thermoplastic base material in a production device, while reinforcing elements may be embedded in the base material; and,

b) attaching an RFID structure on the hoseline blank in an axial direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hoseline blank and synchronously with a feed rate of the production device;

wherein the RFID structure has at least one carrier; and,

wherein the RFID structure comprises RFID chips securely arranged on the carrier at predetermined spaced intervals.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RFID chips have in each case at least one antenna, which are respectively connected in an electrically conducting manner to the RFID chips at the front and/or rear in a longitudinal direction of the RFID structure.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier comprises one or more yarns.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the antennas are twisted with the carrier.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the carrier is formed in an electrically conducting manner.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the antennas of the RFID chips are formed by the carrier.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RFID chips are protected by a protective enclosure.

8. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

c) applying a further layer to the hoseline blank in such a way that the RFID structure is covered by the further layer.

9. The method according to claim 1 further comprising extruding an outer layer onto the hose blank structure.

10. The method according to claim 1 further comprising a final vulcanization step, after which the RFID structure is securely embedded in the wall of the then finished hoseline.

11. A method for producing pipelines with RFID chips, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

a) providing a pipeline blank of at least one elastomeric and/or thermoplastic base material in a production device, while reinforcing elements may be embedded in the base material; and,

b) attaching an RFID structure on the pipeline blank in an axial direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the pipeline blank and synchronously with a feed rate of the production device;

wherein the RFID structure has at least one carrier; and,

wherein the RFID structure comprises RFID chips securely arranged on the carrier at predetermined spaced intervals.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the RFID chips have in each case at least one antenna, which are respectively connected in an electrically conducting manner to the RFID chips at the front and/or rear in a longitudinal direction of the RFID structure.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the carrier comprises one or more yarns.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the antennas are twisted with the carrier.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the carrier is formed in an electrically conducting manner.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the antennas of the RFID chips are formed by the carrier.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the RFID chips are protected by a protective enclosure.

18. The method according to claim 11 further comprising:

c) applying a further layer to the pipeline blank in such a way that the RFID structure is covered by the further layer.

19. The method according to claim 11 further comprising a final vulcanization step, after which the RFID structure is securely embedded in the wall of the pipeline.

20. The method according to claim 19 further comprising ascertaining a specific location of the finished pipeline.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2025
From: CONTITECH USA, INC.
To: CONTITECH USA, LLC
Reel/Frame 070615/0527 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2021
From: SCHMIDT, ALEXANDER; WILKE, CARSTEN
To: CONTITECH USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 056266/0582 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 206 092.4 · May 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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