IP Library Granted Patent US 12,157,616
Granted Patent B2
US 12,157,616 · App. 17/797,312 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Blister package, method for manufacturing blister package, and RF device using blister package

Inventors: You Kubota (Tokyo, JP); Rena Miyazaki (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Nitta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd.; Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
B65D75/367A61J1/035B65B11/52B65D75/54G06K19/07758
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Patent No.
US 12,157,616
App. No.
17/797,312
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a blister package including a sheet in which pockets are formed, and a lid material sealing the sheet, wherein the sheet has a first pocket accommodating an RF tag and a second pocket accommodating an article at a position separated from the first pocket.

Claims (27)

1. A blister package comprising:

a sheet in which pockets are formed, and

a lid material sealing the sheet,

wherein the sheet comprises a first pocket accommodating an RF tag and a second pocket accommodating an article at a position separated from the first pocket,

the first pocket and the second pocket have the same size,

a light-shielding layer is laminated on an inner surface or an outer surface of the first pocket, or on an inner side in a thickness direction of the sheet in a region of the first pocket, so that the first pocket is opaque, and

the second pocket is transparent.

2. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the RF tag is fixed to the sheet side in the first pocket.

3. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the first pocket is larger than the RF tag.

4. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the RF tag is capable of detecting damage to the lid material.

5. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the lid material has a reinforcing member in a part sealing the first pocket, the reinforcing member being more reinforced than a part sealing the second pocket.

6. A method for manufacturing the blister package according to claim 1 , comprising:

a step of accommodating the RF tag in the first pocket of the sheet in which the pockets are formed,

a step of accommodating the article in the second pocket of the sheet, which is located at a position separated from the first pocket, and

a step of sealing the sheet with the lid material.

7. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the RF tag has a wireless reception function for receiving a signal from the outside and a wireless transmission function for transmitting a signal to the outside.

8. The blister package according to claim 7 , wherein the RF tag is not in contact with the lid material, and the distance between the RF tag and the lid material is kept constant.

9. The blister package according to claim 7 , wherein the RF tag is in contact with the lid material.

10. The blister package according to claim 7 , wherein the lid material is made of a metal foil or contains a metal foil.

11. The blister package according to according to claim 7 , wherein

the lid material does not contain a metal foil,

the lid material is made of an electrically insulating base material, and

the lid material includes a circuit made of a printed conductive material on the base material.

12. The blister package according to claim 7 , wherein

the lid material does not contain a metal foil,

the lid material is made of an electrically insulating base material, and

the lid material includes a circuit made of a metal wire on the base material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 5, 2026
From: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SATO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075020/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: KUBOTA, YOU; MIYAZAKI, RENA; NITTA, SHINYA
To: FUJIMORI KOGYO CO., LTD.; SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 061614/0682 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-018855 · Feb 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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