RFID Flat Sheet With Beveled Corner For Printing Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing sheet materials with radio frequency identification are limited in their compatibility with commercial printing methods, particularly digital presses, due to their standard sizes and lack of universal orientation markers, which complicates the manufacturing process of final products like RFID tags and labels.

Innovation Solution

A rectangular sheet material with a 45° beveled angle, containing RFID tags and antennas, designed for commercial printing with modern digital presses, ensuring correct sheet alignment during printing, cutting, and processing, and allowing for the integration of various electronic components and unique identifiers for streamlined production.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If standard sized sheets with RFID tags are used, then RFID functionality is achieved, but compatibility with commercial printing methods is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompatibility with commercial printing methodsVSAvoidmanufacturing process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the sheet dimensions to specific values (480mm x 325mm) that are optimized for commercial printing presses. This dimensional standardization enables compatibility with various printing methods including digital presses, offset printing, and flexographic printing, while maintaining ease of manufacture through consistent sizing across production batches.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The sheet design achieves universality by incorporating multiple functional elements into a single standardized format: RFID tags for identification, beveled angles for orientation, and dimensions compatible with commercial printing. This multi-functional design allows the same sheet to be used across different printing technologies and manufacturing processes without requiring separate specialized formats.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Manufacturing precision

If sheets lack orientation markers, then manufacturing flexibility is maintained, but correct sheet alignment during printing is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesheet alignment precisionVSAvoidsheet structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements asymmetry by adding beveled angles (45° or 60°) to specific corners of the rectangular sheet. These asymmetric features serve as orientation markers that enable correct sheet alignment during printing and processing. The beveled angles provide visual and physical cues for proper sheet orientation without requiring complex alignment systems, thus improving manufacturing precision while adding minimal structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

3Adaptability or versatility

If diverse RFID products are produced, then product versatility is enhanced, but production efficiency may decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduct diversityVSAvoidmanufacturing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by designing sheets that can be easily divided into multiple individual RFID products through standard cutting and folding operations. The standardized dimensions and orientation markers enable consistent segmentation into cards, labels, tags, and other RFID products. This approach allows diverse product output while maintaining production efficiency through systematic, repeatable division processes rather than custom manufacturing for each product type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11886949B2Radio frequency identification flat sheet
Publication Date: 2024.01.30 RFID PAPER SDN BHD
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AI summary

The invention relates to the field of radio frequency identification, in particular, to the one containing a radio frequency tag in printing paper for typographical printing. The technical result is the creation of the technical solution as an alternative to the known one. The sheet material with the radio frequency identification is characterized in by the fact that it is made in the form of a rectangular sheet with a layer for printing, a length of 480 mm and a width of 325 mm, and it contains an antenna and a chip placed inside the sheet, what's more one of the sheet angles is made with a 45° bevel and a length of 10 mm.