ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,372, issued on July 22, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).
"RFID assembly" was invented by Elies Ennabli (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Eric Suligoj (Froideville, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RFID assembly that includes both a UHF patch antenna and an HF or LF loop antenna is provided. The patch antenna and the loop antenna are arranged inside a housing in such a manner that the loop antenna partially overlaps an end portion of the patch antenna, thereby forming an extension of the patch antenna. In this manner, a performance of the UHF patch antenna can be maintained despite decreasing the size of the same, whi...