DISPOSABLE AND TAMPER-RESISTANT RFID LOCK

摘要

Implementations described and claimed herein provide an RFID locking apparatus including an RFID tag, a locking member, and a disabling member. The RFID tag is disposed inside a housing and has a chip and an antenna that emits a signal. The locking member includes a tube that extends outwardly from within the housing and a cable connected to the disabling member and exiting the housing via the tube. The locking member configured to compress a spring into a loaded state by pulling the cable. The disabling member is disposed near the spring inside the housing and is configured to destroy the antenna and/or the chip, such that the signal cannot be emitted, upon release of the spring from the loaded state. The RFID locking apparatus is configured to release the spring when the locking member is damaged.

主权项

1. A method for arming an RFID locking apparatus, the method comprising:
placing an RFID tag having a chip and an antenna configured to emit a signal within a housing; compressing a spring into a loaded state, positioning a disabling member to destroy one or more of the antenna and the chip, such that the signal cannot be emitted, upon release of the spring from the loaded state in response to at least a portion of a retainer being damaged; and securing the retainer to a cable exiting the housing and connected to the disabling member, the retainer and the cable holding the spring in the loaded state.