Patent SG-11201805608W-A (SG)
Title: Visual and electronically readable temperature indicator
Inventor: YEAGER STEVE
IPC: G01K11/12
Filed: 2017-01-25
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -,, Organization 1111111101111011101010111110101111101110111001011101110111011111101111011111 International Bureau ... ...., ..... ..or::,„, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/132222 Al 3 August 2017 (03.08.2017) WI P0 I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: GO1K 7/16 (2006.01) GO1K GO1K 11/06 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: (22) International Filing Date: 25 (25) Filing Language: (26) Publication Language: (30) Priority Data: 62/286,698 25 January 2016 (71) Applicant: KLT TECHNOLOGIES River Road, Dayton, OH 45439 (72) Inventors: YEAGER, Steve; Township, OH 45459 (US). Broughton Place, Riverside, Carl, M.; 2206 Buckeye Court, (US). LANE, Randall; 2695 BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, 11/12 (2006.01) DO, DZ, HN, HR, KP, KR, MD, ME, PCT/US2017/014872 NI, NO, RU, RW, January 2017 (25.01.2017) TH, TJ, ZA, ZM, English (84) Designated English kind of GM, KE, (25.01.2016) US TZ, UG, TJ, TM), [US/US]; 2400 East DK, EE, (US). LV, MC, 6155 Munger Road, Miami SM, TR), GASTON, Justine; 5061 GW, KM, OH 45431 (US). LENTZ, Declarations Waynesville, OH 45068 — as to applicant's Kings Lane, Lebanon, OH EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZW. States (unless otherwise indicated, for every regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). under Rule 4.17: entitlement to apply for and be granted a 4.17(ii)) applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the (Rule 4.17(iii)) search report (Art. 21(3)) — 45036 (US). patent (Rule — as to the al.; Thompson Hine LLP, earlier application 400, Dayton, OH 45342- Published: indicated, for every — with international AE, AG, AL, AM, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (74) Agents: OILER, Susan, M. et _ = 10050 Innovation Drive, Suite 4934 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise = kind of national protection available): = AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, = = = READABLE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR -.116 100 4-1 104 (54) Title: VISUAL AND ELECTRONICALLY = 02 , 108 114 — = = FIG. 3 = = 110 1-1 ei ei ei ei f.r1 (57) : Visual and electronically 1-1 ---- with a microchip and a bridge within IN layer or multiple layers that include a conductive material, a phase change material er, a first colorant that is soluble in the N at temperatures below the pre-selected melt temperature, the bridge is electrically O pre-selected melt temperature, the phase change material melts and dilutes the conductive non-conductive, and a color change 5- dow or in an absorbent material. ...dr -112 of making the same have an electric circuit circuit. The bridge includes either a single having a pre— selected melt temperature, a bind - that is a special effect pigment. In operation, conductive, and at a temperature at or above the material, so that the bridge is electrically facing material such as through a transparent win - readable temperature indicators and methods the circuit, and a facing material over the electric phase change material and/or a second colorant occurs that is visible to the user through the