Patent ID: 8737915

Claim:
An identification device for a vehicle comprising: a flat, at least partially electrically inductive identification device body ( 11 ), the identification body ( 11 ) having at least one slit ( 18 , 77 , 78 ), at least one indicia area ( 22 ), and at least one indicia ( 23 ), wherein the at least one indicia ( 23 ) is assigned to the indicia area ( 22 ) of the identification device body ( 11 ); a data carrier ( 20 ) assigned to the identification device body ( 11 ), wherein the data carrier ( 20 ) is contactlessly readable, and wherein the data carrier ( 20 ) generates a magnetic field; and an antenna ( 17 ), wherein the antenna ( 17 ) is formed by the identification device body ( 11 ) and the at least one slit ( 18 , 77 , 78 ), wherein the data carrier ( 20 ) is inductively coupled to the slit ( 18 , 77 , 78 ), wherein the data carrier ( 20 ) has a passive radio frequency identification chip ( 74 ), at least one coil ( 75 ) connected electroconductively to the chip ( 74 ), and a carrier ( 76 ) made of an insulating or nonconductive material, and wherein the antenna ( 17 ) also is an amplifier for a signal generated by the chip ( 74 ), whereby relevant data of the chip ( 74 ) is read at a relatively large distance from the identification device.