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Title: Conductive fabric seal

Abstract

Disclosed are several examples of a system and method for detecting if an article is being tampered with. Included is a covering made of a substrate that is coated with a layer of an electrically conductive material that forms an electrically conductive surface having an electrical resistance. The covering is configured to at least partially encapsulate the article such that the article cannot be tampered with, without modifying the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive surface of the covering. A sensing device is affixed to the electrically conductive surface of the covering and the sensing device monitors the condition of the covering by producing a signal that is indicative of the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive surface of the covering. A measured electrical resistance that differs from a nominal electrical resistance is indicative of a covering that is being tampered with and an alert is communicated to an observer.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1223099
Patent Number(s):
9159209
Application Number:
13/832,093
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G - PHYSICS G08 - SIGNALLING G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Mar 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Livesay, Ronald Jason, Mason, Brandon William, Kuhn, Michael Joseph, and Rowe, Nathan Carl. Conductive fabric seal. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Livesay, Ronald Jason, Mason, Brandon William, Kuhn, Michael Joseph, & Rowe, Nathan Carl. Conductive fabric seal. United States.
Livesay, Ronald Jason, Mason, Brandon William, Kuhn, Michael Joseph, and Rowe, Nathan Carl. Tue . "Conductive fabric seal". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223099.
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