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Smart container monitoring system

US7916016B2 · kind B2 · utility

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63References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

HI-G-TEK, INC. · IL

Inventors

Micha Auerbach · Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, IL
Rony Cohen · Zoran, IL
Eli Golan · Ramat HaSharon, IL
Alex Isenberg · Rishon LeZion, IL
Arcadi Genin · Bat Yam, IL
Ran Sender · Nes Ziona, IL
Shmuel Blum · Givatayim, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 21, 2006
Grant date	Mar 29, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07C2209/63
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A remotely monitorable shipping container including a shipping container body having associated therewith at least one door and at least one door latch having a latch locking element arranged for locking engagement with a door mounted locking element, at least one wireless communicator mounted in a secure location within the shipping container and being operative to wirelessly transmit information to a remote monitor regarding the status of an electronic seal mounted onto the locking element for confirming locking of the at least one door, and at least one wireless antenna mounted within a protected enclosure on the outside of the shipping container for transmitting the information from the at least one wireless communicator.

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