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US 12,246,766 B2Granted
Concealed asset locator
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorsRichard Alan McGavock, Jr., John Sanders
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Abstract
A concealed asset locator includes an enclosure with multiple external surfaces, wherein an external surface is configured as reflective surface, an electric notification device, a receiver relay positioned inside the enclosure and electrically coupled to the notification device, wherein the receiver relay is configured to activate the notification device in response to a received transmitter signal.
Claims7
A concealed asset location system comprising:
- a stationary concealed asset locator comprising
- an enclosure,
- an electric notification device,
- a receiver positioned inside the enclosure and electrically coupled to the electric notification device,
- a concealed asset in proximity to the stationary concealed asset locator, the concealed asset including a railroad equipment device located along a railroad track,
- a first portable wireless device transmitter,
- wherein the receiver is configured to activate the electric notification device in response to a received transmitter signal of the first portable wireless transmitter,
- wherein the first portable wireless transmitter and the receiver are configured to transmit or receive radio frequency (RF) signals, and
- wherein the first portable wireless transmitter is configured to activate the receiver and further receivers of stationary concealed asset locators that are set to a same radio frequency.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.