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US 2017/0249543 A1Published application
Method and system for securing a tracking device to a component
AssigneeTexas Nameplate Company, Inc.
InventorsPreston Cray SMITH, Ronnie Dwaine PHELPS
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Abstract
A carrier for securing a tracking component includes a housing. The housing includes a recess formed into a face of the housing that is adapted to secure the tracking component. The recess includes a wall that surrounds a periphery of the recess and a hole formed through a bottom surface of the recess.
Claims37
A carrier comprising:
- a housing for securing a tracking component, the housing comprising:
- a recess formed into a face of the housing, wherein a periphery of the recess is surrounded by a wall;
- and
- a hole formed through a bottom surface of the recess.
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A tracking device comprising:
- a flexible band;
- a carrier attached to the flexible band and adapted to secure a tracking component within the carrier, the carrier comprising a housing comprising a recess formed into a face of the housing;
- and
- wherein a periphery of the recess is surrounded by a wall that comprises a wall feature that results in at least a portion of the recess having a footprint that is larger than an opening of the recess.
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A method of assembling a tracking device, the method comprising:
- securing a tracking component within a recess of a housing so that at least a portion of an antenna element of the tracking component is positioned beneath a hole formed through a bottom surface of the recess;
- and
- securing the housing to an inside surface of a flexible band so that the housing can be positioned between the flexible band and a component when the tracking device is secured to the component.
A method of securing a tracking device to a component, the method comprising:
- wrapping a flexible band of the tracking device around a portion of the component so that a housing secured to the flexible band and comprising a recess and a hole formed through the recess is positioned between the flexible band and the component;
- tensioning the flexible band around the portion of the component to inhibit relative movement of the tracking device and the portion of the component;
- and
- wherein the tracking device comprises a tracking component secured within a recess of the housing so that at least a portion of an antenna element of the tracking component is positioned beneath the hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.