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US 2018/0322453 A1Published application
Placement of tracking devices on pallets
AssigneeBXB Digital Pty Limited
InventorsDaniel J. Lantz, Sandeep K. Bandil, Ryan Daigle, Jun Shi
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Abstract
Three approaches for attaching tracking devices to pallets. In a first approach, one or more electronic components of a tracking device are disposed within a cavity of a block of a pallet. In a second approach, one or more electronic components of a tracking device are disposed within a strut that interfaces between two beams of a pallet. In a third approach, one or more electronic components of a tracking device are disposed within a cavity of a beam.
Claims20
A trackable transport structure comprising:
- a pallet including a plurality of blocks and a plurality of beams, the pallet comprising:
- a block having a cavity;
- a lower longitudinal beam coupled to a bottom side of the block;
- and
- an upper longitudinal beam coupled to a top side of the block, the upper longitudinal beam being substantially perpendicular to the lower longitudinal beam;
- and
- a tracking device coupled to a portion of the pallet, the tracking device comprising:
- one or more electronic components disposed within the cavity;
- and
- an antenna coupled to the one or more electronic components.
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A trackable transport structure comprising:
- a pallet including a plurality of blocks and a plurality of beams, the pallet comprising:
- a first lower longitudinal beam;
- a second lower longitudinal beam being substantially parallel to the first lower longitudinal beam;
- a first upper longitudinal beam being coupled to a top side of the first lower longitudinal beam and coupled to a top side of the second lower longitudinal beam;
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- a second upper longitudinal beam being coupled to the top side of the first lower longitudinal beam and coupled to the top side of the second lower longitudinal beam, the second upper longitudinal beam being substantially parallel to the first upper longitudinal beam;
- a strut coupled to the top side of the first lower longitudinal beam and coupled to the top side of the second lower longitudinal beam, the strut being substantially parallel to the first upper longitudinal beam and the second upper longitudinal beam;
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- a tracking device comprising:
- one or more electronic components disposed within the strut;
- and
- an antenna coupled to the one or more electronic components.
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A trackable transport structure comprising:
- a pallet including a plurality of blocks and a plurality of beams including a longitudinal beam, wherein the longitudinal beam includes a cavity accessible at a bottom side of the longitudinal beam:
- a casing coupled to the bottom side of the longitudinal beam, the casing including a cavity region at least partially aligned with the cavity of the longitudinal beam;
- a tracking device coupled to one or both of the cavity of the longitudinal beam and the cavity region of the casing, the tracking device comprising:
- one or more electronic components disposed within the cavity;
- and
- an antenna coupled to the one or more electronic components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.