US 12,248,901 B2
Devices and methods for tracking shipping containers
Frederick Steinway Ziegler, San Francisco, CA (US); and Mats Alaküla, Lund (SE)
Assigned to TelemeTrak, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by TelemeTrak, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,302.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124198 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2024.01); F03D 7/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); H02K 1/34 (2006.01); H02K 7/02 (2006.01); H02K 35/02 (2006.01); H02K 99/00 (2014.01); F03B 13/14 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [F03D 7/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); H02K 1/34 (2013.01); H02K 7/025 (2013.01); H02K 35/02 (2013.01); H02K 99/10 (2016.11); F03B 13/14 (2013.01); H02J 50/001 (2020.01); Y02E 10/30 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tracking device configured to track a geolocation of a shipping container, the tracking device comprising:
at least one inductor;
at least one magnet disposed such that relative movement between the at least one magnet and the at least one inductor caused by oscillatory movement of the shipping container induces electrical power, wherein the at least one inductor is at least one inductor coil physically coupled to a sleeve, the at least one magnet having at least one rounded surface and being rollable within at least a portion of the sleeve in response to oscillatory movement of the shipping container;
a navigation system configured to determine geolocation information of the shipping container;
a processor configured to log a set of the determined geolocation information of the shipping container;
a transmitter configured to transmit at least a portion of the set of determined geolocation information to a server; and
an energy storage device coupled to the inductor, the energy storage device configured to store energy during a first time period and to provide the stored energy to the tracking device during a second time period.