US 11,982,110 B2
Systems and methods for facilitating logistics
Joseph Krumme Bullard, West Chester, OH (US); Clinton A. Haynes, Mason, OH (US); Shannon R. Read, Lebanon, OH (US); Micah Timothy Boswell, Mason, OH (US); and Alicia Marie Evans, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to Stress Engineering Services, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed by Stress Engineering Services, Inc., Mason, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,558.
Application 18/237,558 is a continuation of application No. 18/109,319, filed on Feb. 14, 2023, granted, now 11,773,626.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/401,814, filed on Aug. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,287, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392416 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E05B 67/00 (2006.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01); E05B 83/02 (2014.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 67/003 (2013.01) [E05B 73/0005 (2013.01); E05B 83/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking assembly comprising:
a carrier defining an internal compartment;
an elongated cable comprising a core and a cover, the cover coaxially surrounding the core, the elongated cable extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the proximal end being disposed within the internal compartment, and a portion of the elongated cable extending outside of the internal compartment;
a body disposed within the internal compartment, the body defining a proximal passage and a distal passage;
a proximal end ferrule attached to the core adjacent to the proximal end;
a distal end ferrule attached to the core adjacent to the distal end;
a spring abutting the body adjacent to the proximal passage; and
a magnet configured to produce a magnetic field; wherein
a portion of the core adjacent to the proximal end extends sequentially through the proximal passage, through the spring and into the proximal end ferrule;
the magnet is configured to move in response to the elongated cable being cut; and
the carrier is formed of a non-ferrous material such that a position of the magnetic field can be detected from outside of the carrier.