US 11,990,779 B2
Storage unit with power monitoring capability
Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck, Kenosha, WI (US); and William J. Tadda, Jr., Kenosha, WI (US)
Assigned to Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed by Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/151,985.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231520 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A47B 67/04 (2006.01); A47B 81/00 (2006.01); A47B 97/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0042 (2013.01) [A47B 81/00 (2013.01); A47B 97/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); A47B 67/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage unit having a top surface and drawers adapted to store tools, comprising:
a power terminal disposed in one of the drawers or on the top surface of the storage unit and adapted to operably couple and provide electricity to a connected device;
an interrogation module operably coupled to the power terminal and adapted to interrogate electric supply information about electricity supplied to the connected device via the power terminal;
a computation module operably coupled to the interrogation module and adapted to receive an electric supply data signal from the interrogation module and determine a status of the connected device by comparing the electric supply data signal and a usage characteristic of the connected device; and
a communication module operably coupled to the computation module and adapted to receive a status data signal from the computation module and communicate the status data signal to a remote computing device.