US 11,773,626 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 Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,319.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,287, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/401,814, filed on Aug. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258026 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
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 seal assembly for a container, the seal assembly comprising:
a locking assembly comprising:
a body; and
an elongated cable extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the proximal end being restrained by the body, and the distal end being movable from an unlocked position to a locked position, wherein in the unlocked position the distal end is spaced from the body, and in the locked position the distal end is restrained by the body; and
a gateway configured for selectively interlocking with the locking assembly, the gateway comprising:
a power supply;
a radio communication device;
a sensor;
a processor electrically coupled with each of the power supply, the radio communication device, and the sensor; and
a detector electrically coupled with the processor and configured to monitor an environmental condition experienced by the container;
wherein the processor is configured to:
operate the radio communication device to transmit a first signal upon detection by the sensor of interlocking of the gateway with the locking assembly;
operate the radio communication device to transmit a second signal upon detection by the sensor that the elongated cable has been cut; and
operate the radio communication device to transmit a third signal, wherein the third signal relates to the environmental condition.