Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tool tracking system
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Application No.: US15798627Application Date: 2017-10-31
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Publication No.: US10368186B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Burtrom L. Stampfl , Kevin W. Stueber , Tauhira Hoossainy , Steven Cunningham
- Applicant: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US WI Brookfield
- Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Brookfield
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; H04W8/14 ; H04W64/00 ; G08C17/02 ; H04W8/00

Abstract:
A wireless transmission system logs and communicates a location of an object. The wireless transmission system includes a wireless antenna configured to transmit a first beacon signal and a second advertising beacon signal. The system also includes a processor and a memory that stores instructions executable by the processor. The instructions cause the wireless antenna to repeatedly transmit the first beacon signal through a first number of transmission repetitions spaced at a first repeat interval. After completing the first number of transmission repetitions, the wireless antenna withholds transmission during a transition interval. After the transition interval, the wireless antenna repeatedly transmits the second advertising beacon signal through a second number of transmission repetitions at a second repeat interval. The wireless antenna, memory, and processor may be integrated in to a mountable housing and attached to an object or integrated with the tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180124558A1 TOOL TRACKING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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