公开(公告)号：US20240349232A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18292219

申请日：2022-07-26

Applicant: Hubbell Incorporated

Inventor： Brian McCulloh White, Jr. ,  Timothy Eugene Willis ,  Adam Joseph Clark

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  B25F5/00 ,  H04W4/029

CPC classification number: H04W64/003 ,  B25F5/00 ,  H04W4/029

Abstract: Tool monitoring systems and beacon devices used in the tool monitoring systems are provided. The tool monitoring systems permits one or more beacon devices to upload tool information to a cloud-based computing system either directly or indirectly. Direct communication between the beacon devices and the cloud-based computing system 12 utilizes a communication module and a server. Indirect communication between the beacon devices and the cloud-based computing system utilizes a mobile application running on a mobile computing device or platform and a web services running on the server. The beacon devices are worn by a tool user or installed in a fixed location and communicate with one or more tools to retrieve tool information from the one or more tools and upload the tool information to the cloud-based computing system's database.