Qualcomm Incorporated

Omnitracs, LLC

John P Oeth

Kip A Leggett

David C Stillinger

Jeffrey Jay Rhine

Charles Pedersen

Kenneth H Oertle

John Cunningham

Richard R Ragland

Clayton Dumstorff

Paul James Knoll

David DeVinny

Steven M Tom

Mark Benton

An apparatus for tracking a portable asset includes a solar panel, an electronics assembly integrated into an enclosure, and a heat spreading assembly adjacent the solar panel, the heat spreading assembly located to form an air gap separating the heat spreading assembly from the electronics assembly such that heat generated by the solar panel is dissipated in the air gap before reaching the electronics assembly.

Solar powered apparatus having a thermally decoupled solar panel for tracking a portable asset

A sensor device for detecting whether a tractor and a trailer of a truck are connected includes a container having a plurality of tabs extending radially outwardly to engage an inside surface of a bearing plate of the trailer when the container is located in a hole in the bearing plate. A spring extends from a base of the container away from the face surface to bear upon an interior wall of the trailer to bias the tabs into contact with the inside wall when the container is located in the hole to maintain a position of the container therein. A sensor is also provided for sensing proximity of a ferrous material and being located in the container. The sensor senses proximity of ferrous material of a coupler carried by the tractor without sensing ferrous material of the bearing plate.

Device for sensing tractor trailer connection

Dual transducer cargo sensor device

CDMA wireless untethered trailer tracking terminal

Structural portions of a CDMA wireless untethered trailer tracking terminal

Universal mount cargo status sensor device

A system for securing a protective boot over a connector assembly is disclosed. The boot is designed to slide over a pair of mated cable connectors, one connector being panel mounted and the other being cable mounted. The protective boot is located axially along the cable and is positioned over the mated connectors until it is flush against the panel, preventing environmental elements from damaging the connectors. The protective boot is held firmly against the panel by a locking element located on the cable connector which engages a concentric groove located inside of the protective boot. The concentric groove is located at an appropriate distance away from the boot opening such that the locking element engages the groove just as the boot opening becomes flush against the mounting panel.

Locking boot system

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

John P Oeth