Carrier Corporation

Richard Desmarais

Stephen Varga

Jeffrey Allen Leshuk

Robin L Wald

Bill Games

Blair Streit

Eric Day

Heston Grant Woolf

Tim Uys

A data collection device includes a housing and a data collection unit located in the housing. A power unit is located in the housing and is operably connected to the data unit to provide power for operation of the data unit. An irradiation sensor is located at the data collection device to detect exposure of the data collection device to irradiation. An irradiation sensor includes a thermal energy absorbing material and a thermal energy sensitive material in thermal communication with the thermal energy absorbing material. The thermal energy sensitive material is characterized by a change in color when exposed to a selected degree of thermal energy due to irradiation.

Irradiation decection in data collection devices

A tracking device () configured to track a shipment of cargo is provided including a housing () having a complementary top portion () and bottom portion (). The top portion and the bottom portion of the housing are pivotally coupled. A tracking unit, arranged within the housing, includes a processor configured to collect and transmit data. A power unit having at least one power source is arranged within the housing and is configured to supply power to the tracking unit. A circuit board connects the power unit and the tracking unit. The circuit board includes a metal tab arranged adjacent a conductive interface. A portion of a pull tab () formed from a thin, non-conductive material is arranged between the tab and the conductive interface. The tracking device is configured to transform from an inactive state to a fully active state upon removal of the pull tab ().

Tracking device

An aircraft proximity sensor system includes a control module in communication with a transceiver module and an aircraft proximity sensor module, the control module operable to disable transmission by the transceiver module in response to the aircraft proximity sensor module.

Aircraft proximity sensor system for radio frequency transmission device

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Londonderry, NH, United States of America

Richard Desmarais