Carrier Corporation

K.l. Harring Transportation LLC

Robin L Wald

Jeffrey Allen Leshuk

Stephen Varga

Richard Desmarais

Bill Games

Blair Streit

Keith Harring

Heston Grant Woolf

Tim Uys

Richard Mark Desmarais

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

A method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for monitoring a cargo container are presented. Data items are received by a monitoring system from one or more monitoring devices via a communications network. The monitoring devices are affixed to the cargo container and the monitoring system is located separate from the cargo container. The data items are monitored by the monitoring system to determine if an alert condition exists. An alert is generated by the monitoring system if the alert condition exists.

Cargo tracking and monitoring system

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Bellingham, WA, United States of America

Robin L Wald