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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Yutaka Hattori, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yutaka Hattori, Hiratsuka, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fender, which is used as cushioning material mainly at the time of a ship being moored, and a management system thereof. A transponder is mounted in a fenderthat is an object to be managed, and an ID code is read by the transponder in the fenderbeing accessed by terminalsA throughD provided in areas where are areas to be managed and each have one or more terminals. Historical information showing an installed place and an installed period of the fenderand individual update information including the ID code is transferred to a control systemthrough communication networksA throughD. The control systemnot only stores manufacturing information and historical information of all the fendersthat are objects to be managed, but also updates the historical information on the basis of the individual update information received from the terminalFurthermore, the control systemdisplays the manufacturing information and historical information of a specific fenderdesignated by an operator. Thereby, it is possible to perform management of fenders, installed in being dispersed, in real time.