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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
Applicant:
Robert W. Digiovanna, Shirley, NY (US);
Inventor:
Robert W. DiGiovanna, Shirley, NY (US);
Assignee:
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for monitoring electrical contacts comprising measuring a first voltage across a connection between a device and a base, charging a power source in the device, measuring a second voltage across the connection, determining a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage and initiating a signal alarm if the difference is greater than a predetermined threshold value. The device may be maintained by a management system.