ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF AT LEAST ONE STATUS INFORMATION

• US 20180162636A1
• Filed: 12/08/2017
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH
• Original Assignee: Sigma-Aldrich International GmbH (Sigma-Aldrich Corporation)
• Inventors: WAHL, Fabian, HAYENGA, Gerd, BACHMANN, Bastian, SCHINDLER, Samuel, MEYER, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 10,618,726 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/48 Arrangements of indicating or measuring devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/00 Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/0007 for discrete indicating and measuring G01F23/02 - G01F23/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/2962 Measuring transit time of reflected waves
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

An electronics assembly for wireless transmission of at least one status information of an object comprises a motion sensor for detecting movement of the object. Upon detection of movement, the electronics assembly is set in a transport mode and, upon detection of an absence of a movement, the electronics assembly is set in a stationary mode. The electronics assembly is configured such that the wireless transmission of the at least one status information is effected only in the stationary mode.

Claims

1. An electronics assembly for wireless transmission of at least one status information of an object comprising:

a motion sensor for detecting a movement of the object, upon detection of the movement, the electronics assembly is set in a transport mode and upon detection of an absence of a movement the electronics assembly is set in a stationary mode,

wherein,

the electronics assembly is configured such that the wireless transmission of the at least one status information is effected only in the stationary mode.

2. The electronics assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a cellular network module.

3. The electronics assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning device for determining the position of the object as a status information for wireless transmission.

4. The electronics assembly according to claim 1, configured such that determination of the status information is only effected in the stationary mode.

5. The electronics assembly according to claim 3, configured such that determining the position of the object is only effected in the transport mode and, upon activation of the stationary mode, a last-determined position is transmitted.

6. A container for transport, comprising:

an electronics assembly for wireless transmission of at least one status information and an energy storage for supplying the electronics assembly with energy,

wherein,

the energy storage is contained in a first primary housing, which is releasably attached to the container, and the electronics assembly is contained in a separate second primary housing.

7. The container according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the energy storage is grouted in the first primary housing and the electronics assembly is grouted the second primary housing, in order to make at least one of the energy storage and the electronics assembly explosion-proof.

8. The container according to claim 6, wherein both of the first and the second primary housing are located in a secondary housing.

9. The container according claim 6, further comprising a filling level sensor, and the filling level being a status information for wireless transmission.

10. The container according to claim 6, further comprising a transponder or a receiver for identification ofat least one of the container and its content.

11. A method for wireless transmission of at least one status information of an object with an electronics assembly, the method comprising the steps of:

Providing a motion sensor and a wireless transmitter;

Detecting a movement of the object;

Setting the electronics assembly in a transport mode or a stationary mode, depending on the presence or absence of the movement; and

Wirelessly transmitting the at least one status information, only if the electronics assembly is in the stationary mode.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the status information is a position of the object, and the method further comprising the step of determining the position of the object.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining the position of the object is only effected in the stationary mode.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein determining the position of the object is only effected in the transport mode and, upon activation of the stationary mode, a last-determined position is transmitted.

15. An electronics assembly configured for carrying out a method according to claim 11.

16. A container for transport, comprising an electronics assembly according to claim 15.