Reusable Bolt Electronic Seal Module with GPS/Cellular Phone Communications & Tracking System
First Claim
1. An electronic security bolt seal with a reusable electronics module for locking a hasp comprising:
- an electronics circuit having first and second portions;
an electronic module comprising a housing having a cavity, the first portion of the electronics circuit being entirely in the cavity for monitoring the tamper status of the seal;
a bolt having a head and an elongated shank engaged with the housing cavity, the bolt including the second portion of the electronics circuit engaged with the first portion of the electronics circuit for completing the electronics circuit and for engaging the hasp to be locked;
a bolt locking device engaged with and locked to the bolt external the module to secure the module to the bolt in the locked state and to lock the bolt to the hasp, the electronics circuit for sensing the integrity of the engaged locked bolt manifesting the seal tamper state, the locked bolt having an exposed region external the module for selective severing of the bolt at the exposed region to interrupt the electronics circuit second portion while unlocking the seal from the hasp and release the module from the bolt for subsequent reuse of the module; and
a tracking and communications system employing the electronics circuit first portion attached to the module for communicating the seal monitored status and the seal'"'"'s position to a communications center.
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Abstract
An electronics circuit first portion is entirely within an electronics module housing, sensing and transmitting a tamper condition of a normally locked bolt. The bolt comprises a second portion of the electronics circuit. The seal electronics circuit first portion comprises a seal monitoring, tracking and communications system. The bolt passes through the module housing and is secured with a locking device external the module such that the module is reusable when the bolt is severed. The bolt and module housing include a cooperative contamination sealing arrangement for sealing the bolt to the housing. The electronics circuit first portion includes RFID tamper detection circuitry, GPS, Wi Fi and cell phone communication and tracking technologies. The cell phone technology tracks the seal using cell phone towers and Wi Fi access points and communicates the seal tracked position and seal status data to a cell phone communications center.
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1. An electronic security bolt seal with a reusable electronics module for locking a hasp comprising:
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an electronics circuit having first and second portions; an electronic module comprising a housing having a cavity, the first portion of the electronics circuit being entirely in the cavity for monitoring the tamper status of the seal; a bolt having a head and an elongated shank engaged with the housing cavity, the bolt including the second portion of the electronics circuit engaged with the first portion of the electronics circuit for completing the electronics circuit and for engaging the hasp to be locked; a bolt locking device engaged with and locked to the bolt external the module to secure the module to the bolt in the locked state and to lock the bolt to the hasp, the electronics circuit for sensing the integrity of the engaged locked bolt manifesting the seal tamper state, the locked bolt having an exposed region external the module for selective severing of the bolt at the exposed region to interrupt the electronics circuit second portion while unlocking the seal from the hasp and release the module from the bolt for subsequent reuse of the module; and a tracking and communications system employing the electronics circuit first portion attached to the module for communicating the seal monitored status and the seal'"'"'s position to a communications center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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