Shipping container security unit quick mount device

• US 7,847,691 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2005
• Issued: 12/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Razee, Dean M., Lauenstein, Peter S., Jaeger, Randy L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilson; Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US11/240,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20070075074A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,894 Days
• Field of Search: 361/721, 361/679.02, 340/539.1, 340/546, 340/549, 340/545.1, 340/545.6, 340/562, 340/572.8, 340/545.4, 340/572.1, 324/658, 324/663, 324/671, 345/173, 345/174
• US Class Current: 340/545.6
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/10 Transponders
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/00 Component parts, details or accessories for large containers B65D88/34 - B65D88/78 take precedence

Abstract

Mounting devices for attaching electronics equipment to a cargo container. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a mounting plate comprising a first portion for securing the electronics equipment to the mounting device, a second portion, coupled to the first portion at an edge of the first portion, at an approximate right angle to the first portion, and a third portion, coupled to the second portion at a second edge, wherein the third portion is approximately parallel to the first portion, wherein a length of the second portion being substantially similar to a width of a door of the cargo container, and the third portion is of sufficient length to retain the mounting device on the cargo container when the door of the cargo container is closed.

Claims

1. A mounting device for attaching electronics equipment to a cargo container, comprising:

a mounting plate comprising

a first portion of the mounting plate for securing the electronics equipment to the mounting device extending in a first direction;

a second portion of the mounting plate, coupled to the first portion at an edge of the first portion, at an approximate right angle to the first portion; and

a third portion of the mounting plate, coupled to the second portion at a second,

wherein the third portion is approximately parallel to the first portion such that the first portion extends away from the second portion in a first direction and the third portion extends away from the second portion in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein a length of the second portion being substantially similar to a thickness of a door of the cargo container and the second portion comprising a cutout for receiving a bolt mechanism of the cargo container through the cutout, and the third portion is of sufficient length to retain the mounting device on the cargo container when the door of the cargo container is closed.

2. The mounting device of claim 1, wherein the mounting device is mounted to the door of the cargo container.

3. The mounting device of claim 2, further comprising at least one dog ear attached to the third portion.

4. The mounting device of claim 3, further comprising a plurality of captive attachment devices, coupled to the first portion, for attaching the electronics equipment to the mounting device.

5. The mounting device of claim 4, wherein the captive attachment devices are placed in a plurality of configurations such that various types of electronics equipment are compatible with the mounting device.

6. The mounting device of claim 5, wherein the electronics equipment is a security unit.

7. The mounting device of claim 6, wherein the electronics equipment is a tracking unit.

8. The mounting device of claim 7, further comprising a wire guide, coupled to the second portion, for protecting a wire running from the electronics equipment to an outside of the cargo container.

9. A method of mounting electronics to a cargo container using the mounting device of claim 1.