A lock structure includes an interior body having first and second openings and a cable wire. The interior body is configured to retain first and second ends of the cable wire when in a locked state. The lock structure further includes an electrical sensing device disposed within the cable wire, the electrical sensing device including a first end and a second end, and a signal sensing module electrically coupled to the electrical sensing device only at the first end of the electrical sensing device. The signal sensing module is configured to monitor, via the first end of the electrical sensing device, at least one of electrical and temperature characteristics of the electrical sensing device and selectively generate a notification indicating whether the cable wire is in a tampered-with state or untampered-with state based on the at least one of the electrical and temperature characteristics.
A lock structure includes an interior body having first and second openings and a cable wire. The interior body is configured to retain first and second ends of the cable wire when in a locked state. The lock structure further includes an electrical sensing device disposed within the cable wire, the electrical sensing device including a first end and a second end, and a signal sensing module electrically coupled to the electrical sensing device only at the first end of the electrical sensing device. The signal sensing module is configured to monitor, via the first end of the electrical sensing device, at least one of electrical and temperature characteristics of the electrical sensing device and selectively generate a notification indicating whether the cable wire is in a tampered-with state or untampered-with state based on the at least one of the electrical and temperature characteristics.
E.J. Brooks Company d.b.a. Brooks Utility Products Group (USA)
Inventor
Olson, Justin
Hudson, Bryce
Abstract
A method of insulating an electrical switch includes forming a switch cover having a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall, and an open bottom opposite the top wall by folding a sheet of electrically insulating material. The method includes placing the switch cover over a component of the electrical switch, the component extending into the switch cover through the open bottom.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
Metal security locks; metal security seals for use with containers and doors Tamper evident plastic security seals for containers and doors Plastic security locks for providing tamper evidence
An assembly includes a housing having an inner panel and an outer panel. The housing defines a chamber between the inner panel and the outer panel. The outer panel defines a plurality of openings open to the chamber. The assembly includes a plurality of meter blocks supported by inner panel of the housing within the chamber, the meter blocks at the openings.
An electric meter adaptor includes a housing having a meter block end and a meter end opposite the meter block end. The meter adaptor includes a pair of first blades supported by the housing and extending from the meter block end to the meter end, each of the first blades having a line connector at the meter block end and a meter connector at the meter block end. The meter adaptor includes a pair of second blades supported by the housing at the meter block end, each of the second blades having a load connector. The meter adaptor includes a pair of third blades supported by the housing at the meter end, each of the third blades having a second meter connector.
E.J. Brooks Company d.b.a. Brooks Utility Products Group (USA)
Inventor
Olson, Justin A.
Gill, David K.
Abstract
A watt-hour meter block adapter assembly includes a housing. The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly includes a blade supported by the housing. The blade includes a blade end and a jaw end. The blade includes a middle portion that extends from the blade end to the jaw end. The middle portion and blade end are rectangular in cross-section. An area of the rectangular cross-sectional area of the middle portion is greater than an area of the rectangular cross-sectional area of the blade end.
H01R 33/76 - Holders with sockets, clips or analogous contacts, adapted for axially-sliding engagement with parallely-arranged pins, blades, or analogous contacts on counterpart, e.g. electronic tube socket
H01R 43/16 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Protective accessory for use with electrical utility equipment such as test switches, load testers, circuit testers, breaker disconnects, socket testers, load devices, energy adapters, surge protectors, and meters
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Wireless chargers; downloadable mobile application for
tracking the location of security seals; downloadable
computer application software for mobile phones, namely, GPS
tracking software for tracking security seals. Providing on-line non-downloadable GPS software for tracking
the location of security seals.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Wireless chargers for general purpose batteries; downloadable mobile application software using GPS Data for tracking the location of plastic and metal security seals applied to objects for providing tamper evidence; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones, namely, GPS tracking software for tracking the location of plastic and metal security seals applied to objects for providing tamper evidence. (1) Providing on-line non-downloadable GPS software for tracking the location of plastic and metal security seals applied to objects for providing tamper evidence.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Wireless chargers; downloadable mobile application for tracking the location of security seals; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones, namely, GPS tracking software for tracking security seals Providing on-line non-downloadable GPS software for tracking the location of security seals
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic tracking system for tracking cargo shipments, comprised of GPS tracking devices to determine the location and status of cargo shipments and to provide an alert when the cargo shipments are tampered with and deviate from a prescribed shipment route.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic tracking system for tracking cargo shipments, comprised of GPS tracking devices to determine the location and status of cargo shipments and to provide an alert when the cargo shipments are tampered with and deviate from a prescribed shipment route.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic tracking system for tracking cargo shipments, comprised of GPS tracking devices to determine the location and status of cargo shipments and to provide an alert when the cargo shipments are tampered with and deviate from a prescribed shipment route
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic tracking system for tracking cargo shipments, comprised of GPS tracking devices to determine the location and status of cargo shipments and to provide an alert when the cargo shipments are tampered with and deviate from a prescribed shipment route
A watthour meter block having a safety shield is shown. The safety shield surrounds and isolates electrical components, for example watthour meter block jaws and wires in the watthour meter block. The watthour meter block is pre-wired to allow connection between a watthour meter block and a test switch assembly.
A watthour meter block having a safety shield is shown. The safety shield surrounds and isolates electrical components, for example watthour meter block jaws and wires in the watthour meter block. The watthour meter block is pre-wired to allow connection between a watthour meter block and a test switch assembly.
A locking device includes a lock body, a hasp and a seal. The lock body includes a hasp locking latch pivotally disposed therein and a seal locking latch pivotally disposed therein. The hasp is disposed at the lock body and movable between an open state, where a free end of the hasp is external the lock body, and a closed state, where the free end of the hasp is within the lock body. The seal, when inserted into the lock body when the hasp is in its closed state, engages the hasp locking latch to pivot the hasp locking latch to engage and lock the hasp in its closed state, and the seal, when inserted into the lock body, engages the seal locking latch to lock the seal within the lock body. The seal includes a frangible portion that is configured to break the seal into first and second portions.
A locking device includes a lock body, a hasp and a seal. The lock body includes a hasp locking latch pivotally disposed therein and a seal locking latch pivotally disposed therein. The hasp is disposed at the lock body and movable between an open state, where a free end of the hasp is external the lock body, and a closed state, where the free end of the hasp is within the lock body. The seal, when inserted into the lock body when the hasp is in its closed state, engages the hasp locking latch to pivot the hasp locking latch to engage and lock the hasp in its closed state, and the seal, when inserted into the lock body, engages the seal locking latch to lock the seal within the lock body. The seal includes a frangible portion that is configured to break the seal into first and second portions.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
Metal security locks; metal security seals for use with
containers and doors. Tamper evident plastic security seals for use with
containers and doors. Plastic security locks for providing tamper evidence.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
METAL SECURITY LOCKS; METAL SECURITY SEALS FOR USE WITH CONTAINERS AND DOORS TAMPER EVIDENT PLASTIC SECURITY SEALS FOR USE WITH CONTAINERS AND DOORS PLASTIC SECURITY LOCKS FOR PROVIDING TAMPER EVIDENCE
28.
Reusable bolt electronic seal module with GPS/cellular phone communications and tracking system
An electronic security bolt seal for locking a hasp includes an electronic module that has a circuit board disposed at an interior cavity of a housing. The housing includes apertures aligned with each other, such that a bolt is configured to be inserted through the apertures and through the interior cavity to engage the circuit board and complete an electronics circuit. When the bolt is inserted through the apertures of the housing, a locking device engages a tip region of the bolt that protrudes from the housing to secure the electronic module to the bolt. Responsive to a determination of breaking the electronics circuit, the circuit board is operable to generate a seal tamper signal. The locking element can be unlocked by a user to disengage the locking device from the bolt to permit the bolt to be removed from the electronic module and disengaged from the hasp.
A security seal includes a molded one piece body and a cover disc. The body has a cylindrical chamber for receiving the disc. A locking recess is formed in the body in communication with the chamber and defined in part by a locking shoulder. The cover is secured to the body in the chamber to enclose the locking recess. The disc is separated from the body when enclosing the chamber. A rotatable arm is attached to an extension member extending from the body via a hinge. The free end of the arm has an arrow shaped locking element attached that engages the recess locking shoulder when inserted into the recess. The locking element has a resilient tang member that is compressed by the locking shoulder and which tang member returns to its acquiescent state when fully inserted into the recess thereby locking the tang member in the recess. The cover has posts that extend through mating bores in the body, the protruding ends of the posts are deformed to preclude withdrawal of the posts from the bores to thereby lock the cover to the body.
A security seal includes a molded one piece body and a cover disc. The body has a cylindrical chamber for receiving the disc. A locking recess is formed in the body in communication with the chamber and defined in part by a locking shoulder. The cover is secured to the body in the chamber to enclose the locking recess. The disc is separated from the body when enclosing the chamber. A rotatable arm is attached to an extension member extending from the body via a hinge. The free end of the arm has an arrow shaped locking element attached that engages the recess locking shoulder when inserted into the recess. The locking element has a resilient tang member that is compressed by the locking shoulder and which tang member returns to its acquiescent state when fully inserted into the recess thereby locking the tang member in the recess. The cover has posts that extend through mating bores in the body, the protruding ends of the posts are deformed to preclude withdrawal of the posts from the bores to thereby lock the cover to the body.
A tamper evident seal includes a wire hasp, an insert and a body for receiving the insert and the wire hasp. The one leg of the wire hasp must be located in the channel in the insert prior to the insert being located in the body. A coupling structure for coupling the insert in the body includes angularly extending supports extending angularly outwardly upwardly from the sides of the insert for engaging indentations in the sides of the body for further preventing removal of the insert and the wire hasp once they are fully inserted in the body and in the insert, respectively. The insert of the seal further includes centrally located reinforcing extension members, each including a round base portion partially extending above base surface of the insert and a centrally located, flattened side tamper evident extension member extending from the round base portion and which extension member which will show a blemish if the insert is tampered after the seal is completed.
A tamper evident seal includes a wire hasp, an insert and a body for receiving the insert and the wire hasp. One leg of the wire hasp is received in a channel in the insert through an opening having a length slightly greater than the thickness of the wire hasp. The one leg of the wire hasp must be located in the channel in the insert prior to the insert being located in the body. A coupling structure for coupling the insert in the body includes extension tabs extending from the sides of the insert and located proximal a bottom of the insert and engagement members supported on angularly extending supports located proximal a top end of the insert and extending angularly outwardly upwardly from the sides of the insert and including teeth extending outwardly and for engaging reversely formed teeth (indentations) in the sides of the body for preventing removal of the insert and the wire hasp once they are fully inserted in the body and in the insert, respectively.
A tamper evident security seal includes a locking unit and a bolt with a groove at its shank locking portion, the groove for receiving a resilient locking ring attached to a lock body in a locking unit receiving the bolt in a locked state. The locking unit includes two housing portions one of which has a top wall, a bottom wall and a first upstanding segment of a circular cylinder side wall interconnected thereto may be of any color. The top wall has an aperture for receiving the bolt therethrough. A mating second housing portion has a second segment of a circular cylinder side wall, preferably white having ID indicia thereon, forms a circular cylindrical housing with the first housing portion and is captured between the top and bottom walls. A lock body first element is plastic and molded one piece with the second housing portion. A lock body second steel element mates with the first element forming a lock body with an annular channel in which the ring is positioned. The channel and ring generally form a conventional bolt locking arrangement. A plastic transparent cover, enclosing the two housing portions, is bonded to the bottom wall. A collar on the top wall has two slots for receiving mating anti-spin tabs on the bolt shank.
A seal housing body, extruded AL or molded plastic or metal, has cavity portions communicating through an interface region formed by one at least one frangible projection protruding from the first body into the cavity, a first cavity portion for receiving a locking body, the second cavity portion forming a shackle receiving passageway. The locking body has a channel inclined relative to and in communication with the passageway. A spring in the channel urges a shackle locking ball up the channel partially into the interface region, the ball, having a diameter sufficient to pass through the passageway, is captured in the channel by the at least one projection. The locking body has indicia and/or flanges, at one or both opposing ends, to provide tampering evidence. The channel is offset from the locking body's central plane forming a single channel side wall to preclude trapping the ball by tampering.
A seal housing body, extruded AL or molded plastic or metal, has cavity portions communicating through an interface region formed by one at least one frangible projection protruding from the first body into the cavity, a first cavity portion for receiving a locking body, the second cavity portion forming a shackle receiving passageway. The locking body has a channel inclined relative to and in communication with the passageway. A spring in the channel urges a shackle locking ball up the channel partially into the interface region, the ball, having a diameter sufficient to pass through the passageway, is captured in the channel by the at least one projection. The locking body has indicia and/or flanges, at one or both opposing ends, to provide tampering evidence. The channel is offset from the locking body's central plane forming a single channel side wall to preclude trapping the ball by tampering.
B65D 27/30 - Closures with special means for indicating unauthorised opening
B65D 33/34 - End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices with special means for indicating unauthorised opening
B65D 55/06 - Deformable or tearable wires, strings or strips (caps or cap-like closures with tear-strips )Use of seals
G09F 3/03 - Forms or constructions of security seals
F16G 11/10 - Quick-acting fasteningsClamps holding in one direction only
F16G 11/14 - Devices or coupling-pieces designed for easy formation of adjustable loops, e.g. choker hooksHooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point, e.g. by forming loops
36.
REUSABLE BOLT ELECTRONIC SEAL MODULE WITH GPS/CELLULAR PHONE COMMUNICATIONS & TRACKING SYSTEM
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.
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.
A watthour meter socket adapter has housing formed of snap together rear and front housings. The front housing surrounds but allows access to jaw contacts and terminals mounted in the rear housing by a watthour meter and electric power conductors. An aperture in the front housing engages a socket adapter mounting fastener extendible through the aperture to attach the socket adapter to a mounting surface. The fastener and aperture resist separation of the front housing from the rear housing when a watthour meter is removed from the socket adapter. A clip extends from the front housing through an aperture in a terminal cover attachable to the front housing and receives a seal lock member. Another clip on the front housing extends through the terminal cover and is engaged by an expandable ring lock clip. A meter surge guard is removably mountable to the rear housing and exteriorly of the front housing.
An electrical watthour meter socket includes a first sub-enclosure receiving high voltage components and a second sub-enclosure receiving lower voltage components. The first and second sub-enclosures are electrically isolated from each other access control components to allow independent access to lower voltage components in the second sub-enclosure without the use of personal protective equipment required for exposure to components carrying high voltage.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
(1) Metal security seals and locks.
(2) Plastic security seals for providing tamper evidence.
(3) Plastic security locks.
(4) Metal security locks; metal security seals for use with containers and doors; tamper evident plastic security seals for use with containers and doors; plastic security locks for providing tamper evidence.
44.
BOLT SECURITY SEAL WITH REUSABLE ELECTRONICS MODULE AND BOLT
An electronic circuit senses and transmits a tamper condition of a bolt seal locked with a locking device external the module on a side of the module opposite the bolt head. The module is reusable intact when the bolt/locking device, which is conventional, is opened. In various embodiments, a tang type metal/plastic or plastic tamper indicative seal may be attached through a hole in the bolt tip region that has a narrowed diameter tip or attached in a one way clutch action on the tip, or which mates in a bolt groove at the bolt tip region and/or a conventional tamper evident seal is attached to the surface of the bolt shank at the bolt tip region in a clutch action. Different bolt embodiments comprise non-electrically conductive or electrically conductive plastic or steel shanks with juxtaposed electrical conductors along the shank connected to external conductors formed by coatings or axially spaced cylindrical sleeves forming contact regions which engage the circuitry contacts inside the module.
A cable seal lock assembly (10) including a housing (20) having a top end (30) and a bottom end (32) with at least two openings (38, 40 and 42, 44) in each end (30, 32). A generally cylindrical-shaped cable sleeve (22) is located in the housing (20) and has a bore (58) therethrough, and ends (54, 56) of the bore (58) are aligned with respective openings (40, 44) in the top (30) and bottom (32) ends of the housing (20). A clip sleeve (24) is located at least partially within the housing (20) and has a bore (66) of non-uniform diameter extending therethrough, and one end (62) of the clip sleeve (24) extends through one of the openings (38) in the top. end (30) of the housing (20), with the bore (66) at the other end (64) of the clip sleeve (24) aligned with one of the openings (44) at the bottom end (32) of the housing (20). A locking clip (28) is located in the clip sleeve (24), and a backing plate (26) is located in the housing (30) with holes (72, 74) that are aligned with the openings (42, 44) at one end (32) of the housing (20).
A watthour meter socket adapter includes a housing having internal jaw contacts and external blade terminals. A power switch is electrically connected between the jaw contacts and the blade terminals. A rocker member on the power switch faces a side of the housing. An actuator is mounted in the housing and has a first end coupled to the rocker member for simultaneous movement of the rocker member and the actuator. A second end of the actuator extends through an aperture in the side of the housing allowing external manipulation of the actuator and the rocker member to indicate and/or manipulate the on and off state of the power switch. An electrically insulating safety shield may be mounted over the exposed portions of the jaw contacts and the conducting elements in the housing. Optional lock features may be provided to lock the actuator in the “on” or “off” positions.
A security device is described including a bolt and a securement washer through which the bolt is be disposed. The securement washer includes a hole, at least one circumferential groove within the hole, and a C-shaped ring disposed within the circumferential groove. The security device also includes a first end cap with a bolt head receiving well, a first end cap hole through which the shaft of the bolt is disposed, and a first end cap circumferential wall extending above the head of the bolt. The first end cap circumferential wall permits the first end cap to be closed around the head of the bolt. The security device also includes a second end cap with a securement washer receiving well and a second end cap circumferential wall extending above the securement washer. The second end cap circumferential wall permitting the second end cap to be closed around the securement washer.
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Tamper evident security labels; tamper evident security tape, primarily for sealing, identification and authentication purposes. Tamper evident security tape, primarily made of plastics, primarily for sealing, identification and authentication purposes.
Disclosed is a reusable locking unit and a one time use electrically conductive molded thermoplastic shackle loaded with carbon black particles and having a linear resistance that is periodically monitored. The locking unit includes an integrated circuit for measuring shackle impedance through terminals capacitively coupled to the shackle. The terminals allow for adjustment of the length of the seal shackle in the locked secured state. The terminals and shackle form an RC network having a complex impedance that manifests the locked adjusted shackle length. Two AC signals at two different frequencies are used to measure impedance, which is compared with an initially determined or continually generated reference impedance to determine a tampered state of the shackle. Temperature compensation is also disclosed. A time stamp is stored for noting the tampering time of occurrence. A battery may be used to operate the circuit internal components and power from the remote transceiver may operate the circuit communication portion. Monitoring may be automatically periodic or activated only upon an external command. LEDs provide visual indication of the seal tam er status.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
Goods & Services
Anti-pilfering metal cargo seals featuring unique serial numbers that are burned into the lock bodies of the cargo seals and the removable adhesive labels attached thereto, which may be removed from the seals and affixed to shipping documents to insure the accuracy and security of those documents
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
Security seals made of metal, locks, keys and lock housings. Hand tools for closing and sealing security seals. Clamp rings for electric meter boxes and housings for clamping ring locks, being parts of meter boxes. Security seals made partly or entirely of plastic.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Metal bolts, locks, cables, bolt seals and locks, cable seals and locks; metal lock seals for securing cargo and other materials; metal twist wire locks, aluminum locks and steel locks; tamper evident labels made of common metals and their alloys; tin and aluminum flat and ball seals.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
[ metal meter sealing rings ] electric metering devices, namely, watthour meter socket adapters, meter socket testers, meter load management devices, electrical service limiters, meter socket safety covers, meter socket jumpers, automatic meter readers, and electrical meter disconnect switches
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Metal, bands or straps, accessories designed for use to indicate whether or not secured goods or areas have been accessed, tampered with or stolen. Paper bands or straps, accessories designed for use to indicate whether or not secured goods or areas have been accessed, tampered with or stolen. Fiber, bands or straps, seals and sealing accessories designed for use to indicate whether or not secured goods or areas have been accessed, tampered with or stolen.
SECURITY SEALS MADE PRIMARILY OF PLASTIC USED TO DETECT TAMPERING OR ENTRY, AFFORD LIMITED RESISTANCE TO ENTRY OR TO PROVIDE A COMBINATION OF BOTH FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
(1) Security seals made partly or entirely of plastic, or metal; locks, keys and lock housings, hand tools for closing and sealing security seals; clamp rings for electric meter boxes and housing for clamping ring locks.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
Goods & Services
(1) Combination lock and seal specifically designed for the transportation industry and consisting of two pieces namely, a throwaway flag and reusable locking body.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
Goods & Services
Combination Lock and Seal Specifically Designed for the Transportation Industry and Consisting of Two Pieces-Namely, a Throwaway Flag and Reusable Locking Body
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
SEALS OF METAL, METAL WITH CARDBOARD AND/OR PAPER INSERTS, PLASTIC, PLASTIC WITH CARDBOARD AND/OR PAPER INSERTS, AND A COMBINATION METAL AND PAPER, TO BE APPLIED TO SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND CONSUMER GOODS
E.J. BROOKS COMPANY D.B.A. BROOKS UTILITY PRODUCTS GROUP (USA)
Inventor
Gill, David K.
Abstract
An electric meter adaptor includes a housing haying a meter block end and a meter end opposite the meter block end. The meter adaptor includes a pair of first blades supported by the housing and extending from the meter block end to the meter end, each of the first blades haying a line connector at the meter block end and a meter connector at the meter block end. The meter adaptor includes a pair of second blades supported by the housing at the meter block end, each of the second blades haying a load connector. The meter adaptor includes a pair of third blades supported by the housing at the meter end, each of the third blades haying a second meter connector.
Disclosed is a reusable locking unit and a one time use electrically conductive molded thermoplastic shackle loaded with carbon black particles and having a linear resistance that is periodically monitored. The locking unit includes an integrated circuit for measuring shackle impedance through terminals capacitively coupled to the shackle. The terminals allow for adjustment of the length of the seal shackle in the locked secured state. The terminals and shackle form an RC network having a complex impedance that manifests the locked adjusted shackle length. Two AC signals at two different frequencies are used to measure impedance, which is compared with an initially determined or continually generated reference impedance to determine a tampered state of the shackle. Temperature compensation is also disclosed. A time stamp is stored for noting the tampering time of occurrence. A battery may be used to operate the circuit internal components and power from the remote transceiver may operate the circuit communication portion. Monitoring may be automatically periodic or activated only upon an external command. LEDs provide visual indication of the seal tam er status.
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.
E.J. BROOKS COMPANY D.B.A. BROOKS UTILITY PRODUCTS GROUP (USA)
Inventor
Olson, Justin A.
Wang, Donghui Donna
Kiessling, Robert F.
Abstract
An assembly includes a housing haying an inner panel and an outer panel. The housing defines a chamber between the inner panel and the outer panel. The outer panel defines a plurality of openings open to the chamber. The assembly includes a plurality of meter blocks supported by inner panel of the housing within the chamber, the meter blocks at the openings.
G01R 35/04 - Testing or calibrating of apparatus covered by the other groups of this subclass of instruments for measuring time integral of power or current
H02B 1/03 - Boards, panels, desksParts thereof or accessories therefor for energy meters
E.J. BROOKS COMPANY D.B.A. BROOKS UTILITY PRODUCTS GROUP (USA)
Inventor
Olson, Justin A.
Gill, David K.
Abstract
A watt-hour meter block adapter assembly includes a housing. The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly includes a blade supported by the housing. The blade includes a blade end and a jaw end. The blade includes a middle portion that extends from the blade end to the jaw end. The middle portion and blade end are rectangular in cross-section. An area of the rectangular cross-sectional area of the middle portion is greater than an area of the rectangular cross-sectional area of the blade end.
