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Data logging device for supply chain management

A technology for recording equipment and data loggers, which is applied in the recording of measured values, electrical digital data processing, digital data processing components and other directions, and can solve problems such as troublesome communication ports and difficulties in connecting data loggers to data ports.

Active Publication Date: 2014-05-07
CARRIER CORP
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However, not every computer workstation along the cold chain has the necessary hardware installed
Additionally, it can be difficult to connect data loggers to different types of data ports on computer workstations, as it is often cumbersome to mount data loggers to communication ports that are blocked by the location of the workstation or recessed within the workstation

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[0018] figure 1 is an isometric view of a data logger 10 with a tethered communication interface (TCI) 12 of the present invention. Data logger 10 also includes a top case 14 , a bottom case 16 , a liquid crystal display (LCD) 18 , a start button 20 , a stop button 22 , a red light emitting diode (LED) 24 and a green LED 26 . The data logger 10 includes a portable data monitoring device shipped with environmentally sensitive cargo, enabling the cold chain genealogy of the cargo and data logger 10 to be documented. For example, hook 28 may be used to hang data logger 10 in a shipping container, or it may be buried in a cargo box among cargo. In this way, the data logger 10 is exposed to the same environmental conditions as the cargo, including exposure to moisture, moisture, low temperatures, and frost.

[0019] Cold chain genealogy data is retrieved from data logger 10 via TCI 12 so that the data can be viewed, such as on a computer workstation, or communicated, such as over...

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A portable electronic data logging device for tracking information in a supply chain comprises electronics, a tethered communication interface and a housing. The electronics sense an environmental input and store data relating to the environmental input over a timescale. The tethered communication interface permits electronic communication of the data from the electronics to an external computer system. The housing encloses the electronics and includes an electronics compartment and an outer casing. The electronics compartment stores the electronics and includes an opening to permit the tethered communications interface to extend from the electronics compartment. The outer casing has a perimeter extending at least partially beyond the electronics compartment to form a channel into which the tethered communication interface can be stowed such that the tethered communication interface does not extend beyond an outer perimeter of the outer casing when not in use.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to electronic devices for supply chain management and more particularly to systems for communicating data to and from portable data loggers. Background technique [0002] In today's global economy, monitoring the movement of goods through the supply chain from producer to consumer is becoming increasingly challenging as goods travel greater distances. The challenge is even greater for products that must be transported through the cold chain, which is the supply and distribution chain for products such as pharmaceuticals or perishable foods that must be kept within a certain temperature range. Shipping products through the cold chain is further complicated by regulatory considerations requiring precise monitoring of environmental conditions such as temperature to prevent loss of integrity, freshness and quality for environmentally sensitive goods. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to generate detailed transaction histo...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04B1/38H04M1/02G06F1/16
CPCG01D9/005H01R13/521G01D9/007
Inventor P·M·努涅斯
Owner CARRIER CORP