WIRELESS TRACKING OF POWER TOOLS AND RELATED DEVICES

• Main Authors: Burch, Wade F, Zeiler, Jeffrey M, Reading, Leslie J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.07.2019
• Subjects: ALARM SYSTEMS; CALCULATING; COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; COMPUTING; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; REGULATING; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A power distribution box and method of communicating via the power distribution box are provided. A power input in the power distribution box is coupled to a power output to provide power to external devices. A gateway device supported by the housing of the power distribution box includes a wireless...