Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices, systems and methods for wirelessly monitoring liquid storage containers
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Application No.: US16260219Application Date: 2019-01-29
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Publication No.: US11035715B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Jonathan Reid Polly , Frederick H. Smith , Randall Evan Kravitz
- Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Ramon
- Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Current Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Ramon
- Agent Jason M. Guerrero
- Main IPC: G01F23/296
- IPC: G01F23/296 ; G01F25/00

Abstract:
Devices for sealing chemical totes and wirelessly monitoring chemicals in the totes include sensors for obtaining data from within the totes and transceivers for receiving and transmitting the data. The data is received from the sensor and transmitted to a gateway transceiver located at a remote location on a low-power wide-area network. Data can be aggregated from multiple devices and relayed to a server on the network. An integrated microcontroller is programmed with instructions for coordinating communications to and from the device transceiver. Systems can include multiple containers located up to 25 miles from one another using the device. Methods including wirelessly monitoring chemicals in chemical totes are disclosed. Data obtained using the device can be used in a variety of ways.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200240827A1 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESSLY MONITORING LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINERS Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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