Patents by Inventor Thomas Arthur Walli

Thomas Arthur Walli has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11336727
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for asset tracking through specialized connectors and specialized casing units are provided. An example system includes an asset tracking device and a specialized casing unit to house the asset tracking device and to connect the asset tracking device to a communication port of an asset. The asset tracking device includes a communication port interface to interface with the communication port of the asset directly, and to interface with the communication port of the asset through the specialized casing unit. The asset tracking device further includes a controller to determine whether the asset tracking device is interfaced with the communication port of the asset directly or through the specialized casing unit, and when it is determined that the asset tracking device is interfaced with the communication port of the asset through the specialized casing unit, configure the asset tracking device to operate in a specialized operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, Michael Pirruccio, Paul Philip Ciolek
  • Patent number: 11282304
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Ford Kyes, Mark Jeffrey Davidson, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Patent number: 11282306
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Jeffrey Davidson, John Robert Ford Kyes, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Publication number: 20220060542
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for asset tracking through specialized connectors and specialized casing units are provided. An example system includes an asset tracking device and a specialized casing unit to house the asset tracking device and to connect the asset tracking device to a communication port of an asset. The asset tracking device includes a communication port interface to interface with the communication port of the asset directly, and to interface with the communication port of the asset through the specialized casing unit. The asset tracking device further includes a controller to determine whether the asset tracking device is interfaced with the communication port of the asset directly or through the specialized casing unit, and when it is determined that the asset tracking device is interfaced with the communication port of the asset through the specialized casing unit, configure the asset tracking device to operate in a specialized operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, Michael Pirruccio, Paul Philip Ciolek
  • Publication number: 20210325547
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for asset travel monitoring are provided. An example method for asset travel monitoring involves monitoring a motion sensor of an asset tracking device located at an asset to determine whether the asset has entered into a travelling state, upon determination that the asset has entered into the travelling state, monitoring the motion sensor to determine whether the asset has left the travelling state, and, upon determination that the asset has left the travelling state, obtaining a present location of the asset tracking device and transmitting the present location to a remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: James Patrick Howell, Thomas Arthur Walli, Irene Wong, Neil Charles Cawse
  • Publication number: 20210328451
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for temperature-dependent charging of supercapacitor energy storage units of asset tracking devices are provided. An example method for temperature-dependent charging involves obtaining a temperature reading measured at an asset tracking device, the asset tracking device located at an asset to monitor travel of the asset, determining a target voltage for a supercapacitor energy storage unit of the asset tracking device based on the temperature reading to balance utilization of a capacity of the supercapacitor energy storage unit against temperature-dependent deterioration of the supercapacitor energy storage unit, and controlling a charging interface of the asset tracking device to charge the supercapacitor energy storage unit to the target voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: James Patrick Howell, Thomas Arthur Walli, Irene Wong, Neil Charles Cawse
  • Publication number: 20210326807
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring asset tracking devices that travel together are provided. An example method for monitoring asset tracking devices that travel together involves obtaining a first travel history of a first asset tracking device, obtaining a second travel history of a second asset tracking device, determining, based on the first and second travel histories, whether the first asset tracking device and the second asset tracking device travel together, and, upon determination that the first asset tracking device and the second asset tracking device travel together, linking the first asset tracking device and the second asset tracking device together in an asset tracking database to indicate that the first asset tracking device and the second asset tracking device travel together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: James Patrick Howell, Thomas Arthur Walli, Irene Wong, Neil Charles Cawse
  • Publication number: 20210287458
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Ford Kyes, Mark Jeffrey Davidson, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Patent number: 10937257
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Jeffrey Davidson, John Robert Ford Kyes, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Publication number: 20210056782
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Jeffrey Davidson, John Robert Ford Kyes, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Publication number: 20200357201
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Jeffrey Davidson, John Robert Ford Kyes, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Patent number: 10811807
    Abstract: A flanged vehicle-mounting sleeve is provided for use in association with a heavy duty vehicle, chassis-mountable, data bus signal wiring harness coupling. The coupling includes a receptacle having a generally circular cross-section and being adapted to be accommodated in longitudinal pass-through relation by a corresponding vehicle chassis mount including a mounting aperture for the coupling. The receptacle may also include a receptacle-flange engagable in receptacle-flange matching chassis-secured relation with a compatible receptacle-flange chassis mount adjacent the vehicle chassis mounting aperture with the receptacle supported thereby in pass-thru relation with the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, John Robert Ford Kyes
  • Publication number: 20200320804
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Jeffrey Davidson, John Robert Ford Kyes, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Publication number: 20200287316
    Abstract: A flanged vehicle-mounting sleeve is provided for use in association with a heavy duty vehicle, chassis-mountable, data bus signal wiring harness coupling. The coupling includes a receptacle having a generally circular cross-section and being adapted to be accommodated in longitudinal pass-through relation by a corresponding vehicle chassis mount including a mounting aperture for the coupling. The receptacle may also include a receptacle-flange engagable in receptacle-flange matching chassis-secured relation with a compatible receptacle-flange chassis mount adjacent the vehicle chassis mounting aperture with the receptacle supported thereby in pass-thru relation with the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, John Robert Ford Kyes
  • Patent number: 10713864
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Ford Kyes, Mark Jeffrey Davidson, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Patent number: 10516231
    Abstract: A flanged vehicle-mounting sleeve is provided for use in association with a heavy duty vehicle, chassis-mountable, data bus signal wiring harness coupling. The coupling includes a receptacle having a generally circular cross-section and being adapted to be accommodated in longitudinal pass-through relation by a corresponding vehicle chassis mount including a mounting aperture for the coupling. The receptacle may also include a receptacle-flange engagable in receptacle-flange matching chassis-secured relation with a compatible receptacle-flange chassis mount adjacent the vehicle chassis mounting aperture with the receptacle supported thereby in pass-thru relation with the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, John Robert Ford Kyes
  • Patent number: 10490929
    Abstract: An adapter is provided for use in association with a heavy duty vehicle, chassis-mountable, data bus signal wiring harness coupling. The coupling includes a receptacle having a generally circular cross-section and being adapted to be accommodated in longitudinal pass-through relation by a corresponding vehicle chassis mount including a mounting aperture for the coupling. The adapter may be slidably mounted on the receptacle for mounting to the vehicle chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, John Robert Ford Kyes
  • Publication number: 20190260154
    Abstract: An adapter is provided for use in association with a heavy duty vehicle, chassis-mountable, data bus signal wiring harness coupling. The coupling includes a receptacle having a generally circular cross-section and being adapted to be accommodated in longitudinal pass-through relation by a corresponding vehicle chassis mount including a mounting aperture for the coupling. The adapter may be slidably mounted on the receptacle for mounting to the vehicle chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, John Robert Ford Kyes
  • Publication number: 20190241092
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Ford Kyes, Mark Jeffrey Davidson, Thomas Arthur Walli
  • Publication number: 20190244440
    Abstract: Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for monitoring vehicle components and providing indications towards the condition of the vehicle components and providing optimal indications towards replacement or maintenance of vehicle components before vehicle component failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Ford Kyes, Mark Jeffrey Davidson, Thomas Arthur Walli