Enclosures for coupling to asset walls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10510230-B1
Application number	US-201816191682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Nov 15, 2018
Priority date	Nov 15, 2018
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

In some examples, an enclosure can include a lever to interact with an asset wall when the enclosure is coupled to the asset wall, an actuator coupled to a switch to interact with the lever, and an aperture to allow the actuator to move with the lever when the enclosure is removed from the asset wall, wherein the actuator provides a signal to the switch when the actuator moves beyond a threshold angle.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A system, comprising:
an asset that includes an asset wall;
an Internet of Things (IoT) device that includes an enclosure with a bonding surface coupled to the asset wall, wherein the IoT device includes a circuit assembly to monitor a feature of the asset;
an aperture positioned within a bonding surface of the enclosure;
an actuator coupled to a switch communicatively coupled to the circuit assembly, wherein the actuator can move through the aperture from a first position within the enclosure to a second position outside the enclosure and wherein the circuit assembly includes instructions to send an alarm when the actuator is in the second position; and
a lever coupled to the enclosure to prevent the actuator from moving from the first position to the second position when the lever is in contact with the asset wall, wherein the lever includes a first portion that extends across the aperture and a second portion that is directed away from the aperture and enclosure.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first portion interacts with the actuator and the second portion interacts with the asset wall.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature of the asset is a geographic location of the asset.

4. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
an enclosure ring coupled to the enclosure to surround the aperture by extending beyond a surface of the enclosure; and
a wall ring coupled to the asset wall to surround the enclosure ring.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the lever is surrounded by the enclosure ring and the wall ring when the bonding surface is coupled to the asset wall.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Entpr Dev Lp

Inventors

• Nguyen Tri

Classifications

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• G08B29/046 Primary

  prevention of tampering with detection circuits · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G08B13/1436

  with motion detection · CPC title