ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,478, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Phil My Bin LLC (Northfield, Minn.).
"Tag based tracking with faraday cage hopper" was invented by Burdette Brown (Northfield, Minn.) and Keri Lynn Rateliff (Lakeville, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a hopper that is a faraday cage configured to receive multiple bins capable of holding one or more parts, each bin having a wirelessly readable identifier tag with a unique digital ID. An antenna is positioned within the hopper to receive wireless signals representative of the unique digital ID of each bin placed within the hopper."
The patent was filed on Aug. 31, 2021, un...