ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,400, issued on July 8, was assigned to UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington).
"Transport system monitoring device" was invented by Manfred Foxx-Gruensteidl (Amissville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system, a method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided for a control system of a transport system. A processor is configured to receive sensor data from a monitoring device attached to, or configured to simulate, a container that is typically moved, routed, or handled by the transport system. The processor receives a maintenance indicator identifying a malfunctioning component of the transpo...