ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,984, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to WAIV Technologies Inc. (San Diego).

"Mount and improvement GPS tracker for equipment" was invented by Magnus Henrik Berggren (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for use with a vehicle includes a waterproof enclosure having electronic circuitry with wireless communication, a solar panel to power the electronic circuitry, a keypad to receive input from a user to activate the electronic circuitry, and a motion sensor to detect a motion and/or location of the waterproof enclosure to generate motion data and/or location data. When activated by the input from the user applied to th...