ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,364, issued on July 28, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Cargo handling real time localization system" was invented by Kevin Setterstrom (Jamestown, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo controller is disclosed herein. The cargo controller includes a wireless emergency module including an ultra-wide band radio, the wireless emergency module configured to communicate with a plurality of cargo emergency stations of a cargo handling system using the ultra-wide band radio, a wireless control module configured to communicate with a cargo control station of the cargo handling system, a processor, a memory operativel...