MUMBAI, India, Aug. 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514098843 A) filed by Snap-On Tools Singapore Pte Ltd on October 13, 2025, for Tool Storage System With Programmable Array Of Sensors.
Inventor includes Lai, Mun Kuen.
The application for the patent was published on August 21, 2026, under issue no. 34/2026.
Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tool storage system including a board with an array of sensors, each configurable to be reserved for tool storage or vacant; a decoder to monitor usage of the array of sensors; a remote terminal to process signals received by the decoder, the remote terminal configured to: learn a location of the reserved sensors and the vacant sensors from the signals received during initialisation of the board; receive input providing details of the tool stored on the reserved sensors; detect, from the signals when the board is used, for removal of tools from and return of tools to the reserved sensors; and determine whether to transmit a message that a wrong tool is returned when the decoder relays that at least one of the reserved sensors is triggered incorrectly during the tool return; and a data storage to save details of the tool stored by the reserved sensors, the location of the reserved sensors, and the location of the vacant sensors.
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