Mueller International, LLC

Aspects, Inc.

Excel Switching Corporation

Jesse Alvin Faunce

David James Carlos Dunn

Yanlong Li

Jorge Isaac Ortiz

Daryl Lee Gibson

Barry D Colvin

David James Dunn

Peter H Corsini

Chinawut Paul Paesang

James F Allen

Kathleen M Lacey

Rolf Richter

John R DeCesare

Peter Therrein

A nozzle cap assembly includes a nut positioned at a first end of the nozzle cap assembly; a base positioned at a second end of the nozzle cap assembly, the base configured to mount on a nozzle of a fire hydrant; an enclosure positioned between the nut and the base, the enclosure defining a cavity; and an antenna, a modem, and a power source positioned within the cavity, the modem connected in electrical communication with the antenna and the power source.

Nozzle cap multi-band antenna assembly

A nozzle cap assembly can include a nozzle cap body defining a top end and a bottom end, the nozzle cap body defining a base positioned at the top end and a curved side wall extend from the base down to the bottom end; an enclosure coupled to the top end, the enclosure rotationally fixed relative to the nozzle cap body, the enclosure at least partially defining an enclosure cavity; and a nut base positioned opposite from the nozzle cap body, the enclosure positioned between the nut base and the base.

Nozzle cap assembly

A nozzle cap assembly includes a body with a first curved side wall, the body defining a top end and a bottom end positioned opposite from the top end; a nut, the top end of the body positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; a spacer comprising a hollow body, the hollow body defining a curved outer surface, the spacer positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; and an antenna assembly coupled to the curved outer surface.

A nozzle cap assembly includes a nozzle cap including a base, the base defining a top end and a bottom end; and a nut positioned opposite from the bottom end; an enclosure positioned between the top end of the base and the nut, the enclosure defining a cavity within the enclosure; at least one antenna positioned within the cavity.

A nozzle cap assembly includes a nozzle cap housing configured to mount on a hydrant, the nozzle cap housing defining an upper rim and a lower rim, the nozzle cap housing defining an interior cavity extending inward from the upper rim toward the lower rim, the nozzle cap housing defining an antenna mounting portion extending from the upper rim toward the lower rim; an antenna cover mounted on the nozzle cap housing, the antenna cover positioned over at least a portion of the antenna mounting portion, the antenna cover defining an inner cover surface facing the antenna mounting portion, an antenna cover cavity at least partially defined between the inner cover surface and the antenna mounting portion; and an antenna assembly positioned in the antenna cover cavity, the antenna assembly secured to the inner cover surface.

A nozzle cap assembly can include a nozzle cap housing configured to mount on a hydrant, a nozzle cap cover mounted on the nozzle cap housing, an antenna cover positioned on the nozzle cap housing and secured by the nozzle cap cover, the nozzle cap housing, the antenna cover, and the nozzle cap cover can define an antenna cover cavity, and an antenna assembly can be positioned in the antenna cover cavity.

An antenna assembly includes a curved printed circuit board (PCB) configured to mount around a curved surface. The curved PCB can include an outward-facing first side and an inward-facing second side with a plurality of antenna structures disposed on one of the first side and second side of the PCB. The plurality of antenna structures can be configured to provide directional radiation in at least one frequency band.

The bird feeder provides a bird feeder with an improved rain shield that is removably supported above the reservoir of the feeder. A plug is secured to the hanger rod to support a rain shield above the base of a feeder while also allowing a user to pass the cover over the plug to access the reservoir in the base for access to the interior of the feeder, such as for adding more feed to the feeder and for cleaning.

Bird feeder with improved rain shield

A nectar feeder for hummingbirds comprises a container, base tray, a base tray cover, a float, and a stopper thereon. The container, or bottle, is used for storing nectar feed. An exit port is defined on the bottom end of the container. The base tray is connected in fluid communication with the container and has at least one vertical member depending upwardly from a top surface of the base tray. A circumferential flange or ring is provided about the float for stabilization. The float engages the at least one vertical member to prevent substantial independent lateral movement of the float. In operation, the nectar feed flows through the container and into the base tray until the float rises to a level where the stopper mechanism engages the exit port to prevent fluid from flowing into the base tray.

Nectar feeder with float

A nectar feeder for hummingbirds is disclosed. The feeder includes a container configured and arranged to store nectar feed. A spout depends from the bottom end of the container with an exit port defined thereon. A base tray positioned below the container and contains nectar feed. A vertical member extends from the base tray. A float engages at least one vertical member to prevent substantial independent lateral movement of the float within the base tray. The float also includes a rounded bottom surface to further help stabilize it on the liquid feed to prevent leaking. The float has a stopper therein positioned below the spout. In operation, the nectar feed flows through the container and into the base tray until the float rises to a level where the stopper engages the exit port on the spout to prevent fluid from flowing into the base tray.

Nectar feeder having a float with rounded bottom

The switch has a passive section and an active section or tray that may be docked to the passive section. The passive section contains only the physical interfaces to the switch's external data and telephony networks and power input. It is not intended to be a field replaceable unit and is therefore intended to be mounted in a rack system with all of the power and communications cables attached thereto. The telephony and data ports are routed from the passive section to the active section via connectors on the two sections as well as to a redundancy connector on the passive section that may be physically connected by a cable to a slave unit in a redundant application. The active section or tray contains all of the active components of the switch and is inserted via guides into the passive section. The tray is considered a field replaceable unit and can be inserted into and extracted from the passive section while the system is powered up and operational. As a result of its unique two-section design, the present switch has several advantages. For example upon failure, all active components of the system may be replaced without removing the mounting hardware from the rack in which the switch is mounted and without removing any cables connected to the switch. Also when the switch is part of a redundant system, when the switch fails, all of the active components of the switch may be replaced without interrupting system operations.

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Raynham, MA, United States of America

Jesse Alvin Faunce