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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Matthew Stuyvenberg, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Ryan Beverung, Germantown, WI (US);
Jeremy Aderhold, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A transmitter assembly for transmitting data from a utility meter to a remote location for disposition in a subsurface utility enclosure is described. The assembly includes a printed circuit board, including a transmitter portion receiving the data from the utility meter and configured to generate a meter data message for transmission to the remote location, an antenna portion including a board mounted antenna receiving the generated meter data message and using the boarding mounted antenna to propagate the generated meter data message to a remote location, and a seal mount portion configured to receive a seal affixed to the printed circuit board. The transmitter assembly further includes a housing configured to receive the printed circuit board, a seal affixed to the printed circuit board at the seal mount portion, wherein the seal interacts with the housing to form a transmitter housing portion and an antenna housing portion, and a flowable material introduced to the housing, said flowable material filling the transmitter housing portion, wherein the seal prevents the flowable material from entering the antenna portion.