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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2019
Landis+gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Damian Bonicatto, Pequot Lakes, MN (US);
Anthony J. Besett, Sebeka, MN (US);
Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
An electricity meter includes: a housing; a plurality of antennas, each of the plurality of antennas comprising a contacting portion, the contacting portion formed on an interior surface of the housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the housing, the PCB including a plurality of communications circuits, each of the plurality of communications circuits operable to communicate using different communications technologies; and a plurality of contacts disposed on the PCB, each of the plurality of contacts configured to provide a solderless electrical connection between contacting portions of one or more of the plurality of antennas and one of the plurality of communications circuits when the PCB is installed in the housing.