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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Timofey Sitnikov, Harrison, TN (US);
Paul S. Gifford, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Carlos Stephen Moreno, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Daryl Lee Gibson, Cleveland, TN (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A communications hub for a hydrant can include a plug comprising a non-metallic material and configured to be sealably received within a plug bore defined in a flange of a bonnet of the hydrant, the flange separating an interior cavity of the hydrant from a bonnet cavity of the hydrant; a PCB; at least one battery in electrical communication with the PCB; and an antenna configured for wireless communication with a sensing device located within the interior cavity of the hydrant and in electrical communication with the PCB, the antenna able to receive a wireless signal from the sensing device.