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Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2023
Applicant:

Bell Laboratories, Inc., Windsor, WI (US);

Inventors:

James R. Walsh, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Patrick J. Lynch, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);

Assignee:

Bell Laboratories, Inc., Windsor, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 23/38 (2006.01); A01M 23/08 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 23/38 (2013.01); A01M 23/08 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A base has a rodent inlet opening and interior walls which define a rodent runway which communicates with an interior compartment. A downwardly opening compartment with a cover defines a case for receiving a sensor module mounted beneath a threshold at the entry of the rodent runway to the interior compartment. Portions of the base bottom wall and the cover define a perimeter double lip on one of the base bottom wall and the cover which extends vertically beneath the compartment and is configured to extend around the sensor module and on the other of the base bottom wall and the cover there is a vertically protruding peripheral bead which extends between the perimeter double lip. The case encloses the sensor module and protects it from exposure to moisture, dirt, and rodent waste within the base interior.


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