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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth R Bloss, Jr, New Berlin, WI (US);
H Paul Walding, Jr, Slinger, WI (US);
Jeffrey L Sell, Hartland, WI (US);
Assignee:
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34087002 ; 361616 ; 361679 ;
Abstract
An improved assembly (10) for housing electronics for remote reading of meter reading data in a subsurface enclosure (11) includes a first inner enclosure (40) of metal for housing the receiver/transmitter circuitry (90), a second inner enclosure (69, 86) for housing a battery (65) and an outer enclosure (24) of plastic which encloses both of the inner enclosures and additionally provides a sealed compartment for an antenna (50).