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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:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven D. Hill, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Gregory Burrett, East LeRoy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 5/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 5/500 ;
Abstract
A location marker according to this invention includes a housing that has a top surface and a bottom surface. A pot magnet is secured in the housing. The pot magnet includes a magnet that has a single magnetic pole surface and is positioned in a case component. The pot magnet is positioned in the marker housing so that the magnetic pole surface is in opposition to the bottom surface of the marker housing.