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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:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Lawrence R. Porter, Dallas, TX (US);
John Paul King, Arlington, TX (US);
Doug Justice, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence R. Porter, Dallas, TX (US);
John Paul King, Arlington, TX (US);
Doug Justice, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Assignee:
Transdata, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q001/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
For use with an electric meter chassis having a dielectric housing protruding therefrom, a wireless communication device that permits information to be communicated to and from the electric meter and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the device is comprised of: (1) a communication circuit within the chassis coupled to electric meter circuitry, and (2) an antenna element within the dielectric housing, the antenna element coupled to the communication circuit.