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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:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2009
Patrick Winkler, East Troy, WI (US);
Jin Hao, Fox Point, WI (US);
Eric Metzger, Franklin, WI (US);
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An assembly () for installation in a subsurface ground enclosure has an electronic transmitter, an antenna and other circuitry that are encapsulated against moisture conditions. The assembly () comprises a circuit board () supporting radio frequency transmitter circuitry, the circuit board () having at least two orthogonal edges (), an antenna () having two 90-degree bent portions extending from orthogonal edges () of the circuit board (), a housing bottom portion () with an internal barrier () separating an L-shaped antenna compartment () adjacent two sides of the circuit board () from a battery compartment () underneath the circuit board (), sealing material for encapsulating the circuit board () and the batteries () in the battery compartment (), and a cover () that protects the antenna compartment () from entry of the sealing material.
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