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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:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Andrew J. Borleske, Garner, NC (US);
Rodney C. Hemminger, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert T. Mason, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert S. Fuller, West Bend, WI (US);
Inventors:
Andrew J. Borleske, Garner, NC (US);
Rodney C. Hemminger, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert T. Mason, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert S. Fuller, West Bend, WI (US);
Assignee:
Elster Electricity, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 19/16 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Preferred embodiments of housings for an automatic meter reading device permit the automatic meter reading device to be mounted on a meter such as a water meter, or on a wall remote from the meter. A removable portion of the housing can be separated from a body of the housing when the housing is used to mount the automatic meter reading device on the meter.