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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Marc L. Denis, Lena, WI (US);
Michael Anthony Gill, Black Creek, WI (US);
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 1/46 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); B23K 9/095 (2013.01); H01Q 1/46 (2013.01); H04B 1/3827 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes an enclosure having a first radio module disposed therein, a first cable coupled to the enclosure, and a first antenna electrically coupled to the first radio module and mounted to the first cable at a first location along the first cable outside the enclosure. The first radio module is configured to communicate along a first wireless communications channel via the first antenna.