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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Llc, Elyria, OH (US);
Robert G Patterson, Burnaby, CA;
Shawn D Lammers, Delta, CA;
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria, OH (US);
Abstract
Various examples of a transmitting device with an antenna are disclosed. In one example, a transmitting device comprises a planar circuit board; a sensor mounted on the planar circuit board; a transmitter mounted on the planar circuit board and in communication with the sensor, the transmitter configured to periodically transmit signals containing a plurality of packets; and an antenna mounted on the planar circuit board and in electrical communication with the transmitter for transmitting the signals containing the plurality of packets. The antenna comprises a first end connected to the planar circuit board and a first support section; a meander line section connected to the first support section and a second support section and lying in a plane parallel with the circuit board; a second end connected to the second support section and an electrical ground.