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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:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Henry Z. Zhang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew M. Robb, Ravensdale, WA (US);
Jason P. Bommer, Tacoma, WA (US);
Richard N. Bostwick, North Bend, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/00 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/0061 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/886 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor device includes a capacitive probe including a first conductor and a second conductor. The sensor device also includes a radio to generate a signal based on a measurement associated with the capacitive probe and to provide the signal to the first conductor for transmission using the capacitive probe as a transmission antenna.