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US 11,952,755 B2Granted
Self-contained hydrant monitoring system
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsTimofey Sitnikov, Paul S. Gifford, Carlos Stephen Moreno, Diego Aguilera, Daryl Lee Gibson
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Abstract
A sensing device for a hydrant can include a sensor located entirely within an interior cavity of a hydrant body of the hydrant and configured to measure a property of a fluid of a fluid distribution system and an antenna in communication with the sensor and positioned within the interior cavity.
Claims44
A sensing device for a hydrant, the sensing device comprising:
- a sensor located entirely within an interior cavity of a hydrant body of the hydrant and configured to measure a property of a fluid of a fluid distribution system;
- and
- an antenna in communication with the sensor and positioned within the interior cavity.
A method comprising:
- measuring a characteristic of a fluid inside a hydrant of a fluid distribution system with a sensing device located entirely within an interior cavity of a hydrant body of the hydrant, the sensing device comprising:
- a sensor;
- and
- an antenna in communication with the sensor;
- and
- transmitting data corresponding to the characteristic of the fluid via the antenna.
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A hydrant comprising:
- an operating stem;
- and
- a sensing device comprising:
- a sensor located entirely within an interior cavity of a hydrant body of the hydrant and configured to measure a property of a fluid of a fluid distribution system;
- and
- an antenna in communication with the sensor and positioned within the interior cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.