Sealing utility meter transceiver enclosures
AssigneeST Engineering Telematics Wireless Ltd.
InventorsEddy Kafry, Shlomo Izicovitch, David Otmazgin, Ofir Ben David
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Abstract
A sealed utility transceiver assembly includes a transceiver board, a sealed housing, and a measure of liquid potting compound. The transceiver board includes multiple components and an antenna. The sealed housing includes a cavity within which to house the transceiver board. The measure of liquid potting compound encapsulates a portion of the transceiver board within the sealed housing, which portion does not include the entirety of the antenna.
Claims18
A sealed utility transceiver assembly, comprising:
- at least one transceiver board, said at least one transceiver board comprising multiple components and at least one antenna;
- a sealed housing comprising at least one cavity within which to house said at least one transceiver board;
- and
- a measure of liquid potting compound encapsulating a portion of said at least one transceiver board within said sealed housing, said portion not including the entirety of said at least one antenna,
- wherein said sealed housing further comprises:
- means of ingress to enable said measure of liquid potting compound to be added to said sealed housing;
- and
- means to seal said means of ingress after addition of said measure of liquid potting compound.
A method for assembling a sealed utility transceiver assembly, the method comprising:
- partially filling said assembly with a measure of liquid potting compound, said assembly comprising at least one transceiver board comprising multiple components and at least one antenna, and a sealed housing comprising at least one cavity within which to house said at least one transceiver board;
- and
- repositioning said assembly to enable said measure of liquid potting compound to settle away from said at least one antenna,
- wherein said partially filling comprises pouring said measure of liquid potting compound through a means of ingress.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.