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US 2004/0023638 A1Published application
Electric utility meter internal antenna
AssigneeGaltronics Corporation Ltd.
InventorLeslie J. Reading
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Abstract
A wireless transmitting utility meter including a utility usage metering subsystem, a meter status sensing subsystem operative to sense a status of the utility usage metering subsystem and to provide a meter reading output, a wireless transmitter operative to receive the meter reading output and to provide a transmitter output and an antenna receiving the transmitter output and providing a wireless transmission, at least a portion of the antenna forming part of the utility usage metering subsystem.
Claims8
A wireless transmitting utility meter comprising:
- a utility usage metering subsystem;
- a meter status sensing subsystem operative to sense a status of said utility usage metering subsystem and to provide a meter reading output;
- a wireless transmitter operative to receive said meter reading output and to provide a transmitter output;
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- an antenna receiving said transmitter output and providing a wireless transmission, at least a portion of said antenna forming part of said utility usage metering subsystem.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.