Wireless communication device for electric meter and method of manufacture thereof
AssigneeTransData, Inc.
InventorsLawrence R. Porter, John Paul King, Doug Justice
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Abstract
For use with an electric meter chassis having a dielectric housing protruding therefrom, a wireless communication device that permits information to be communicated to and from the electric meter and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the device is comprised of: (1) a communication circuit within the chassis coupled to electric meter circuitry, and (2) an antenna element within the dielectric housing, the antenna element coupled to the communication circuit.
Claims20
For use with an electric meter chassis having a dielectric housing protruding therefrom, a wireless communication device, comprising:
- a communication circuit within said chassis coupled to electric meter circuitry;
- an antenna element within said dielectric housing, said antenna element coupled to said communication circuit.
A method of manufacturing a device for communicating meter information to and from an electric meter chassis having a dielectric housing protruding therefrom, comprising:
- locating a wireless communication circuit within said chassis, and coupling said wireless communication circuit to electric meter circuitry;
- locating an antenna element within said dielectric housing, said antenna element coupled to said wireless communication circuit.
An electric meter chassis having a dielectric housing protruding therefrom, comprising:
- a wireless communication circuit within said chassis for communicating meter information, said wireless communication circuit coupled to electric meter circuitry;
- an antenna element coupled to said wireless communication circuit and located within said dielectric housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.