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US 8,931,505 B2Granted
Infrastructure monitoring devices, systems, and methods
OwnerGregory E. Hyland, Robert Paul Keefe +2inventors
InventorsGregory E. Hyland, Robert Paul Keefe, Marietta Edmunds Zakas, Clayton Robert Barker, III
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Abstract
An infrastructure monitoring system and method include multiple communications devices. At least one communications device is coupled to an element of the infrastructure.
Claims23
A nozzle cap assembly comprising:
- a nozzle cap, the nozzle cap including a nut and internal threading;
- an enclosure, the enclosure including external threading, wherein the external threading of the enclosure connects the enclosure to the internal threading;
- a communications device coupled to the nozzle cap, the communications device including an antenna, wherein the communications device is a component of an infrastructure monitoring system;
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- an antenna cover, the antenna cover attached to the nut, at least a portion of the antenna situated within the antenna cover, the antenna extending through the nut, and the antenna and the antenna cover protruding outwardly from the nozzle cap.
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A fire hydrant comprising:
- a nozzle cap, the nozzle cap including a nut and internal threading;
- an enclosure, the enclosure including external threading, wherein the external threading of the enclosure connects the enclosure to the internal threading;
- a communications device coupled to the nozzle cap, the communications device including an antenna, wherein the communications device is a component of an infrastructure monitoring system, the communications device being communicatively connected to a transceiver of at least one monitoring device, the at least one monitoring device located remotely from the communications device;
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- an antenna cover, the antenna cover attached to the nut, at least a portion of the antenna situated within the antenna cover, the antenna extending through the nut, the antenna and the antenna cover protruding outwardly from the nozzle cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.