Brenda K Stewart

US Patent:

52988945, Mar 29, 1994

Filed:

Jun 17, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/900220

Inventors:

David L. Cerny - Milwaukee WI
Brenda Stewart - Milwaukee WI
Lee Karsten - Thiensville WI
H. Paul Walding - West Bend WI
Joseph A. Ziino - Wales WI

Assignee:

Badger Meter, Inc. - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

G08B 2300
H01Q 104

US Classification:

34087002

Abstract:

A remote meter reading arrangement in which utility consumption data accumulated in an electronic metering unit located within an underground enclosure is transmitted via radio frequency signals to a handheld data collection unit or to a mobile data collection unit carried in a vehicle. An assembly for installation in the underground enclosure includes an antenna enclosure, a transponder enclosure and means for enclosing and protecting an antenna within the antenna enclosure and a transponder within the transponder enclosure. Two embodiments are disclosed.

US Patent:

58253033, Oct 20, 1998

Filed:

Aug 30, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/708010

Inventors:

Kenneth R. Bloss - New Berlin WI
Mark M. Lazar - New Berlin WI
Brenda K. Stewart - Milwaukee WI
Donald H. Strobel - Brookfield WI

Assignee:

Badger Meter, Inc. - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

G08B 2300

US Classification:

34087002

Abstract:

A sealed housing for a transponder unit (10) in a utility meter pit enclosure has a tube (28), approximately 33/4 inches long and 11/2 inches in diameter, in which transponder electronics carried by a circuit board and an antenna are inserted from the bottom and fitted into guide structures (42, 47) and then a body of epoxy sealant (50) is used to seal and form a recessed lower end of the tube (28) which, in use, may be immersed in water within a subsurface pit enclosure (11). The tube (28) is attached to a cap (22) and suspended through a hole (29) in the pit lid (15). A clamping member (38) is threaded onto the lower end of the tube (28) for trapping a portion of the pit lid (15) between said clamping member (38) and the cap (22). A method of assembling and sealing the unit (10) is also disclosed.

US Patent:

54767318, Dec 19, 1995

Filed:

Oct 11, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/321283

Inventors:

Lee Karsten - Thiensville WI
Brenda Stewart - Milwaukee WI

Assignee:

Badger Meter, Inc. - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

H01M 204
H01M 206

US Classification:

429 97

Abstract:

At least one new battery (60, 61) is added to a transponder unit (10) used in a subsurface pit enclosure (11), by removing a transponder housing (25, 26) from the pit enclosure (11), removing a breakout portion (33) of a top wall (32) of the transponder housing (25, 26) to provide an access opening (52) to access a pair of transponder terminals (50, 51) in the transponder housing (25, 26), mounting a battery (60, 61) sealed in a battery casing (62) to a side of the transponder housing (25, 26), with a pair of battery pack leads (47, 48) extending from the battery casing (62), connecting the battery pack leads (47, 48) to the transponder terminals (50, 51) in the transponder housing (25, 26), and providing a sealed battery pack cover (41) over both a top opening (65) in the battery casing (62) and the access opening (32) in the transponder housing ( 25, 26).