Patent · US Expired

Consumption measurement system for remote reading

US6115677A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Rainer Perthold · Weisendorf, DE
Heinz Gerhauser · Waischenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 1998
Grant date	Sep 5, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01Q9/0421
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A consumption recording system affixed to a wall comprises a consumption ording device and a radio module, which is connected to the consumption recording device. A microstrip antenna is connected to the radio module. The microstrip antenna is placed within a non-metallic casing cover of the consumption recording device in such a way that the main radiation direction of the microstrip antenna is directed perpendicularly away from the wall.

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