Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Ziino

Joseph A. Ziino has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Utility meter transponder/antenna assembly for underground installations
    Patent number: 5298894
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Badger Meter, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Cerny, Brenda Stewart, Lee Karsten, H. Paul Walding, Jr., Joseph A. Ziino