Dennis J Schwartz

US Patent:

D469707, Feb 4, 2003

Filed:

Jun 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/143486

Inventors:

Dennis W. Schwartz - West Bend WI
Don Faber - Cedarburg WI
George De Jarlais - Wauwatosa WI
Christopher G. Kocher - Belleville IL
Mario P. Gomez - Ladue MO
Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas - St. Charles MO

Assignee:

Badger Meter, Inc. - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

1004

US Classification:

D10 99

US Patent:

6581457, Jun 24, 2003

Filed:

Jun 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/881618

Inventors:

Dennis W. Schwartz - West Bend WI
George De Jarlais - Wauwatosa WI
Christopher G. Kocher - Belleville IL
Mario P. Gomez - Ladue MO
Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas - St. Charles MO

Assignee:

Badger Meter, Inc. - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

G01F 700

US Classification:

73197

Abstract:

A compound meter assembly ( ) has a housing ( ), a high volume flow meter ( ) disposed in a main flow passageway ( ) for detecting a flow rate of relatively higher volume flows and a low volume flow meter ( ) disposed in the secondary flow passageway ( ) for detecting a flow rate of relatively lower volume flows. A flow distributor ( ) is disposed in the inlet and disposed adjacent the entrance ( ) into the secondary flow passageway from the main passageway, said flow distributor ( ) having a central opening ( ) for receiving the main flow and having flow ports ( ) disposed around its circumference for allowing portions of the main flow to flow towards interior walls ( ) of the housing ( ) such that the flow is better distributed across a cross section of the main passageway ( ) to maintain the accuracy of the meter at a crossover region ( ) between low flows being metered by the low volume flow meter ( ) and high flows being metered by the high volume flow meter ( ).

US Patent:

8482908, Jul 9, 2013

Filed:

Oct 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/273426

Inventors:

Dennis W. Schwartz - West Bend WI, US
Eric Metzger - Franklin WI, US
John A. Olson - Brookfield WI, US
Ronald D. Benson - Colgate WI, US
Eric Tabaska - South Milwaukee WI, US

Assignee:

Badger Meter, Inc. - Milwaukee WI

International Classification:

H05K 7/00
G01R 35/04

US Classification:

36167901, 324 74, 324 7611, 361659, 361667, 361672

Abstract:

A sealed electronic meter register with no moving parts and no bottom wall or bottom cover includes a casing of plastic with an open bottom. A viewing window is snap fitted into a top wall of the casing. A gasket is placed on top of an electronic numerical display and under the viewing window. The display is placed on top of a frame that is positioned face down into the casing. An electronic circuit board with the processing circuitry of the device is attached to the bottom of the frame. A polyurethane compound sealing material is deposited though a hole in the circuit board and onto the backside of the display. An epoxy-resin sealant is then deposited from the bottom of the housing to seal over everything in the housing to protect the components and provide an exposed bottom surface for the assembly.