Methods and apparatus for sealed communication interfaces

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9523586
APP PUB NO 20160258780A1
SERIAL NO

14641042

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Methods and apparatus for sealed communication interfaces are disclosed. One example apparatus includes a translucent portion of a sealing gasket to allow signals to pass therethrough, a sealing wall of the gasket to define a substantially environmentally-isolated zone proximate the translucent portion, and a transmitter to transmit a signal across the translucent portion. The example apparatus also includes a receiver to detect a reflected signal corresponding to the transmitted signal, where the detection enables data communications across the translucent portion, and where the reflected signal is to be reflected from a surface on an opposite side of the translucent portion from the transmitter and receiver.

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ITRON GLOBAL SARL2111 N MOLTER ROAD LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Guillot-Jerome, Denis Buellas, FR 2 3
Rigomier, Vincent Saint Martin Belle Roche, FR 2 5
Torres, Matthieu Bereziat, FR 1 1

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