US 12,418,092 B2
Remote sensing device
Neil David Glasson, Christchurch (NZ); Craig David Shannon, Auckland (NZ); John Henry Meerabux, Carindale (AU); and Aaron Hynds, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to HYNDS LIMITED, Auckland (NZ)
Appl. No. 18/245,949
Filed by HYNDS LIMITED, Auckland (NZ)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/058709
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/064432, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 768306 (NZ), filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0344111 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); E02D 29/14 (2006.01); G01F 23/292 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/225 (2013.01) [E02D 29/14 (2013.01); G01F 23/2927 (2013.01); E02D 2600/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote sensing device for monitoring a condition within a water infrastructure network comprising:
an antenna unit configured to be located at or towards a top surface of a water infrastructure component in the water infrastructure network, the antenna comprises a flat base for engaging with the top surface of the water infrastructure component, the antenna unit having an elongate connection shaft comprising a hollow depending therefrom, the elongate connection shaft providing a mounting structure on the underside of the water infrastructure component for receiving and supporting a structure;
a monitoring unit for housing electrical components including a sensor for detecting a parameter, the monitoring unit removably mounted to the antenna;
wherein the monitoring unit comprises a hub for mounting the monitoring unit to the elongate connection shaft, the hub being a region of the monitoring unit surrounding an opening of the monitoring unit, the opening configured such that the elongate connection shaft passes completely through the housing of the monitoring unit;
wherein the electrical components are located in a cavity of the monitoring unit, arranged to be spaced radially around the hub and the monitoring unit is located in a region between the top and bottom ends of the elongate connection shaft; and
wherein the antenna unit and monitoring unit are separate and individually water-tight structures.