Patent ID: 11876283
Assignee: SEESCAN, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A buried utility locator system, comprising:
a magnetic sensing buried utility locator for receiving and processing AC magnetic field signals from a hidden or buried utility and determining information about the buried utility therefrom;
a substantially cylindrical global navigation system sensor (GNSS) antenna element having a vertical axis;
a substantially cylindrical radio transceiver antenna element positioned below the GNSS antenna element when in an upright vertical orientation, wherein:
the diameter of the radio transceiver antenna element is substantially the same as the diameter of the GNSS antenna element;
the vertical axes of the two antenna elements are substantially collinear; and
the height of the radio transceiver antenna element is less than about twice the height of the GNSS antenna element;

a waveguide element configured to control the radiation pattern of signals transmitted from the antenna elements;
one or more spacing elements disposed between the radio transceiver antenna element and GNSS antenna element and between the radio transceiver antenna element and one or more other electronic elements in an electronic device or system operatively coupled to the combined satellite navigation radio transceiver antenna device;
a shielding element disposed on the side of the spacing element or elements opposite that the radio transceiver antenna element;
connectors separately coupling to each of the antenna elements such that each antenna element is operatively coupled to an associated signal or signals provided to separate radio devices of the electronic device or system;
one or more GNSS receiver modules operatively coupled to the GNSS antenna element; and
electronics to receive and associate the information about the buried utility and positioning information from the GNSS receiver module and store the information in a non-transitory memory.