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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176174 | Power meter having multiple ethernet ports A power meter or other electrical device is provided having two independent and communicatively isolated Ethernet ports. The first Ethernet port is addressable by a first unique identifier and is configured for enabling full access to the power meter via an internal... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160824 | Intelligent electronic device with enhanced power quality monitoring and communication capabilities An intelligent electronic device (IED) has enhanced power quality and communications capabilities. The power meter can perform energy analysis by waveform capture, detect transient on the front end voltage input channels and provide revenue measurements. The power m... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8121801 | System and method for multi-rate concurrent waveform capture and storage for power quality metering Systems and methods are provided for use in an IED that perform high resolution waveform capture to generate multi-rate waveform data in real-time. In one embodiment, high-resolution sampled data is dynamically pre-ordered into separate high resolution and low resol... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116072 | Current inputs interface for an electrical device According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an electrical power meter, is disclosed. The electrical power meter includes a housing for containing electrical circuitry therein, the housing including at least one of voltage and current inputs, the housing includ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107491 | System and method for providing communication between intelligent electronic devices via an open channel An intelligent electronic device is configured to receive and generate data formatted in accordance with Distributed Network Protocol 3.0 (DNP 3.0) through an Ethernet TCP/IP medium. The intelligent electronic metering device for communicating over a network via an ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8078418 | Intelligent electronic device and method thereof An intelligent electronic device (IED) having a gain control unit adapted to selectively regulate operating ranges of output signals of a sensing circuit of the device is described. In one embodiment, the IED is a digital electric power and energy meter, which opera... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073642 | System and method for compensating for potential and current transformers in energy meters A meter device for measuring electrical energy is provided. The meter device includes circuitry for measuring at least one parameter of electrical energy provided to the meter device. A storage device is provided for storing at least one calibration factor for compe... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8022690 | Intelligent electronic device for providing broadband internet access An intelligent electronic device for monitoring and determining an amount of electrical power usage by a consumer, or end user, and for providing broadband Internet access to the consumer. The intelligent electronic device includes at least one sensor coupled to an ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7999696 | On-line web accessed energy meter An electrical metering system capable of performing multiple metering functions, collecting data, and wirelessly provides the collected metering data to a utility operator. In the electrical metering system, at least one computing device for initiating a request for... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996171 | Intelligent electronic device with broad-range high accuracy A method and apparatus provides high-accuracy measurements of an electrical parameter across a broad range of parameter input values. In one embodiment, an intelligent electronic device (IED), e.g., a digital electrical power and energy meter, with a plurality of in... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994934 | Meter having a communication interface for receiving and interfacing with a communication device A meter is provided having a communication interface for receiving and interfacing with a communication device for transmitting measurement and other data to a central computer station via the communication device. The meter includes a measurement module for obtaini... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974798 | Intelligent electronic device and method thereof An intelligent electronic device (IED) having a gain control unit adapted to selectively regulate operating ranges of output signals of a sensing circuit of the device is described. In one embodiment, the IED is a digital electric power and energy meter, which opera... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7953565 | System and method for providing universal additional functionality for power meters A system and method for providing an additional option function to existing functionality of a meter device configured for measuring parameters of energy is provided. The meter device is coupled with an option device for exchanging data between the meter and the opt... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7899630 | Metering device with control functionality and method thereof A metering device of a power substation and method are provided for operating on a secondary analog waveform output by a transformer assembly receiving a primary waveform. The method includes stepping down the secondary waveform and generating a corresponding output... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7747733 | Power meter having multiple ethernet ports A power meter or other electrical device is provided having two independent and communicatively isolated Ethernet ports. The first Ethernet port is addressable by a first unique identifier and is configured for enabling full access to the power meter via an internal... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7683605 | Test pulses for enabling revenue testable panel meters A panel meter including an energy test pulse device that enables the panel meter to be used for revenue applications and eliminates the need for two separate meters, one for panel indication, and the other for energy and revenue applications. The electrical panel me... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7660684 | System and method utilizing virtual switching for substation automation A system and method utilizing virtual switching in an electrical panel meter or multifunction device is provided. The virtual switching enables the meter or multifunction device to be upgraded or downgraded through a switching signal, by activating or deactivating m... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660682 | System and method for compensating for potential and current transformers in energy meters A meter device for measuring electrical energy is provided. The meter device includes circuitry for measuring at least one parameter of electrical energy provided to the meter device. A storage device is provided for storing at least one calibration factor for compe... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7616433 | Current inputs interface for an electrical device According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an electrical power meter, is disclosed. The electrical power meter includes a housing for containing electrical circuitry therein, the housing including at least one of voltage and current inputs, the housing includ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7609719 | System and method for simultaneous communication on modbus and DNP 3.0 over Ethernet for electronic power meter A system and method is provided for simultaneous communications on Modbus and DNP 3.0 over Ethernet for an electronic power meter. The system incorporates one or more protocol wrappers to provide compatibility with both Modbus and DNP based applications. The system ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7508319 | Meter with IrDA port A meter is provided of the type used for recording data primarily related to power and/or energy use. The meter includes an IrDA port for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data to and from the meter. Preferably, the IrDA port operates according to one or more of... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7477998 | System and method for providing universal additional functionality for power meters A system and method for providing an additional option function to existing functionality of a meter device configured for measuring parameters of energy is provided. The meter device is coupled with an option device for exchanging data between the meter and the opt... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7453684 | Current inputs interface for an electrical device According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an electrical power meter, is disclosed. The electrical power meter includes a housing for containing electrical circuitry therein, the housing including at least one of voltage and current inputs, the housing includ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7388189 | System and method for connecting electrical devices using fiber optic serial communication A system and method for communicating between serially connected electrical devices of a network is provided. The network includes a series of electrical devices, and fiber optic connectors between electrical devices of the series of electrical devices forming a clo... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7337081 | Metering device with control functionality and method thereof A metering device of a power substation and method are provided for operating on a secondary analog waveform output by a transformer assembly receiving a primary waveform. The method includes stepping down the secondary waveform and generating a corresponding output... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7313489 | System and method utilizing virtual switching for electrical panel metering A system and method utilizing virtual switching in an electrical panel meter. The virtual switching enables the meter to be upgraded or downgraded through a switching signal, by activating or deactivating the metering functions that are to be performed in the meter.... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304586 | On-line web accessed energy meter An electrical metering system capable of performing multiple metering functions, collecting data, and wirelessly provides the collected metering data to a utility operator. In the electrical metering system, at least one computing device for initiating a request for... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305310 | System and method for compensating for potential and current transformers in energy meters A meter device for measuring electrical energy is provided. The meter device includes circuitry for measuring at least one parameter of electrical energy provided to the meter device. A storage device is provided for storing at least one calibration factor for compe... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294997 | Electrical meter system with color coding features A communication system between a plurality of electrical loads and at least one electrical measurement device is configured with a plurality of wires grouped in pairs. Each pair of wires is uniquely color coded to facilitate installation of each electrical load.... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7271996 | Current inputs interface for an electrical device According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an electrical power meter, is disclosed. The electrical power meter includes a housing for containing electrical circuitry therein, the housing including at least one of voltage and current inputs, the housing includ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256709 | Meter with IrDA port A meter is provided of the type used for recording data primarily related to power and/or energy use. The meter includes an IrDA port for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data to and from the meter. Preferably, the IrDA port operates according to one or more of... | 08/14/2007 |
| D545181 | Wall mount | 06/26/2007 |
| 7184904 | System and method for providing universal additional functionality for power meters A system and method for providing an additional option function to existing functionality of a meter device configured for measuring parameters of energy is provided. The meter device is coupled with an option device for exchanging data between the coupled devices a... | 02/27/2007 |
| D526920 | Electronic meter | 08/22/2006 |
| D525893 | Electronic power meter | 08/01/2006 |
| 6751563 | Electronic power meter An electric power meter having a digital sampler for sampling a voltage and a current at a sampling point and having a processor for processing at least one of the sampled voltage and the sampled current. A memory is provided for storing network protocol conversion ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6636030 | Revenue grade meter with high-speed transient detection A revenue grade power meter capable of detecting and recording high-speed power quality events, and method of operation. The power meter comprises a power metering device for monitoring power metering parameters of power consumed by a user or produced by ... | 10/21/2003 |
