Class 361/660 - Plural

Subclass of Class 361 - Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Definition: Subject matter comprising two or more meters.
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 07/15/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7400495	Meter socket assembly employing phase balancing bus jumpers and meter center employing the same A meter center includes three feeder bus bars, three supply bus bars, each supply bus bar being electrically connected to a corresponding feeder bus bar, and a number of meter socket assemblies. Each meter socket assembly includes two bus jumpers, each bus jumper in...	07/15/2008
7358441	Electrical enclosure assembly and electrical enclosure A meter center assembly includes a first meter center with a plurality of sides including a first side having a plurality of first openings, and a second meter center beside the first meter center with a plurality of sides including a second side having a plurality ...	04/15/2008
7286339	Combination service entrance apparatus for temporary and permanent use An underground combination service entrance apparatus for temporary and permanent service comprising two enclosures. A utility enclosure contains a meter socket and the second enclosure contains a breaker panel. The breaker panel on the customer side and the meter o...	10/23/2007
7243882	Gauge display assembly An assembly for attaching gauges or other accessories to vehicles provides a rampart member for securing the assembly to a vehicle surface and a gauge display member secured to the rampart member for receiving and displaying gauges and other instruments. ...	07/17/2007
7239502	Meter center and multi-phase multiple meter socket assembly therefor A multi-phase multiple meter socket assembly is for a meter center including a plurality of meters. The meter socket assembly includes meter sockets each receiving one of said meters, feeder buses, supply buses, and a plurality of phase connectors. Each of the suppl...	07/03/2007
7232246	Illuminated panel portion for vehicles and vehicular accessories An illuminated panel portion for vehicles or vehicle accessories is provided having a generally translucent panel defining a selected design. The translucent panel is disposed in an aperture of an adjacent panel of the vehicle or vehicle accessory such that the oute...	06/19/2007
7199572	Method and system for improving the operational safety, reliability, and functionality of electrical power consumption monitoring devices A system and method for reducing the likelihood of a phase to phase or phase to neutral arcing failure, or a flashover in an electrical power consumption monitoring device. The method includes generating a reduced voltage from either a single phase or two phases of ...	04/03/2007
7182632	Connection systems and methods for utility meters A connection system for allowing access to a primary power signal flowing through a utility meter. The connection system comprises a collar assembly, an adapter assembly, and adapter electronics. The collar assembly comprises a collar housing, main terminals, and se...	02/27/2007
7085128	Preconstruction multiple utility meter pedestal and method of installation A preconstruction utility meter (PCM) pedestal providing attachment means for both a gas meter and an electric meter. The device may also provide a situs for telephone and cable connections. The device allows for pre-occupancy use of utilities. ...	08/01/2006
7067754	Bezel-button assembly and method A bezel-button assembly comprising at least one button connected to a bezel. The button is moveable between a first position and at least a second position. An elastic layer connects the bezel to the button and is adapted to provide at least a partial mechanical bia...	06/27/2006
7059896	Configurable adapter for use with narrow base socket meter in switchboard applications The configurable adapter uses a relatively few components which allow it to be configured to have different heights to fit different switchboard cases. It includes a bracket designed to hold a particular type of meter or power monitor, with different brackets availa...	06/13/2006
7005596	Cover member for illuminated pushbutton switch An illuminated pushbutton switch cover member has a key seat and a resin key top. An indicator portion provided in the resin key top is illuminated with light from an internal light source provided below the key seat, and the light is emitted from the inside to the ...	02/28/2006
6975504	Overall watthour metter enclosure safety replacement window A safety replacement window for an overall watthour meter enclosure includes a window covering a window aperture of a cover of the enclosure. Mounting clips integrally carried on the cover snap into and fix the window in the cover aperture. In another aspect, the co...	12/13/2005
6912766	Base pan and cabinet for an air conditioner An air conditioner includes an outdoor section comprising an outdoor coil, a fan, and a refrigerant compressor housed within a cabinet. The cabinet includes an outer wrapper supported by a plastic base. The base and wrapper include features that facilitate the cabin...	07/05/2005
6760220	Rugged modular PC 104 chassis with blind mate connector and forced convection cooling capabilities A chassis for circuit cards has a housing, a front end, a connector end, and a top cover. The housing has an airflow slot on its underside, and the top cover is open in nature, the combination of which allows the flow of forced convection air from top to bottom (or ...	07/06/2004
6542353	Control panel assembly and method of making same A control panel assembly having a plurality of buttons located in a bezel and supported by a switch mat. A bezel and/or button is formed using a vacuum forming technique and has a transparent inner surface layer and a middle translucent color layer and an...	04/01/2003
6046904	Electrical equipment cabinet having barrier with integral drip channel A cabinet for housing first and second pieces of electrical equipment and having a first compartment adjacent a second compartment for housing the respective first and second pieces of electrical equipment. The cabinet has a first cover member overlying a...	04/04/2000
5936834	Device and method for field balancing individual single phase meter loads in a three phase multiple meter stack A meter stack wherein each single phase meter base in the meter stack can be selectively connected in the field to any one of the A-B, A-C or B-C phase combinations of the vertical three phase bus bars in the meter stack by moving only the meter base line...	08/10/1999
5870276	Electrical power distribution device with elevated removable load center The invention provides a combination service entrance device which contains a common enclosure, divided by a center barrier into two sections. One houses a watt-hour meter socket and the other houses a panel board containing circuit breakers. The panel bo...	02/09/1999
5546269	Metered electrical service tap A housing includes a base with blade terminals insertable into jaw contacts in an electrical watthour meter socket. First and second watthour meter receiving shells are mounted on the housing, each having a pair of line jaw contacts connected in parallel ...	08/13/1996
5317250	Modular electronic meter having reduced width A flat, modular measuring circuit having two connecting terminals for one phase of load current and a current sensor connected thereto. The two connecting terminals are arranged one above the other on one of the end faces of the module. This configuration...	05/31/1994
4888448	Temporary electrical power pedestal A temporary electrical power pedestal for use at construction sites is molded of plastic as a unitary article and includes a hollow column that extends upwardly from a base. A rectangular wall depends from the base and serves as a plug which can be insert...	12/19/1989
4819129	Removable watt-hour meter socket compartment panel cover with safety partition A housing assembly for a pair of side-by-side watt-hour meter sockets. The housing assembly includes a rectangular housing having back, side and end walls. A recessed opening is formed in the back wall to receive a standard panel board chassis. An insulat...	04/04/1989
4785376	Utility pedestal construction A utility pedestal primarily designed as a marina power pedestal but useful in connection with recreational vehicles and other power consuming units. Twin half shell housing members joined by an anodized aluminum strip closure member forms an upper pedest...	11/15/1988
4616177	Safety measurement device junction box A meter junction box for enabling the safe, accurate and efficient measuring of components of multi-phase electric power includes two separate spaced enclosure housings. The two housings are interconnected by a plurality of electrically conductive, non-ma...	10/07/1986
4532574	Electric meter center A meter center enclosure (4) is divided into a metering section (8) and service disconnect section (10) by a barrier (6,12,14) which is laterally supported along a back wall of the enclosure by brackets (30) cooperatively engaging slots (22) in the barrie...	07/30/1985
4450503	Power outlet facility Disclosed is a tamper proof power outlet facility having features of general utility in power outlet facilities generally and, in particular, those serving a pair of adjacent power consumers, such as adjacent boat slips, mobile trailer parking sites etc. ...	05/22/1984
4369484	Multiple meter switchboard Multiple meter electrical switchboard apparatus having a plurality of service sections, each including a meter compartment and an adjacent switching compartment. A meter socket and watt-hour meter are mounted in each meter compartment. A switching mechani...	01/18/1983
4359645	Electrical conversion apparatus for individual tenant metering Escalating energy costs are forcing many landlords to seek methods of eliminating the single watthourmeter for the entire apartment complex and the like, and replacing it with individual meters for each tenant. A problem encountered is the aggregation of ...	11/16/1982
4289361	Enclosure for meters An enclosure for multiple utility meter such as normally are installed at the rear of commercial buildings including modular sections partitioned by panels in the front thereof, said panels overlapping so that a wrap-around structure is provided to preven...	09/15/1981
4203146	Multiple metering panelboard assembly A multiple metering panelboard has an enclosure accommodating a plurality of watt-hour meter sections. Each section includes a molded plastic meter socket base and a molded plastic circuit breaker base mounted in interconnected relation to the enclosure i...	05/13/1980
4133021	Multiple utility pedestal An improved utility pedestal is a completely enclosed, ground-mounted container adapted to hold multiple utility metering and shut-off devices for a plurality of users. Partitions inside the pedestal separate the interior into a series of user-accessible ...	01/02/1979
4117530	Meter receptacle assembly The following specification describes a meter receptacle assembly utilizing an outer collar to overlap the meter flange base and latched to the cabinet in which the meter is mounted by interlocked tabs and a sealing wire. A trim or cover plate for the cab...	09/26/1978
4041358	Meter module assembly for a meter panel A meter panel is formed from one or more meter modules, each of which has a plurality of horizontal line buses extending therethrough with the ends of the line buses being connectable to corresponding line buses in an adjacent meter module. Each meter mod...	08/09/1977
3955123	Multiple cover arrangement for grouped metering panelboard An electrical service entrance panelboard includes a plurality of stacked meter sections to which individual access is afforded by a vertical array of front covers. Each junction of the covers for adjacent meter sections defines an opening in which the wa...	05/04/1976

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