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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182282 | Lever bypass plug-in meter socket for electric watt-hour meters The present invention relates generally to a lever bypass plug-in meter socket. More particularly, the invention encompasses a lever bypass plug-in meter socket for electric watt-hour meters. The present invention is also directed to a novel plug-in meter socket for... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177580 | Disconnect adapter for electrical meter A meter disconnect adapter is provided that allows a utility meter to be connected to a meter socket while electrical service is disconnected to a facility. The meter disconnect adapter includes housing having an interior area. A plurality of terminals are coupled t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8047867 | Connecting assembly for connecting electric connector and control box A connecting assembly for an electric cylinder and a control box includes an electric cylinder, an electric control box and a sheathing ring. The electric cylinder includes an actuator and a contractible pipe module perpendicularly connected to an end of the actuato... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8002578 | Watthour meter socket lock adapter A watthour meter socket adapter has housing formed of snap together rear and front housings. The front housing surrounds but allows access to jaw contacts and terminals mounted in the rear housing by a watthour meter and electric power conductors. An aperture in the... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7905748 | Temporary connect A temporary connect enables a structure to receive electrical power via a simple extension cord before a utility meter is installed. The temporary connect incorporates the form factor of a standard power meter and mounts to the meter cabinet. It includes a standard ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7857660 | Watt hour meter socket adapter with current transformer housing structure A meter socket adapter includes an insulating housing that is connected to a power circuit on one side by bus bars and connected to a watt-hour meter on the other side by jaw contacts. The housing includes insulating compartments for current transformers through whi... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7850483 | Power meter socket to circuit breaker connection A one-piece power meter socket to circuit breaker connection structure includes an elongated trunk section connecting a lower spade section with a forwardly offset connection plate at an upper end. The connection plate is joined to the trunk section by an angled ext... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837498 | Wire distributed 5th jaw system for multi-position metering The present invention relates generally to multi-position metering apparatus. More particularly, the invention encompasses a wire distributed 5th jaw system for multi-position metering. The present invention is also directed to a novel multi-position metering device... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7785137 | Integral meter jaw assembly mounting riser An integral riser structure for a watt-hour meter enclosure to provide a mounting structure for a pair of meter jaw assemblies includes a pair of laterally spaced riser walls formed integrally with a back wall of the enclosure and positioned in forwardly spaced rela... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7677921 | Plug-in amp/watt power meter A power meter has a measuring circuit composed entirely of analog components that measures the instantaneous current draw of one or more electrical devices, such as home appliances. The power meter may be in the form of a hand-held device that includes elongated con... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7648389 | Supply side backfeed meter socket adapter A utility meter adapter plugs between a utility meter and its meter socket to provide a power pigtail suitable for a solar electric system to backfeed power to the utility. A round plastic base has several connector jaw blades underneath positioned like a meter to f... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7621775 | Easy assembly and improved design meter socket A meter socket base assembly including a mounting block, one or more connectors, one or more meter jaws and, optionally, one or more support blocks. The mounting block has first and second ends, first and second sides, a top, a bottom and a longitudinal axis between... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614908 | Insulating meter jaw guide for a watt-hour meter socket The invention provides an insulating meter jaw guide featuring a loop belt, a retaining fastener, a meter blade receiving slot, and a cavity housing. The insulating meter jaw guide may be positioned on a meter jaw of watt-hour meter socket, effectively covering the ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7559793 | Meter socket device with interchangeable meter jaw assembly The invention provides a meter socket assembly for a watt-hour meter with removable and changeable meter jaws. The meter socket assembly comprises a meter base, at least one meter jaw assembly with two optional 5th terminal provisions. The assemblies are ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7540766 | Printed circuit board connector for utility meters Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for coupling plural, spaced-apart printed circuit boards together within a utility meter. An individual, rigid connector is provided that, in concert with conductive edge traces on selected printed circuit boards, provides pow... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7540767 | Plug-in amp/watt power meter A power meter has a measuring circuit composed entirely of analog components that measures the instantaneous current draw of one or more electrical devices, such as home appliances. The power meter may be in the form of a hand-held device that includes elongated con... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7503800 | Meter jaw assembly An improved meter jaw assembly includes a one-piece meter jaw member formed by extrusion and including a pair of resilient jaw contacts extending from a base tab which also has a U-shaped wire receiver extending therefrom. Inner surfaces of the receiver are grooved ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7479029 | Modular watthour meter socket and test switch A modular meter socket is releasably mountable in a housing. Support clips are disposed in the housing by fixing a mounting plate carrying the clips in the enclosure. A mounting panel fixedly carries the meter socket and is attached to the clips without the use of t... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7458846 | Electrical power service apparatus with external circuit breaker rocker switch reset A watthour meter socket adapter includes a housing having internal jaw contacts and external blade terminals. A power switch is electrically connected between the jaw contacts and the blade terminals. A rocker member on the power switch faces a side of the housing. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7400494 | Meter socket assembly and quick change mechanism therefor A quick change mechanism is provided for a meter socket assembly including a base member structured to be coupled to a meter, a number of electrical bus members extending outwardly from the base member, and at least one electrical connector electrically connectable ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399203 | Base assembly, and meter socket assembly and meter center employing the same A base assembly is provided for a meter socket assembly of a meter center including an enclosure having a panel member. The meter socket assembly includes a meter. The base assembly includes a base member having a first side coupled to the panel member, a second sid... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397652 | Device and method for providing electric service An exemplary device for providing electric service is disclosed. The exemplary device includes a housing, and a meter receptacle having a supply side an a load side. The meter receptacle can connect between a power source at the supply side and a facility at the loa... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7347722 | Meter socket assembly A meter socket assembly comprising a meter jaw assembly and an extended bus bar for contact with a meter blade of a watt hour meter. The meter jaw assembly further comprises a meter jaw and a jaw spring guide that are mounted together by a fastening device to the ex... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342507 | Revenue meter with power quality features Power quality detection, monitoring, reporting, recording and communication in a revenue accuracy electrical power meter is disclosed. Transient events are detected by monitoring the wave shape of the electrical power and comparing deviations to a known threshold. S... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7315442 | Secure electrical service entrance power access An external wire coupler is attachable to a housing of an electrical service apparatus mountable in a watthour meter socket by a slide-in or snap-in connection. An access control member is carried within the coupler for controlling access through the coupler to the ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311549 | Narrow base socket meter for use 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... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7297021 | Devices, systems, and methods for bypassing an electrical meter Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system, which can comprise a bypass hub for an electrical meter. The bypass hub can comprise an electrically conductive blade comprising a first socket engageable end and a second socket engageable end. The electrically condu... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7291042 | Single meter socket assembly A meter socket base assembly that includes a base bracket, at least one non-conductive base member, at least one lug, and at least one jaw assembly. The base bracket has a planar member with a plurality of openings, the base bracket openings defining a retaining dev... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7274187 | Electrical-energy meter A presently-preferred embodiment of an electrical-energy meter comprises a base adapted to be mounted on a supporting surface, a current sensor assembly comprising a plurality of contact blades extending through the base and adapted to electrically contact a conduct... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274553 | Utility meter housing arrangement An arrangement includes a liquid crystal display having a length, a width and a thickness. The arrangement further includes an integrally formed housing having a display receptacle, the display receptacle including retention members operable to retain the liquid cry... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267576 | Electrical bus member and meter socket assembly employing the same A meter socket assembly includes a base member, a meter and at least one electrical bus member. The base member is coupled to the panel member of a meter center and includes first and second ends, a first side having protrusions, and a second side including meter ja... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7232335 | K-series watthour meter socket adapter A watthour meter socket adapter carries rigid conductors extending from a connection to jaw contacts in a housing, the conductors mounting the socket adapter between the lower load mounting connections and the upper line mounting connections in a meter fitting to de... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7209331 | Method and power feed for electrical inspections A device is provided for inspecting an installed electrical system including a power panel and branch circuits with respective circuit breakers. The device includes a power interface unit with a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) for connection with the power p... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189109 | Modular watthour meter socket and test switch A watthour meter has, in one aspect, a flexible seal with a locking head carried on the meter base and a strap extending from the head and disposable in a loop around and through apertures in juxtaposed mounting flanges of the meter base and the meter dome to lockab... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7153157 | Terminal block jumper An electrically insulated body carries one of more jaw members which are mountable over threaded terminals in a meter socket to provide a bypass connection between line and load socket terminals to enable a watthour meter to be removed and reinstalled relative to th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147507 | Meter socket support base coupling assembly A meter socket base coupling assembly that includes a base bracket having a planar member with a plurality of openings, the base bracket openings defining a retaining device first component, and at least one elongated, non-conductive base member coupled to the base ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142412 | Bypass connector for a socket assembly A socket assembly for mounting an electric meter comprising a plurality of power line connector subassemblies for connecting electric power lines to the socket assembly. Each subassembly comprises a generally U-shaped lug of electrically conductive material defining... | 11/28/2006 |
