[conducting structure of a meter]
AssigneeTrisco Technology Corp.
InventorHsu-Ming Liu
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Abstract
A conducting structure used in a meter is disclosed to include a plurality of electrically conducting support rods mounted inside the casing of the meter to support circuit boards of the meter at different elevations and to electrically connect the circuit boards to one another for transmission of signal and power.
Claims6
A conducting structure used in a meter, said meter comprising a casing, a plurality of circuit boards arranged inside said casing at different elevations, a faceplate marked with graduations and mounted inside said casing above said circuit boards, a mini motor mounted in one said circuit board, said mini motor having an output shaft vertically upwardly extending through a center through hole of said faceplate, and a pointer fixedly fastened to the output shaft of said mini motor above said faceplate and movable with the output shaft of said mini motor relative to said faceplate to point out the graduations at said faceplate, the conducting structure comprising a plurality of electrically conductive support rods respectively connected between positive pole contacts and negative pole contacts of said circuit boards to support said circuit boards on one above another and to electrically connect said circuit boards to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.