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US 2010/0164750 A1Published application
Adapter for meter
OwnerMohammad Tootoonian Mashhad, Stephen Geoffrey Jones +1inventors
InventorsMohammad Tootoonian Mashhad, Stephen Geoffrey Jones, Keith Richard Martin
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Abstract
An adapter is interposed between a standard resource meter and its socket, to provide RF-capabilities. Communications between meter and adapter are effected by optical technology. The adapter has emergency battery back-up capabilities.
Claims8
An electrical resource metering system, comprising:
- (a) a meter with power pins, that measures an attribute of the electrical resource presented at said pins, and provides information related to the resource or meter and its operating environment, based on said measured attribute;
- (b) a meter socket connectable to the electrical resource, having power contacts releasably couplable with said meter power pins;
- (c) adapter releasably interposable between said meter and said meter socket, having power coupling means for coupling said meter power pins to said socket power contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.