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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsManjunath Garalapuraiaha, Matthew D. Marple, Karl Pedersen, Eric B. Reed, Leslie Rosenau
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A disk analog display for a solid state electricity meter includes a series of segments that illuminate sequentially to indicate the direction of current flowing through the meter and the rate at which energy is being consumed by the load. The sequential illumination provides notice to a technician that the meter is completing the measurement of one energy consumption unit so that the measurement by the meter of one energy consumption unit can be accurately timed. In one embodiment, there are three segments that illuminate sequentially to indicate that the meter is completing measurement of one energy consumption unit. The segments then simultaneously blank to indicate that the meter has completed the measurement of one energy consumption unit.
A solid state electricity meter comprising a disk analog display for indicating the direction of current flow through said meter and the rate at which energy is being consumed by a load, said disk analog display comprising a plurality of segments configured to sequentially illuminate for indicating the direction of current flow and the rate at which energy is being consumed by the load and then simultaneously blank to indicate the measurement of one energy consumption unit by said meter.
A disk analog display for a solid state electricity meter, said disk analog display for simulating the rotation of an electromechanical disk on an electromechanical meter and the rate at which energy being consumed by a load said disk analog display comprising a series of segments that sequentially illuminate in sequence to indicate the direction of current flow through the meter and the rate at which energy is being consumed by the load and then simultaneously blank to indicate the measurement of one energy consumption unit by the meter.
A method of displaying the direction of current flow through a solid state electricity meter and the rate at which energy is being consumed by a load, said meter including a disk analog display, said method comprising the steps of:
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