Meter with integral register having no visual display of consumption

A combined utility meter and meter register assembly, comprising:

• a housing for both a fluid flow metering element and a meter register device, the housing having a lower housing part for allowing a fluid to flow therethrough and an upper housing part for housing electrical components, the upper housing part providing a sealed cavity for containing the meter register device;
• the fluid flow metering element enclosed between the upper housing part and the lower housing part and the meter register device disposed in the sealed cavity of the upper housing part of the housing;
• wherein the meter register device includes a device that converts mechanical movement of the flow metering element to electrical signals, circuitry for converting the electrical signals to metering data signals, and a means for electronically communicating the metering data signals to an external device, and
• wherein there is no visual indicator of metering data included within the combined utility meter and meter register assembly.