General Electric Company

Anthony P Bogacki

Miran Milkovic

Samuel G Hardy

Richard G Farnsworth

Paul B Robinson

Charles A Stutt

An electronic solid state Q-hour meter for measuring leading and lagging VARS quantities of electric power over a defined range of power factor. The Q-hour meter comprises first and second time division/pulse width-amplitude modulated/analog multiplier circuits. First and second current transformers are coupled to first and second phases of a multi-phase power supply to be monitored for deriving first and second analog circuit indicating signals which are supplied to respective analog current input terminals of the analog multipliers. First and second potential transformers are coupled across the first and second phases of the multi-phase power supply for deriving first and second analog voltage indicating signals that are supplied to respective input terminals of the first and second analog multiplier circuits. An electronic phase shifting circuit is connected intermediate the output of one of the potential transformers and the input terminal to one of the analog multiplier circuits for shifting the phase of the voltage indicating signal supplied thereto sixty degrees lagging. The outputs of the analog multiplier circuits are summed together to derive an output analog signal representative of a leading and lagging VARS quantities of electric power. By combining the solid state Q-hour meter with an electronic solid state kilowatt-hour meter a combination meter capable of measuring both kilowatt hours and Q-hours is provided.

Electronic solid state Q-hour meter and/or combination Q-hour and

A meter terminal unit for use in automatic meter reading systems of the type including a control center for transmitting commands to and receiving measurement data from the terminal unit via a distribution unit serving several terminal units. The terminal unit is selectively responsive to commands generated by the control center to carry out load control operations, encoder meter reading and store operations, or transfer previously stored meter data from the terminal unit to the control center in accordance with functions specified by the various commands.

Meter terminal unit for use in automatic remote meter reading and

An automatic meter reading and control system for communicating with remote terminal points includes a central station which selectively communicates with a transponder controller unit at each terminal point via a plurality of distribution units, each serving several transponder controller units. The distribution controller units are responsive to various commands issued by the central station to selectively route the commands to specified transponder controller units to direct the transponder controller units to selectively carry out a load control operation, a meter reading operation or transfer of previously stored meter data from the transponder units to the central station in accordance with functions specified by the various commands.

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Chester, NH, United States of America

Anthony P Bogacki