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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventors:
David Nelson Makinson, Seneca, SC (US);
Steven Grey, Seneca, SC (US);
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 15/14 (2006.01); G01K 7/02 (2006.01); G01K 1/02 (2006.01); G01R 1/20 (2006.01); G01K 7/08 (2006.01); G01R 19/32 (2006.01); G01R 22/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 15/146 (2013.01); G01K 1/024 (2013.01); G01K 7/02 (2013.01); G01K 7/08 (2013.01); G01R 1/203 (2013.01); G01R 19/32 (2013.01); G01R 22/061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermocouple device includes a shared conductor for a shunt measurement and a thermocouple measurement. For example, the thermocouple device may include a shared conductor that provides a signal to both calculate current of a shunt and calculate a temperature of the shunt. The thermocouple device may provide an efficient structure that accurately calculates current and temperature. In addition, the thermocouple device may use the temperature of the shunt to detect when a conductive path is overheating. The temperature of the shunt may also be used for other purposes.