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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Earle S. Davis, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Quoc Hoang, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Alan S. Jones, Berkeley, CA (US);
Duong M. Nguyen, Alameda, CA (US);
Tri Q. Nguyen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Edmond A. Padrones, Benicia, CA (US);
Shelley R. Williams, Antioch, CA (US);
Alex P. Yan, Berkeley, CA (US);
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments include a metering system including a base housing configured to be coupled to a supply of a consumable, and including a plurality of meter slots, wherein each meter slot is configured to couple with a removeable meter module. Further, the metering system includes a removeable cover housing configured to removably couple to the base housing, and a meter module that includes at least one meter core and at least one data transfer functionality or assembly. The meter module can independently meter at least a portion of the consumable consumed by at least one consumer. A metering assembly with a removeable meter module and an associated meter slot can independently meter at least a portion of a consumable consumed by at least one consumer, and metering of the consumable to a consumer from one meter slot is independent of metering of the consumable from another meter slot.