The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1981
Eugene C Benbow, Raleigh, NC (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical energy meter for measuring various parameters of electrical energy consumption has a cover-mounted time-of-day multifunction register. Digital signals representative of electrical energy usage are input to the time-of-day multifunction register which measures energy consumption during the on-peak, off-peak, and intermediate-peak periods of each day. The multifunction register communicates by way of light radiations with an external programmer/reader unit having a plurality of fingers at its front face. These fingers engage recesses in the meter cover for accurate alignment of the multifunction register and the programmer/reader unit. Attaching the multifunction register to the meter cover rather than to the meter frame offers improved alignment between the multifunction register and the programmer/reader unit and provides easy retrofitting of present watthour meters lacking the time-of-day feature with a time-of-day multifunction register. Also, shielding the time-of-day multifunction register from the heat-generating components of the watthour meter allows the time-of-day multifunction register and associated components to operate at a lower ambient temperature.