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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:
Dec. 20, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cree A Edwards, Belmont, CA (US);
Larsh M Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Domestic Automation Company, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 34087029 ;
Abstract
A system for use with standard electric meters having a rotatable disc for recording time of energy use. The system includes a housing securable within a meter below the disc. The system also includes sensor means within the housing for detecting rotation of the disc and generating a signal in response thereto. Circuit means are included within the housing to process and store the signal for calculating time of energy use information. The housing also includes a communication circuit means for transmitting the time of energy use information to a location external of the meter.