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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:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Gatz, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Landis & Gyr Energy Management, Inc., Lafayette, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361667 ; 70164 ; 220324 ; 2922566 ;
Abstract
A mating ring for mounting a meter cover to a meter base includes a molded plastic mating ring having portions configured to engage the meter cover flange and portions configured to engage the meter base. A plurality of wedges and opposing ring flanges are provided on the ring to hold the cover flange. The wedges have a sloped surface to facilitate assembly using a donut press. The mating ring engagement features are designed to facilitate one piece molding of the ring.