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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:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
R Wendell Goodwin, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Industries, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324141 ; 324142 ;
Abstract
An electricity meter and method for measuring VA power consumption. The electricity meter comprises a transducer circuit receiving line current and line voltage and producing a first signal corresponding to active power on the line, and a level shifting circuit responsive to the first signal for producing a second signal corresponding to apparent power.