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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1998
Glen William Brooksby, Glenville, NY (US);
Daniel David Harrison, Delanson, NY (US);
Daniel Arthur Staver, Scotia, NY (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ralph Thomas Hoctor, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Louisville, KY (US);
Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A low cost and easy to assemble communicating utility meter provides selectable measurement, calibration, display, and communications means so as to be re-configurable based on several factors including; harmonic content of the power signal measured, LCD display alternatives, time of use measurements, bandpass filter settings, power quality measurements, PLC communications alternatives, radio frequency communications alternatives, optical communications alternatives, and hard wire communications alternatives.