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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
May. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A. Olson, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/00 ; G01F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/00 ; G01F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A summing module ( ) and method for interfacing a compound meter with two metering signals to a plurality of different output devices for displaying or retransmitting meter data includes an enclosure ( ), a summing circuit ( ), networks ( ) for setting a ratio between the two metering signals before they are summed, and a ratio between one of the input signals and an output signal, and output subcircuits ( ) for providing signals compatible with at least two meter data output devices. The module ( ) also provides for testing of the inputs for short circuits and open circuits and passing the result on to the output.