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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:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jakob Widmer, Zug, CH;
George Kostell, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Metering AG, Zurich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Z 2/133 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Z 2/133 ;
Abstract
In order in a digital electricity meter ( ) to permit flexibility in terms of user wishes, it is provided that, in addition to its basic meter ( ) containing the basic metering functions, the electricity meter ( ) includes an additional computing module ( ) with which user-specific computations or functions can be implemented. In that way a virtual meter is formed within the electricity meter ( ). Preferably the additional computing module ( ) is accessible by way of an access module ( ) and is freely programmable by the user without the calibrated function of the basic meter being violated.