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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Christopher Adam Oldham, High Point, NC (US);
Juergen Voss, Borchen, DE;
Joseph Daniel Long, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A fuel dispenser has internal fuel flow piping, a flow meter located along the internal fuel flow piping, and a displacement sensor operatively connected to the flow meter to generate information representative of an amount of fuel passing through the flow meter. The fuel dispenser also has a control system comprising a memory. In embodiments, however, the control system does not comprise a real-time clock. The fuel dispenser also comprises a synchronization module in electronic communication with the control system. The synchronization module comprises at least one antenna configured to receive a carrier wave modulated with synchronization information. Methods for obtaining accurate time information at the fuel dispenser are also disclosed.