Assignee
ELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC
US·75 granted patents·13 pending applications·4,716 citations·filing 1995–2011
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88 records- 0199US7427927B2In-home display communicates with a fixed network meter reading systemELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 23, 2008·201 cites·21 claims
- 0299US7308370B2Using a fixed network wireless data collection system to improve utility responsiveness to power outagesELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 11, 2007·324 cites·16 claims
- 0398US7656649B2Mechanical packaging apparatus and methods for an electrical energy meterELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 2, 2010·80 cites·30 claims
- 0498US7504821B2Auxiliary power supply for supplying power to additional functions within a meterELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 17, 2009·62 cites·21 claims
- 0598US7274187B2Electrical-energy meterELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 25, 2007·76 cites·37 claims
- 0697US7545285B2Load control unit in communication with a fixed network meter reading systemELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 9, 2009·58 cites·19 claims
- 0797US7495578B2Multipurpose interface for an automated meter reading deviceELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 24, 2009·90 cites·20 claims
- 0897US7417420B2Switch to bypass optical diode for reducing power consumption of electrical metersELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 26, 2008·41 cites·15 claims
- 0997US7339805B2Power supply having voltage blocking clampELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 4, 2008·29 cites·14 claims
- 1097US7239125B2Method and apparatus for electronic meter testingELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 3, 2007·29 cites·6 claims
- 1196US7746054B2System and method for detecting the presence of an unsafe line condition in a disconnected power meterELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 29, 2010·36 cites·25 claims
- 1296US6650249B2Wireless area network communications module for utility metersELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 18, 2003·212 cites·7 claims
- 1395US7301476B2Dynamic self-configuring metering networkELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 27, 2007·58 cites·16 claims
- 1495US7119713B2Dynamic self-configuring metering networkELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·76 cites·25 claims
- 1595US6816538B2Frequency hopping spread spectrum decoderELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 9, 2004·96 cites·16 claims
- 1694US7756651B2Fractional sampling of electrical energyELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 13, 2010·31 cites·43 claims
- 1794US7505453B2Network-enabled, extensible metering systemELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 17, 2009·52 cites·11 claims
- 1894US7312721B2Data collector for an automated meter reading systemELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 25, 2007·80 cites·16 claims
- 1994US7262709B2System and method for efficient configuration in a fixed network automated meter reading systemELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 28, 2007·64 cites·28 claims
- 2094US7145474B2Dynamic self-configuring metering networkELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 5, 2006·54 cites·16 claims
- 2194US7126494B2Remote access to electronic meters using a TCP/IP protocol suiteELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 24, 2006·111 cites·18 claims
- 2294US7046682B2Network-enabled, extensible metering systemELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted May 16, 2006·136 cites·21 claims
- 2394US6900737B1Remote access to electronic meters using the short message serviceELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 1998·Granted May 31, 2005·181 cites·20 claims
- 2494US6888876B1Frequency hopping spread spectrum communications systemELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted May 3, 2005·88 cites·20 claims
- 2594US6867707B1Automated on-site meter registration confirmation using a portable, wireless computing deviceELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 15, 2005·196 cites·60 claims
- 2694US6778099B1Wireless area network communications module for utility metersELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 17, 2004·256 cites·11 claims
- 2794US6747981B2Remote access to electronic meters using a TCP/IP protocol suiteELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 8, 2004·131 cites·42 claims
- 2893US6684245B1Automatic meter reading system employing common broadcast command channelELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 27, 2004·151 cites·6 claims
- 2992US7583203B2Programming electronic meter settings using a bandwidth limited communications channelELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 1, 2009·27 cites·13 claims
- 3092US7486056B2Input current or voltage limited power supplyELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 3, 2009·36 cites·23 claims
- 3192US7365687B2Antenna with disk radiator used in automatic meter reading (AMR) deviceELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 29, 2008·36 cites·17 claims
- 3292US7308369B2Ensuring automatic season change demand resets in a mesh type network of telemetry devicesELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 11, 2007·33 cites·11 claims
- 3392US7239250B2System and method for improved transmission of meter dataELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 3, 2007·52 cites·51 claims
- 3492US7180282B2Apparatus for metering at least one type of electrical power over a predetermined range of service voltagesELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 20, 2007·31 cites·13 claims
- 3592US6838867B2Electrical-energy meterELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 4, 2005·47 cites·35 claims
- 3691US7860672B2Method and apparatus for monitoring voltage in a meter networkELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 28, 2010·27 cites·24 claims
- 3791US7533703B2Determining fuel usageELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted May 19, 2009·19 cites·29 claims
- 3891US7236908B2Fuzzy time-of-use metering and consumption monitoring using load profile data from relative time transmit-only devicesELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 26, 2007·47 cites·20 claims
- 3991US7170425B2System and method for creating multiple operating territories within a meter reading systemELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 30, 2007·72 cites·20 claims
- 4091US6954061B2Method and apparatus for electronic meter testingELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 11, 2005·31 cites·10 claims
- 4191US6940268B2Apparatus for metering at least one type of electrical power over a predetermined range of service voltagesELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 6, 2005·28 cites·15 claims
- 4290US7772829B2Power meter and method for measuring power consumptionELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 10, 2010·18 cites·21 claims
- 4390US6989667B2Electrical-energy meterELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 24, 2006·36 cites·7 claims
- 4490US6773652B2Process for the manufacture of a cover system for an electrical-energy meterELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 10, 2004·43 cites·15 claims
- 4589US7747534B2Utility power meter, metering system and methodELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 29, 2010·53 cites·10 claims
- 4689US7327998B2System and method of providing a geographic view of nodes in a wireless networkELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 5, 2008·99 cites·44 claims
- 4789US6940711B2Advanced instrument packaging for electronic energy meterELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 6, 2005·38 cites·4 claims
- 4889US6700902B1Method and system for improving wireless data packet deliveryELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 2, 2004·246 cites·38 claims
- 4989US6618684B1System and method for digitally compensating frequency and temperature induced errors in amplitude and phase shift in current sensing of electronic energy metersELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 9, 2003·69 cites·36 claims
- 5088US7696941B2Printed circuit notch antennaELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 13, 2010·25 cites·34 claims
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