US 11,860,194 B2
Socket-jaw protection module for a meter
Sean M. Scoggins, Rolesville, NC (US); Vlad Pambucol, Raleigh, NC (US); Michael Anthony Murphy, Raleigh, NC (US); and Thomas Owen McBride, Four Oaks, NC (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/512,910.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,966, filed on May 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365111 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G01R 11/04 (2006.01); G01R 22/06 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 11/04 (2013.01) [G01R 22/065 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a meter portion having one or more blades, the blades configured to reside within both a premises-side opening and a utility-side opening within a socket;
a supply unit connected to the meter portion;
a metering unit connected to the supply unit and configured to measure an amount of electricity that passes through the meter portion;
a sensor connected to the meter portion, wherein when the meter portion is placed in the socket, the sensor collects data associated with the placing of the meter portion in the socket,
wherein when the meter portion is placed in the socket, the sensor collects data associated with a first row of blades before it collects data associated with a second row of blades of the one or more blades.