US 12,106,685 B2
Anti-tamper device, enclosure for a utility meter and same
Nikhil Tanwani, Delhi (IN); Bahadur Singh Rathore, Noida (IN); and Panagiotis Syfalakis, Peterborough (GB)
Assigned to Landis+Gyr AG, Cham (CH)
Appl. No. 17/625,274
Filed by Landis+Gyr AG, Cham (CH)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069316
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/005136, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19386032 (EP), filed on Jul. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0262277 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. G09F 3/03 (2006.01); G01R 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 11/24 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 3/0311 (2013.01) [G01R 1/04 (2013.01); G01R 11/24 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anti-tamper device for a utility meter, in particular for an enclosure thereof, providing a guideway for a sealing element, wherein in a sealed state of the utility meter, at least a section of the sealing element extends along the guideway, wherein the guideway is provided with a predetermined breaking zone configured to break when the sealing element exerts a predefined breaking force onto the anti-tamper device, wherein the anti-tamper device is configured to be attached to the utility meter in a securing position of the anti-tamper device and wherein a predefined retention force with which the anti-tamper device withstands removal from the securing position is greater than the predefined breaking force.