Patent · US Active

Power meter arrangement

US8543344B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

8References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Infineon Technologies Austria AG · AT

Inventors

Sergio Rossi · Taufkirchen, DE
Kurt Marquardt · Holzgerlingen, DE
Sandro Cerato · Schweinhub, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2010
Grant date	Sep 24, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY04S20/30
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electric power meter arrangement, includes a metrology unit configured to be coupled to a power line and to determine power consumption and provide measurement data representing the power consumption. A programmable control unit including a memory is configured to store software configured to run on the control unit. A security unit is configured to store at least one key and to validate that software stored in the memory of the programmable control unit is authorized.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.