Expandable combination electric meter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11250523-B2
Application number	US-201916566601-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2019
Priority date	Jul 26, 2019
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

An expandable combination electric meter comprises a first electric meter and a second electric meter. The first electric meter includes a processing unit, a first electricity measuring unit, a power supply unit and an expansion connecting unit. The processing unit is coupled with the first electricity measuring unit, the power supply unit and the expansion connecting unit. The power supply unit outputs a working power to the processing unit, the first electricity measuring unit, and the expansion connecting unit. The second electric meter is connected with the first electric meter through the expansion connecting unit. The working power is transmitted to the second electric meter through the expansion connecting unit for enabling the second electric meter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An expandable combination electric meter, comprising:
a first electric meter comprising a processing unit, a first electricity measuring unit, a power supply unit and an expansion connecting unit, wherein the processing unit is coupled with the first electricity measuring unit, the power supply unit and the expansion connecting unit, and the power supply unit outputs a working power to the processing unit, the first electricity measuring unit, and the expansion connecting unit; and
a second electric meter connected with the first electric meter through the expansion connecting unit;
wherein the working power is transmitted to the second electric meter through the expansion connecting unit for enabling the second electric meter,
wherein the first electricity measuring unit comprises a first voltage conversion subunit and a first current conversion subunit, the first voltage conversion subunit converts an external input voltage to a first voltage signal, and the first current conversion subunit converts a first external input current to a first current signal,
wherein the first electricity measuring unit further comprises a first electricity calculation subunit, the first electricity calculation subunit is coupled with the first voltage conversion subunit and the first current conversion subunit, and the first electricity calculation subunit generates a first electricity consumption data according to the first voltage signal and the first current signal,
wherein the second electric meter comprises a second electricity measuring unit, an upstream expansion connecting unit, and a downstream expansion connecting unit, and the second electricity measuring unit is coupled with the upstream expansion connecting unit and the downstream expansion connecting unit;
wherein the upstream expansion connecting unit is disposed corresponding to the expansion connecting unit, and when the upstream expansion connecting unit is connected with the expansion connecting unit, the working power and the external input voltage are transmitted to the second electricity measuring unit through the expansion connecting unit and the upstream expansion connecting unit.

2. The expandable combination electric meter of claim 1 , wherein the second electricity measuring unit comprises a second voltage conversion subunit and a second current conversion subunit, the second voltage conversion subunit converts the external input voltage to a second voltage signal, and the second current conversion subunit converts a second external input current to a second current signal.

3. The expandable combination electric meter of claim 2 , wherein the second electricity measuring unit further comprises a second electricity calculation subunit, the second electricity calculation subunit is coupled with the second voltage conversion subunit and the second current conversion subunit, and the second electricity calculation subunit generates a second electricity consumption data according to the second voltage signal and the second current signal.

4. The expandable combination electric meter of claim 3 , wherein when the expansion connecting unit is connected with the upstream expansion connecting unit, the processing unit obtains the second electricity consumption data through the expansion connecting unit and the upstream expansion connecting unit.

5. The expandable combination electric meter of claim 4 , wherein the first electric meter further comprises a communication unit coupled with the processing unit, and a data collecting device retrieves the first electricity consumption data and the second electricity consumption data in batch through the communication unit and the processing unit.

6. The expandable combination electric meter of claim 1 , wherein the second electric meter further comprises a serial number setting unit, the serial number setting unit comprises a serial number, and when the expansion connecting unit is connected with the upstream expansion connecting unit, the processing unit retrieves the serial number through the expansion connecting unit and the upstream expansion connecting unit for identifying the second electric meter.

7. The expandable combination electric meter of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third electric meter, wherein the second electric meter is connected with the third electric meter through the downstream expansion connecting unit, and a serial number of the second electric meter is different from a serial number of the third electric meter.

Assignees

• Chicony Power Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tseng Wen-Ning

Classifications

• G06Q50/06 Primary

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• G01R11/00

  Electromechanical arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current, e.g. of consumption (monitoring electric consumption of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00) · CPC title

• G01D4/002

  Remote reading of utility meters · CPC title

• G01R22/065

  related to mechanical aspects · CPC title

• G01R22/00 Primary

  Arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current, e.g. electricity meters · CPC title