Patent ID: 9438312
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G01D,H04B,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A system for determining, in an electrical distribution grid, which of one or more candidate service transformers is supplying power to at least one load, as represented by a meter socket or an electrical outlet, the system comprising: a. at least one on-grid transmitter configured to inject at least one detection signal when powered by the meter socket or the electrical outlet of the at least one load; b. at least one receiver configured to detect resonant mechanical vibrations or sound caused by the at least one detection signal in a candidate service transformer supplying power to the specific transmitter which is the source of the at least one detection signal; and c. a recording mechanism configured to record a pairing of the at least one load with a candidate service transformer of the one or more candidate service transformers.