Patent ID: 9714858
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G01D,G01F

Claim:
1. A consumption meter for measuring consumption data of a supplied utility and with a conductive feed through for external communication equipment, the consumption meter comprising: a housing with an opening, where the housing forms a closed compartment when the opening of the housing is closed with a cover, a seal provided at the opening of the housing configured to provide a sealed closed compartment when the opening of the housing is closed with the cover, and a communication module provided in the closed compartment, where the conductive feed through comprises at least one conductive path from the communication module via the opening and to an outside part of the consumption meter, which outside part is subject to ambient conditions outside the closed compartment, wherein the at least one conductive path comprises a first and a second section where the first section provides a conductive feed from the communication module, and where the second section is comprised on an inner surface of the housing or an inner surface of the cover, and where the first and second sections form a conductive connection between the first and the second sections when the consumption meter is assembled, and where the seal at the opening of the housing seals against a first surface of the conductive path when the housing is closed with the cover, and wherein the first and second sections of the conductive path are pressed and held towards each other to form a conductive connection between the first and second sections when the consumption meter is assembled.