Patent ID: 6983211
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: G01R,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical meter for sensing electrical parameters from an electric circuit, the meter including bayonets disposed on the meter, the bayonets mateable with matching jaws of a detachable meter mounting device, the bayonets being used to receive voltage and current signals from the electric circuit to the meter, and one or more sensors coupled with the electric circuit and operative to sense one or more the electrical parameters in the electric circuit and generate one or more analog signals indicative of the electrical parameters, the meter comprising: a circuit board with a plurality of openings each adapted to receive the bayonet; a plurality of electrically conducting bayonets mounted on the circuit board through the openings to provide at least one of a first voltage bayonet and a first current bayonet, wherein a gap is provided between the openings and the bayonets; solder passing through the gap and extending to both sides of the circuit board; and a sensor coupled with the electric circuit and operative to sense at least one electrical parameter from the electric circuit and generate an analog signal indicative of the electrical parameters.