Patent ID: 8223476

Claim:
A field rephaseable modular metering device including a meter section comprising: at least three vertical distribution buses comprising two side buses and a center bus each disposed equidistant from each other, the center bus having a vertical center line; at least one meter socket including a first line terminal and a second line terminal; and at least two line straps, each having a first end including an attached stud member configured for connecting with one of the first or second line terminals, and a second elongate end configured to be selectively connectable to one of the side buses associated with its line terminal or the center bus, wherein the second end is a landing pad, wherein when each line strap is positioned to connect one of the line terminals with one of the distribution buses, a longitudinal axis of each line strap is parallel with a length of at least the landing pad, where the length of the landing pad is measured from a landing pad end to a link strap, where the longitudinal axis of each line strap is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of each distribution bus, and wherein the line straps are substantially identical in configuration such that only one line strap can be connected to a line terminal at a time.