Patents Assigned to Vutility, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12621589
    Abstract: An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to attach the electricity usage monitor to an electrical circuit to monitor electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an analog-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert analog current readings captured by the electricity usage monitor into digital values, a processor operably coupled to the ADC, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor and comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may include determining a standard deviation of the digital values, based on the standard deviation, adjusting a gain of the ADC, and transmitting a signal to a server comprising the digital values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
  • Publication number: 20250301244
    Abstract: An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to couple the electricity usage monitor to monitor an electrical circuit, a meter to measure electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an encoder to receive, from the meter, an electricity usage measurement to generate a measurement transmission based on the electricity usage measurement, and a communication interface configured to receive the measurement transmission from the encoder and to transmit the measurement transmission into a communication network for communication to a destination on the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
  • Publication number: 20250290956
    Abstract: Electrical current and/or voltage monitoring powered by induction and/or conductive spike, and related devices, apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. An electricity monitoring device can include a measuring conductor electrically coupled to a monitored energy source to detect/read voltage of the monitored energy source. The electricity monitoring device can include an electrical component in which a fluctuating magnetic field is induced from a fluctuating flow of electrical current in the monitored energy source, the fluctuating magnetic field to produce an electromotive force to provide electrical energy. The electricity monitoring device can include a controller that can further include processing circuitry to be powered by the provided electrical energy, the controller coupled to the measuring conductor to determine a present run-time electrical voltage of the monitored energy source based on a reading of the measuring conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Applicant: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventor: Micheal M. Austin
  • Publication number: 20250247450
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for electronically transmitting adaptively collapsible data across a network, whereby a baseline hierarchy of relationships based on precedence is generated for a set of data fields for data generated at an electrical system, and selecting one or more data fields for inclusion in a transmission package based on the hierarchy of relationships and a configurable condition, the configurable condition serving to potentially collapse (or deprecate) a data field, setting a status subfield to indicate inclusion or exclusion of the data field in a payload region of the transmission package and, when a particular data field is to be omitted, including only the status subfield for that data field and omitting the data corresponding to the data field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
  • Patent number: 12352785
    Abstract: Electrical current and/or voltage monitoring powered by induction and/or conductive spike, and related devices, apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. An electricity monitoring device can include a measuring conductor electrically coupled to a monitored energy source to detect/read voltage of the monitored energy source. The electricity monitoring device can include an electrical component in which a fluctuating magnetic field is induced from a fluctuating flow of electrical current in the monitored energy source, the fluctuating magnetic field to produce an electromotive force to provide electrical energy. The electricity monitoring device can include a controller that can further include processing circuitry to be powered by the provided electrical energy, the controller coupled to the measuring conductor to determine a present run-time electrical voltage of the monitored energy source based on a reading of the measuring conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventor: Micheal M. Austin
  • Patent number: 12342111
    Abstract: An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to couple the electricity usage monitor to monitor an electrical circuit, a meter to measure electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an encoder to receive, from the meter, an electricity usage measurement to generate a measurement transmission based on the electricity usage measurement, and a communication interface configured to receive the measurement transmission from the encoder and to transmit the measurement transmission into a communication network for communication to a destination on the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
  • Publication number: 20250060445
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and techniques for self-correcting current measuring are disclosed. Advanced material inductive measuring devices can obtain a reading of a monitored current in a monitored source. The advanced material allows the measuring device to operate at low temperatures disproportionate to saturation levels. Readings by the measuring device that are beyond a top-end limit of the measuring system or otherwise outside of a desired band can be transformed or transposed by employing a transformation to correct the reading to be within an acceptable ratio error band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventor: Micheal M. Austin
  • Patent number: 12231498
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for electronically transmitting adaptively collapsible data across a network, whereby a baseline hierarchy of relationships based on precedence is generated for a set of data fields for data generated at an electrical system, and selecting one or more data fields for inclusion in a transmission package based on the hierarchy of relationships and a configurable condition, the configurable condition serving to potentially collapse (or deprecate) a data field, setting a status subfield to indicate inclusion or exclusion of the data field in a payload region of the transmission package and, when a particular data field is to be omitted, including only the status subfield for that data field and omitting the data corresponding to the data field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
  • Publication number: 20240414457
    Abstract: An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to attach the electricity usage monitor to an electrical circuit to monitor electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an analog-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert analog current readings captured by the electricity usage monitor into digital values, a processor operably coupled to the ADC, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor and comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may include determining a standard deviation of the digital values, based on the standard deviation, adjusting a gain of the ADC, and transmitting a signal to a server comprising the digital values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
  • Patent number: 12164015
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and techniques for self-correcting current measuring are disclosed. Advanced material inductive measuring devices can obtain a reading of a monitored current in a monitored source. The advanced material allows the measuring device to operate at low temperatures disproportionate to saturation levels. Readings by the measuring device that are beyond a top-end limit of the measuring system or otherwise outside of a desired band can be transformed or transposed by employing a transformation to correct the reading to be within an acceptable ratio error band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventor: Micheal Austin
  • Patent number: 12035086
    Abstract: An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to attach the electricity usage monitor to an electrical circuit to monitor electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an analog-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert analog current readings captured by the electricity usage monitor into digital values, a processor operably coupled to the ADC, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor and comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may include determining a standard deviation of the digital values, based on the standard deviation, adjusting a gain of the ADC, and transmitting a signal to a server comprising the digital values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
  • Patent number: 11991490
    Abstract: An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to couple the electricity usage monitor to monitor an electrical circuit, a meter to measure electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an encoder to receive, from the meter, an electricity usage measurement to generate a measurement transmission based on the electricity usage measurement, and a communication interface configured to receive the measurement transmission from the encoder and to transmit the measurement transmission into a communication network for communication to a destination on the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventors: Micheal M. Austin, Kody Shook Brown
  • Patent number: 11874361
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and techniques for self-correcting current measuring are disclosed. Advanced material inductive measuring devices can obtain a reading of a monitored current in a monitored source. The advanced material allows the measuring device to operate at low temperatures disproportionate to saturation levels. Readings by the measuring device that are beyond a top-end limit of the measuring system or otherwise outside of a desired band can be transformed or transposed by employing a transformation to correct the reading to be within an acceptable ratio error band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventor: Micheal M. Austin
  • Patent number: 11661776
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hinge, such as for housings for devices, such as a split-core current transformer. The housings can include hinges and housing parts to be rotatably coupled together at such hinges that can be injection molded. A hinge of a housing can include a first knuckle and a second knuckle, which can be integrally formed with or coupled to a first housing part and each are configured to receive an end of a hinge pin. One of the knuckles includes a knuckle slot to provide radial access for a cut-away portion of a hinge pin to pass through. At assembly of the first housing part to a second housing part, a first hinge pin end is to be disposed within an opening of the first knuckle and a second hinge pin end is to be disposed within the second knuckle after passage of the key portion through the knuckle slot of the second knuckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Vutility, Inc.
    Inventor: Micheal M. Austin