Patents by Inventor ADAM D. MERANDA

ADAM D. MERANDA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11726117
    Abstract: A high frequency data recorder (“HFDR”) can include a first set of contacts, on a first side of the HFDR, that are pluggable into a first meter receptacle of a meter box, wherein the first meter receptacle provides a connection to a power supply and a connection to a load. The HFDR also includes a second set of contacts, on a second side of the HFDR, that form a second meter receptacle. The second meter receptacle provides another connection to the power supply and another connection to the load. The HFDR can further include a processor that accesses a non-transitory machine readable memory that stores instruction that when executed cause the processor to passively measures current downstream from the meter box. The HFDR still further includes a wireless transceiver that wirelessly transmits data characterizing the measured current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam D. Meranda, Bryan Kitchener, Christopher Collins
  • Patent number: 11719729
    Abstract: A system for monitoring power flow at a premises can include a smart meter that measures coarse power flow data for the premises. The coarse power flow data characterizes power consumption and/or power generation. The system can also include a power data recorder having a first transceiver that communicates with the smart meter via a first protocol. The power data recorder can have a second transceiver that communicates with a node on a data mesh network via a second protocol. The smart meter transmits the coarse power flow data to a node on a meter mesh network in response to polling for the coarse power flow data, and the smart meter transmits the coarse power flow data to the power data recorder via the first protocol in response to detecting a fault condition or after a time interval has expired. The power data recorder encapsulates the coarse power flow data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher S Collins, Michael T Rothenberg, Adam D Meranda, Bryan M Kitchener
  • Publication number: 20220120794
    Abstract: A system for monitoring power flow at a premises can include a smart meter that measures coarse power flow data for the premises. The coarse power flow data characterizes power consumption and/or power generation. The system can also include a power data recorder having a first transceiver that communicates with the smart meter via a first protocol. The power data recorder can have a second transceiver that communicates with a node on a data mesh network via a second protocol. The smart meter transmits the coarse power flow data to a node on a meter mesh network in response to polling for the coarse power flow data, and the smart meter transmits the coarse power flow data to the power data recorder via the first protocol in response to detecting a fault condition or after a time interval has expired. The power data recorder encapsulates the coarse power flow data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher S Collins, Michael T Rothenberg, Adam D Meranda, Bryan M Kitchener
  • Publication number: 20210341519
    Abstract: A high frequency data recorder (“HFDR”) can include a first set of contacts, on a first side of the HFDR, that are pluggable into a first meter receptacle of a meter box, wherein the first meter receptacle provides a connection to a power supply and a connection to a load. The HFDR also includes a second set of contacts, on a second side of the HFDR, that form a second meter receptacle. The second meter receptacle provides another connection to the power supply and another connection to the load. The HFDR can further include a processor that accesses a non-transitory machine readable memory that stores instruction that when executed cause the processor to passively measures current downstream from the meter box. The HFDR still further includes a wireless transceiver that wirelessly transmits data characterizing the measured current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Adam D. Meranda, Bryan Kitchener, Christopher Collins
  • Patent number: 11107045
    Abstract: A service ticket control can close an open service ticket for a field service visit to resolve a power outage experienced at a given customer premises. The open service ticket can be closed in response to usage data from a given smart meter at the customer premises indicating that the customer premises is consuming power above a predetermined threshold level. The service ticket control closes the open service ticket prior to a service crew assigned the service ticket arriving at the given customer premises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam D. Meranda, Daniel J. Barbosa, Lakshmi R. Penmetsa
  • Publication number: 20180267494
    Abstract: A service ticket control can close an open service ticket for a field service visit to resolve a power outage experienced at a given customer premises. The open service ticket can be closed in response to usage data from a given smart meter at the customer premises indicating that the customer premises is consuming power above a predetermined threshold level. The service ticket control closes the open service ticket prior to a service crew assigned the service ticket arriving at the given customer premises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
    Inventors: ADAM D. MERANDA, DANIEL J. BARBOSA, LAKSHMI R. PENMETSA