Patents by Inventor Kevin Hofinger

Kevin Hofinger 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).

  • Configurable utility meter connection interface
    Patent number: 7253605
    Abstract: A configurable buss element for an electricity meter includes a conductive piece of metal formed into a series of contact connectors and a network of elongate conductors extending between and among the series of contact connectors. Each of the plurality of contact connectors is configured to contact a circuit element of an electricity meter. The network of elongate conductors is operable to provide connectivity between the contact connectors and select portions of the conductive piece of metal in one of a plurality of connectivity configurations, each of the connectivity configurations corresponding to an electricity meter configuration, the select one of the plurality of connectivity configurations defined by a predetermined set of discontinuities introduced in the network of elongate conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Burns, Kevin Hofinger, Ronald C. Tate
  • Configurable utility meter connection interface
    Publication number: 20070007944
    Abstract: A configurable buss element for an electricity meter includes a conductive piece of metal formed into a series of contact connectors and a network of elongate conductors extending between and among the series of contact connectors. Each of the plurality of contact connectors is configured to contact a circuit element of an electricity meter. The network of elongate conductors is operable to provide connectivity between the contact connectors and select portions of the conductive piece of metal in one of a plurality of connectivity configurations, each of the connectivity configurations corresponding to an electricity meter configuration, the select one of the plurality of connectivity configurations defined by a predetermined set of discontinuities introduced in the network of elongate conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Gordon Burns, Kevin Hofinger, Ronald Tate