Patents by Inventor Michael Anthony Murphy

Michael Anthony Murphy 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).

  • Method for preventing theft of energy in electricity meters that are installed inverted
    Patent number: 11927611
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor configured at a first position to sense an orientation of an electricity meter. The electricity meter can be configured at a second position. The electricity meter can be configured at a normal orientation to measure delivered energy sent to one or more locations and received energy received from the one or more locations. The electricity meter can be configured at an inverted orientation to identify and measure the delivered energy sent to the one or more locations and the received energy received from the one or more locations. The sensor is configured to identify when the electricity meter is in the normal orientation, and when the electricity meter is in the inverted orientation. A display is configured within the electricity meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Ranta, Dacon Thomas Chow, Michael Anthony Murphy, William Egolf
  • Socket-jaw protection module for a meter
    Patent number: 11860194
    Abstract: One embodiment is a device, which comprises a meter portion having one or more blades, the blades configured to reside within both a premises-side opening and a utility-side opening within a socket, a supply unit connected to the meter portion, a metering unit connected to the supply unit and configured to measure an amount of electricity that passes through the meter portion, and a sensor connected to the meter portion, wherein when the meter portion is placed in the socket, the sensor collects data associated with the placing of the meter portion in the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Sean M. Scoggins, Vlad Pambucol, Michael Anthony Murphy, Thomas Owen McBride
  • SOCKET-JAW PROTECTION MODULE FOR A METER
    Publication number: 20220365111
    Abstract: One embodiment is a device, which comprises a meter portion having one or more blades, the blades configured to reside within both a premises-side opening and a utility-side opening within a socket, a supply unit connected to the meter portion, a metering unit connected to the supply unit and configured to measure an amount of electricity that passes through the meter portion, and a sensor connected to the meter portion, wherein when the meter portion is placed in the socket, the sensor collects data associated with the placing of the meter portion in the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sean M. Scoggins, Vlad Pambucol, Michael Anthony Murphy, Thomas Owen McBride
  • METHOD FOR PREVENTING THEFT OF ENERGY IN ELECTRICITY METERS THAT ARE INSTALLED INVERTED
    Publication number: 20220349927
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor configured at a first position to sense an orientation of an electricity meter. The electricity meter can be configured at a second position. The electricity meter can be configured at a normal orientation to measure delivered energy sent to one or more locations and received energy received from the one or more locations. The electricity meter can be configured at an inverted orientation to identify and measure the delivered energy sent to the one or more locations and the received energy received from the one or more locations. The sensor is configured to identify when the electricity meter is in the normal orientation, and when the electricity meter is in the inverted orientation. A display is configured within the electricity meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Alan Ranta, Dacon Thomas Chow, Michael Anthony Murphy, William Egolf