Patents by Inventor Terry L. Van Olst

Terry L. Van Olst 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).

  • Inductive communications port for an automatic meter reading communication device
    Patent number: 7221286
    Abstract: A system for providing the ability to obtain consumption data from a communication device used to transmit accumulated data from the meter register. The system includes a programming port formed as part of the communication device. The programming port includes the programming coil that allows the accumulation data received from the meter register to be read by an interrogation device. Further, the programming coil allows programming information to be transferred to the communication device from the interrogation device. The system can also include a reading module coupled to the programming port of the communication device through an inductive coupling. The reading module can extend through a pit lid such that the reading module can be accessed without removing the pit lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: M&FC Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Gould, Rex A. Johnson, Terry L. Van Olst