Patents by Inventor TRI Q. NGUYEN

TRI Q. NGUYEN 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: 11454659
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a metering system including a base housing configured to be coupled to a supply of a consumable, and including a plurality of meter slots, wherein each meter slot is configured to couple with a removeable meter module. Further, the metering system includes a removeable cover housing configured to removably couple to the base housing, and a meter module that includes at least one meter core and at least one data transfer functionality or assembly. The meter module can independently meter at least a portion of the consumable consumed by at least one consumer. A metering assembly with a removeable meter module and an associated meter slot can independently meter at least a portion of a consumable consumed by at least one consumer, and metering of the consumable to a consumer from one meter slot is independent of metering of the consumable from another meter slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Earle S. Davis, Quoc Hoang, Alan S. Jones, Duong M. Nguyen, Tri Q. Nguyen, Edmond A. Padrones, Shelley R. Williams, Alex P. Yan
  • Patent number: 11193792
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric meter assembly including a meter support platform or base able to reversibly electrically couple to a transformer providing inputs including an AC power supply, phase voltage, and/or a phase current. Output of the meter support platform or base can be DC power, AC phase voltage signals and/or AC phase current. Further, a removable or portable meter can couple to the meter support platform or base and to an electric meter system including a meter core coupled to a wireless transmitter, an antenna, an integrated power sensor, and data meter front end. The system includes a data manager configured for electric service analysis including energy usage, and/or interval temperature, phase voltage, current and phase angle in real time, electric energy kWh and kVARh values in a user-specified period, wrong meter base installation detection, physical location of the removable or portable meter, and tamper detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ed Padrones, Earle Davis, Young D Nguyen, Shelley Williams, Alex Yan, Quoc Hoang, Lomi Negash, Albert Pham, Jimmy Chong, Tri Q. Nguyen, Kulwinder Sharma, Alan Jones
  • Publication number: 20200232815
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric meter assembly including a meter support platform or base able to reversibly electrically couple to a transformer providing inputs including an AC power supply, phase voltage, and/or a phase current. Output of the meter support platform or base can be DC power, AC phase voltage signals and/or AC phase current. Further, a removable or portable meter can couple to the meter support platform or base and to an electric meter system including a meter core coupled to a wireless transmitter, an antenna, an integrated power sensor, and data meter front end. The system includes a data manager configured for electric service analysis including energy usage, and/or interval temperature, phase voltage, current and phase angle in real time, electric energy kWh and kVARh values in a user-specified period, wrong meter base installation detection, physical location of the removable or portable meter, and tamper detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: ED PADRONES, EARLE DAVIS, YOUNG D NGUYEN, SHELLEY WILLIAMS, ALEX YAN, QUOC HOANG, LOMI NEGASH, ALBERT PHAM, JIMMY CHONG, TRI Q. NGUYEN, KULWINDER SHARMA, ALAN JONES
  • Patent number: 10514273
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric meter assembly including a meter support platform or base able to reversibly electrically couple to a transformer providing inputs including an AC power supply, phase voltage, and/or a phase current. Output of the meter support platform or base can be DC power, AC phase voltage signals and/or AC phase current. Further, a removable or portable meter can couple to the meter support platform or base and to an electric meter system including a meter core coupled to a wireless transmitter, an antenna, an integrated power sensor, and data meter front end. The system includes a data manager configured for electric service analysis including energy usage, and/or interval temperature, phase voltage, current and phase angle in real time, electric energy kWh and kVARh values in a user-specified period, wrong meter base installation detection, physical location of the removable or portable meter, and tamper detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
    Inventors: Ed Padrones, Earle Davis, Young D Nguyen, Shelley Williams, Alex Yan, Quoc Hoang, Lomi Negash, Albert Pham, Jimmy Chong, Tri Q. Nguyen, Kulwinder Sharma, Alan Jones
  • Publication number: 20190219618
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a metering system including a base housing configured to be coupled to a supply of a consumable, and including a plurality of meter slots, wherein each meter slot is configured to couple with a removeable meter module. Further, the metering system includes a removeable cover housing configured to removably couple to the base housing, and a meter module that includes at least one meter core and at least one data transfer functionality or assembly. The meter module can independently meter at least a portion of the consumable consumed by at least one consumer. A metering assembly with a removeable meter module and an associated meter slot can independently meter at least a portion of a consumable consumed by at least one consumer, and metering of the consumable to a consumer from one meter slot is independent of metering of the consumable from another meter slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Earle S. Davis, Quoc Hoang, Alan S. Jones, Duong M. Nguyen, Tri Q. Nguyen, Edmond A. Padrones, Shelley R. Williams, Alex P. Yan
  • Publication number: 20180106640
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric meter assembly including a meter support platform or base able to reversibly electrically couple to a transformer providing inputs including an AC power supply, phase voltage, and/or a phase current. Output of the meter support platform or base can be DC power, AC phase voltage signals and/or AC phase current. Further, a removable or portable meter can couple to the meter support platform or base and to an electric meter system including a meter core coupled to a wireless transmitter, an antenna, an integrated power sensor, and data meter front end. The system includes a data manager configured for electric service analysis including energy usage, and/or interval temperature, phase voltage, current and phase angle in real time, electric energy kWh and kVARh values in a user-specified period, wrong meter base installation detection, physical location of the removable or portable meter, and tamper detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: ED PADRONES, EARLE DAVIS, YOUNG D NGUYEN, SHELLEY WILLIAMS, ALEX YAN, QUOC HOANG, LOMI NEGASH, ALBERT PHAM, JIMMY CHONG, TRI Q. NGUYEN, KULWINDER SHARMA, ALAN JONES