Garry Melvin Loy
Electrician at Harvest Ct, Raleigh, NC

6476595, Nov 5, 2002

Jan 26, 2000

09/490992

Peter W. Heuell - Raleigh NC
Garry M. Loy - Raleigh NC
Russell C. Broome - Garner NC
Lars Anders Lindqvist - Nykoping, SE

ABB Automation Inc. - Wickliffe OH

G01R 1132

324142

An electronic energy meter and its package is described in which the meter package has a reduced number of parts, and the main circuit board assembly has the metering electronics on board, thereby eliminating the need for flying leads and point-to-point wiring within the package. The energy meter includes a first enclosure portion, a circuit board assembly for performing metering functions, a partial terminal block, and a second enclosure portion. The first and second enclosure portions are mateable with each other to form a meter package, in which the circuit board assembly and partial terminal block are at least partially contained within the meter package.

7656649, Feb 2, 2010

Dec 23, 2008

12/342199

Garry M. Loy - Raleigh NC, US
Rodney C. Hemminger - Raleigh NC, US
Robert Fuller - West Bend WI, US

Elster Electricity, LLC - Raleigh NC

G01R 1/04, H02B 1/00

361659, 361661, 361664, 361667, 324142

An electric meter comprises an electronics housing and a meter base. The electronics housing defines a front panel and includes a first plurality of option board guides. A main meter board is disposed substantially parallel to the front panel. The meter base defines a rear panel of the electric meter. The meter base includes a plurality of housing guides for receiving the electronics housing and a second plurality of option board guides disposed substantially perpendicularly to the rear panel. The second plurality of option board guides are adapted to receive an option board and to position the option board substantially perpendicularly to the main meter board of the electronics housing during assembly of the electronics housing to the meter base. The housing guides in combination with the first and second pluralities of option board guides enable blind assembly of the electronics housing to the meter base.

8564280, Oct 22, 2013

Jan 31, 2011

13/017619

Garry M. Loy - Raleigh NC, US

Elster Solutions, LLC - Raleigh NC

G01R 1/20, G01R 11/32, G01R 1/38, H02B 1/00

324150, 324142, 324115, 324146, 361668, 361659

An electricity meter comprises a single current sensor with a toroidal coil that has an inner bore extending substantially through the sensor. The meter also has two current conductors that form one of a pair of line-side blades of the meter. The electricity meter also has a disconnect switch with a pair of moveable contacts and a pair of fixed contacts. One of the pairs contacts is electrically connected to the current conductors. The other pair forms a respective load-side blade of the meter. One current conductor passes through the inner bore of the current sensor in a first direction relative to its line-side blade and the other current conductor passes through the inner bore of the current sensor in a substantially opposite direction relative to its line-side blade so that current passing through the conductors passes through the inner bore of the current sensor in a same direction.

5116169, May 26, 1992

Mar 1, 1991

7/663408

Garry M. Loy - Raleigh NC

ABB Power T&D Company, Inc. - Blue Bell PA

B23B 3922

408 39

An apparatus and method are provided for drilling thin-walled glass articles. The apparatus is comprised of a drilling machine having upper and lower triangulated arm assemblies to which opposing drills are attached. The arm assemblies pivot about a common shaft. The shaft is supported by a support assembly attached to a sliding table. First and second actuators mounted on the support assembly urge the arm assemblies to pivot about the shaft, thereby controlling the feed rate and stroke of the drills. In a second embodiment adapted to drill deep glass articles, the lower arm assembly has an intermediate frame which pivots about an upper shaft along with the upper arm assembly. The lower arm assembly also has a lower arm which pivots about a lower shaft under the urging of a third actuator, allowing the drill spindle attached to the lower arm to enter and withdraw from the deep article without scratching the sides of the article.

2004023, Nov 25, 2004

Jun 21, 2004

10/872939

Garry Loy - Raleigh NC, US
Lars Lindqvist - Apex NC, US

B29B013/00

264/271100

A preferred process comprises providing a pre-formed, substantially transparent window for a cover of an electrical-energy meter, and molding the cover from a molten resin that, when solidified, is substantially opaque. Molding the cover from a molten resin comprises causing a portion of the molten resin to contact a periphery of the window and allowing the portion of the molten resin to cool and thereby solidify so that the portion of the molten resin, upon solidifying, is molded over the periphery of the window and thereby seals and secures the window to the cover.

6940711, Sep 6, 2005

Aug 28, 2002

10/229778

Peter W. Heuell - Raleigh NC, US
Garry M. Loy - Raleigh NC, US
Russell C. Broome - Garner NC, US
Lars Anders Lindqvist - Nykoping, SE

Elster Electricity, LLC - Raleigh NC

H02B001/00

361668, 361720, 361748, 361736, 200284

An electronic energy meter and its package is described in which the meter package has a reduced number of parts, and the main circuit board assembly has the metering electronics on board, thereby eliminating the need for flying leads and point-to-point wiring within the package. The energy meter includes a first enclosure portion, a circuit board assembly for performing metering functions, a partial terminal block, and a second enclosure portion. The first and second enclosure portions are mateable with each other to form a meter package, in which the circuit board assembly and partial terminal block are at least partially contained within the meter package.

6982390, Jan 3, 2006

Dec 1, 2003

10/724681

Peter W. Heuell - Raleigh NC, US
Garry M. Loy - Raleigh NC, US
Russell C. Broome - Garner NC, US
Lars Anders Lindqvist - Nykoping, SE

Elster Electricity, LLC - Raleigh NC

H01H 21/78

200 11R, 200 11 TC, 200336

An actuator switch for use in an electronic energy meter has a reduced number of parts, and can be used to actuate multiple concealed switches. An actuator switch includes an inner actuator portion having ribs separated by at least one gap, and an outer housing with a locking-tab, where the locking-tab corresponds to at least one gap for interlocking.

5966010, Oct 12, 1999

Feb 9, 1998

9/020797

Garry Melvin Loy - Raleigh NC
Rodney C. Hemminger - Raleigh NC
Russell C. Broome - Garner NC
Mark L. Munday - Raleigh NC

ABB Power T&D Company Inc. - Raleigh NC

G01R 1132, H02B 100

324142

An electrical energy meter is provided with snap fit interlocking parts that eliminate the need for screws or fasteners. The current sensor, located within the meter, has a plurality of current conductors and a notched blade attached to each current conductor that functions as an interlocking component to the meter base without the need for additional fasteners. A circuit board used by the meter is attached to a plurality of integral posts projecting from the base and the periphery of the circuit board has a pair of spaced notches for connection to the ends of a radial communications antenna without the requirement for additional hardware.

7365687, Apr 29, 2008

Apr 21, 2006

11/408565

Andrew J. Borleske - Garner NC, US
Mark R. Wolski - Cedarburg WI, US
Charles Cunningham, Jr. - Raleigh NC, US
Garry M. Loy - Raleigh NC, US

Elster Electricity, LLC - Raleigh NC

H01Q 1/38, H01Q 1/04

343700MS, 343719

An antenna for use in an automatic meter reading (AMR) module comprises a pin and a radiator. The radiator may be a disk radiator for example, that comprises an opening which may receive the pin. Desirably, the pin is affixed to the radiator at one end, and is disposed on a ground plane at the other end. The antenna may be a top loaded short monopole antenna, for example. Additionally, the antenna may be used in a module for a water meter. The pin and disk radiator may be stamped from a single sheet of material.

7821776, Oct 26, 2010

Mar 25, 2009

12/410858

Garry M. Loy - Raleigh NC, US
Rodney C. Hemminger - Raleigh NC, US

Elster Electricity, LLC - Raleigh NC

G01R 11/32

361667, 361664, 361666, 174 66, 174 67, 324107, 324115, 324141, 324156

An electrical meter is provided that includes a cover configured for securement onto a base. The meter includes features that resist meter tampering, and features that provide evidence of meter tampering.