US Patent Issued to Aclara Technologies on July 15 for "Wireless synchronized measurements in power distribution networks" (Missouri, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,145, issued on July 15, was assigned to Aclara Technologies LLC (St. Louis).

"Wireless synchronized measurements in power distribution networks" was invented by David Rieken (O'Fallon, Mo.) and Roger Smith (Gibsonia, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining a phase of a power supply coupled to a metering device. The system includes a collection device in electronic communication with a metering device connected to a power distribution network and having a memory and one or more electronic processors. The electronic processors are configured to receive a first beacon signal and measure a phasor in response to receiv...