ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,809, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Energy meters and energy monitoring systems and methods" was invented by Shreyas B. Kulkarni (Atlanta) and Deepak M. Divan (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides an energy meter comprising a current sensor and an interchangeable voltage sensor. The current sensor can be configured to measure an electrical current flowing through a conductor. The interchangeable voltage sensor detachably can be connected to the current sensor and configured to measure an electrical voltage carried by the conductor...