ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,259, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Senva Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Contactless power meter" was invented by Scott Leonard (Portland, Ore.), Dalton Paull (Scappoose, Ore.), Kent Holce (Portland, Ore.) and Andre Perra (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power meter includes a housing attached to a conductor, a hall-effect current sensor disposed in the housing and contactlessly sensing a current of a conductor signal transmitted along the conductor, and a voltage sensor disposed in the housing and contactlessly sensing a voltage of the conductor signal."
The patent was filed on July 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/36...