ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,062, issued on July 14, was assigned to Accuenergy (Canada) Inc. (Canada).

"Power meter with individual channel configuration" was invented by Shaohang Cui (Toronto), Yufan Wang (Toronto), Ketao Li (Toronto) and Liang Wang (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to a power meter designed for monitoring and measuring the electrical parameters of power as it is distributed from an electrical distribution system to various loads. The power meter includes one or more sensors for detecting electrical parameters, such as current and voltage, and at least one analog-to-digital converter that transforms the ana...