ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,667, issued on May 19, was assigned to SENSUS SPECTRUM LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Electricity meter" was invented by Andrew Witty (Caerphilly, Great Britain), Joseph Adam (Cambridge, Great Britain), Michael Cantor (Cambridge, Great Britain), James Hawkesford (Easton, Great Britain) and Vincenzo Piazza (Exning, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC electrical meter (62) includes or is connected to a current sensor (1). The current sensor includes a busbar connector (2) including a first part (3) connected to a third part (4) via a second part (5). The second part (5) includes a main body (6) integrally formed with first (7a)...