Inventor

David N. Makinson

Inventor

Seneca, SC, US

Overview

18→

Patents

1987–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 18 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G01Rprimary

G01RMeasuring electric variables45%

Y04SSystems integrating technologies related to power network operation, communication or information technologies for improving the electrical power generation, transmission, distribution, management or usage, i.e. smart grids13%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus10%

G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable6%

H01HElectric switches6%

H05KPrinted circuits6%

Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications6%

G01KMeasuring temperature3%

H01RElectrically-conductive connections3%

PatentTitleYear

10,788,515Multi-piece current shunt with conductive channel for uniform current flow2020 10,401,392Shunt thermocouple2019 9,910,071'Electricity meter having multiple hall devices'2018 9,885,743'Electric meter base level printed circuit board'2018 9,250,270'Electricity meter having multiple hall devices'2016 8,395,464'Actuator/wedge improvements to embedded meter switch'2013 8,212,687'Load side voltage sensing for AMI metrology'2012 8,049,642'Load side voltage sensing for AMI metrology'2011 8,040,664'Meter with integrated high current switch'2011 7,847,537'Electricity meter with resilient connectors'2010 7,701,199'Modular meter configuration and methodology'2010 7,540,766'Printed circuit board connector for utility meters'2009 6,885,185'Modular meter configuration and methodology'2005 5,694,103'Laminated figure 8 power meter core'1997 D0294565'Voltage transformer'1988 D0293431'Current transformer'1987 D0289033'Voltage transformer'1987 D0288314'Current transformer'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987–1988Patents assigned to SANGAMO WESTON (4)· patent assignee history

1987–1988Based in Franklin, NC, US· patent location history

1997–2020Based in Seneca, SC, US· patent location history

2005Patents assigned to ITRON ELECTRICITY METERING INC (1)· patent assignee history

2009–2020Patents assigned to ITRON INC (12)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to MAKINSON DAVID N (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to LANCASTER ANDREW (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
ITRON INC	12	2009–2020
SANGAMO WESTON	4	1987–1988
MAKINSON DAVID Nself	2	2012–2013
ITRON ELECTRICITY METERING INC	1	2005
LANCASTER ANDREW	1	2012

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Seneca, SC, US	14	1997–2020
Franklin, NC, US	4	1987–1988