ENCODER DEVICE AND FLUID METER COMPRISED THEREOF

摘要

Embodiments of an encoder device (100) and a fluid meter (102) incorporating the encoder device (100), wherein the fluid meter (102) can embody a gas meter that monitors supply of gas to a consumer. The encoder device (100) is configured to generate a signal with information that quantifies the supply of gas, for example, by associating the movement of a moveable element with a volume of fluid that flows through the gas meter. In one example, the gas meter can include a metrological part (104) with a housing (107) that forms an interior space that wholly encloses the encoder device (100) therein. This embodiment can also be configured with an input/output member (126) that conducts the signal from inside of the interior space to outside of the housing (107).