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US 11,417,984 B2Granted
Water resistant pop-up outlet
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorSorin I. Mortun
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Abstract
A pop-up outlet includes a lower housing configured to receive one or more conductors. A middle housing is connected to the lower housing. An upper housing is moveably connected to the middle housing. An outlet is positioned in the upper housing having an outlet body and at least one receptacle opening. A raise/lower mechanism is configured to move the upper housing with respect to the middle housing from a first position where the outlet body is positioned in the middle housing to a second position where the outlet body is exposed to a user.
Claims20
A pop-up outlet comprising:
- a lower section configured to receive one or more conductors;
- a middle section connected to the lower section, the middle section having a first thread;
- a ring having a second thread connected to the first thread;
- an upper section moveably connected to the middle section, the upper section including a first power transmission member and a second power transmission member, wherein the first power transmission member and the second power transmission member are electrically connected to the one or more conductors;
- a raise/lower mechanism configured to move the upper section with respect to the middle section from a first position where at least one of the power transmission members is positioned at least partially in the middle section to a second position where the at least one power transmission member is exposed to a user.
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A pop-up outlet comprising:
- a terminal block configured to receive one or more conductors;
- a middle section connected to a lower section, the middle section having an outer thread;
- a ring having an inner thread connected to the outer thread;
- an upper section moveably connected to the middle section;
- an upper section moveably connected to the middle section, the upper section including a first power transmission member and a second power transmission member, wherein the first power transmission member and the second power transmission member are electrically connected to the terminal block;
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- a raise/lower mechanism configured to move the upper section with respect to the middle section from a first position where the outlet body is positioned at least partially in the middle section to a second position where the outlet body is exposed to a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.