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US 12,562,536 B2Granted
Ground fault circuit interrupters and connectors for use with same
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsAntonio Di Vita, Michael Nagy, Kenny Padro
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Abstract
A connector for use with a GFCI receptacle is provided. The connector includes a body, a latch configured to couple the body to the GFCI receptacle, a first blade supported by and extending from the body, a second blade supported by and extending from the body, wherein when the body is coupled to the GFCI receptacle, the first blade is received by a first mating terminal of the GFCI receptacle and the second blade is received by a second mating terminal of the GFCI receptacle to electrically couple the receptacle to a downstream device.
Claims26
A receptacle comprising:
- a housing enclosing a circuit interrupting device, the housing including a front cover and a rear cover, the rear cover having a first aperture and a second aperture;
- a first set of terminals positioned within the housing and configured to input electrical power to the receptacle from a power source;
- a second set of terminals positioned within the housing, the second set of terminals configured to provide ground fault protection to a downstream device, the second set of terminals including a first terminal being accessible through the first aperture and a second terminal being accessible through the second aperture,
- wherein the receptacle includes a core assembly positioned within the housing, the first terminal is positioned on a first side of the core assembly and the second terminal is positioned on a second side of the core assembly, wherein the first side is opposite the second side.
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A receptacle comprising:
- a housing enclosing a circuit interrupting device, the housing including a front cover and a rear cover, the rear cover having a first aperture and a second aperture;
- a first set of terminals positioned within the housing and configured to input electrical power to the receptacle from a power source;
- a second set of terminals positioned within the housing, the second set of terminals configured to provide ground fault protection to a downstream device, the second set of terminals including a first terminal being accessible through the first aperture and a second terminal being accessible through the second aperture,
- wherein the first terminal includes a first terminal leg and the second terminal includes a second terminal leg.
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A receptacle comprising:
- a housing enclosing a circuit interrupting device, the housing including a front cover and a rear cover, the rear cover having a first aperture and a second aperture;
- a first set of terminals positioned within the housing and configured to input electrical power to the receptacle from a power source;
- a second set of terminals positioned within the housing, the second set of terminals configured to provide ground fault protection to a downstream device, the second set of terminals including a first terminal being accessible through the first aperture and a second terminal being accessible through the second aperture,
- wherein the front cover has a plurality of openings, and wherein the receptacle includes a third set of terminals positioned within the housing and accessible through the plurality of openings.
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A receptacle assembly comprising:
- a housing enclosing a circuit interrupting device, the housing including a front cover and a rear cover, the rear cover having a first aperture and a second aperture;
- a first set of terminals positioned within the housing and configured to input electrical power to the receptacle from a power source;
- a second set of terminals positioned within the housing, the second set of terminals configured to provide ground fault protection to a downstream device, the second set of terminals including a first terminal being accessible through the first aperture and a second terminal being accessible through the second aperture;
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- a connector removably couplable to the housing to electrically couple the receptacle to a downstream device, the connector including a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal being complementary to one of the first and second terminals of the second set of terminals and the second terminal being complementary to the other of the first and second terminals of the second set of terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.