Contact construction of electrical receptacle
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorVikramsinh P. Bhosale
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Abstract
An electrical contact is provided for an electrical receptacle. The contact includes a main body, a first segment that is an extension of the main body and substantially parallel to the main body, a second segment substantially perpendicular to the main body and the first segment, a third segment substantially perpendicular to the second segment and substantially parallel to the main body and the first segment, a first wipe that extends from the first segment, a second wipe that extends from the second segment, and a third wipe that extends from the third segment.
Claims21
(canceled)
2-19. (canceled)
An electrical receptacle assembly comprising:
- a ground contact including a body having first and second pair of wipes coupled via a mid-section, the first and second pair of wipes each being adapted and configured for receiving a blade of an electrical plug inserted in the electrical receptacle assembly;
- a base adapted and configured to receive the ground contact;
- and
- a strap having an elongated bottom wall and opposite ends from which extend first and second walls, the base configured to be seated on the elongated bottom wall of the strap;
- wherein the ground contact includes an electrically conductive protrusion, the protrusion selectively extending through an aperture formed in the base to selectively contact the strap to form one of an isolated grounding receptacle and a non-isolated grounding receptacle.
An electrical receptacle assembly comprising:
- a ground contact including a first pair of wipes and a second pair of wipes for receiving a blade of an electrical plug, the ground contact further including a protrusion;
- a base adapted and configured to receive the ground contact, the base including a first aperture formed therein;
- and
- a strap configured to contact the base, the strap including a second aperture formed therein;
- wherein the ground contact is selectively (i) electrically coupled to the strap or (ii) electrically isolated from the strap based on whether the protrusion is removed before placing the ground contact in the base;
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- wherein a portion of the protrusion is configured to extend through the first and second apertures to selectively secure the strap to the ground contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.