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US 6,475,028 B1Granted
Meter socket adapter with connections to electrical component in an enclosure
AssigneeEkstrom Industries, Inc.
InventorsDarrell Robinson, Allen V. Pruehs
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Abstract
A meter socket mountable in an enclosure and receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter in electrical contact with jaws mounted in the meter socket has an open end allowing electrical conductors connected at one end to each of the jaws in the meter socket to exit the housing of the meter socket for connection to a remotely located meter test switch. The conductors are arranged in a plurality of separate tied bundles. Each of the conductors may be uniquely color coded for easy connection to the appropriate meter test switch terminal.
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A watthour meter socket for connection to a watthour meter test switch, the meter socket comprising:
- a housing having a base and a sidewall extending from the base, the sidewall having a mounting flange extending radially outward from one end of at least a portion of the sidewall for interconnection with a mating mounting flange on a watthour meter;
- jaws mounted on the base of the housing for receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter;
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- flexible electrical conductors, each connected at one end to each of the jaws and extending unitarily externally from the housing to another end, the another end of each conductor adapted to be directly connected to a remotely located meter test switch.
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A watthour meter socket for connection to a watthour meter test switch, the meter socket comprising:
- a housing having a base and a sidewall extending from the base, the sidewall having a mounting flange extending radially outward from one end of at least a portion of the sidewall for interconnection with a mating mounting flange on a watthour meter;
- jaws mounted on the base of the housing for receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter;
- electrical conductors, each connected at one end to each of the jaws and extending externally from the housing to another end, the another end of each conductor adapted to be directly connected to a remotely located meter test switch;
- lower walls projecting from a portion of the annula sidewall of the housing;
- a rim filler extending from the annular sidewall and across the lower walls;
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- an aperture formed through the rim filler and the mounting flange adapted for passage of electrical conductors from a watthour meter therethrough when a watthour meter is mounted on the mounting flange on the housing.
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A watthour meter socket for connection to a watthour meter test switch, the meter socket comprising:
- a housing having a base and a sidewall extending from the base, the sidewall having a mounting flange extending radially outward from one end of at least a portion of the sidewall for interconnection with a mating mounting flange on a watthour meter;
- jaws mounted on the base of the housing for receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter;
- electrical conductors, each connected at one end to each of the jaws and extending externally from the housing to another end, the another end of each conductor adapted to be directly connected to a remotely located meter test switch;
- lower walls projecting from a portion of the annular sidewall of the housing;
- a rim filler extending from the annular sidewall and across the lower walls;
- an aperture formed through the rim filler and the mounting flange adapted for passage of electrical conductors from a watthour meter therethrough when a watthour meter is mounted on the mounting flange on the housing;
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- an aperture formed through the rim filler and an adjacent portion of the sidewall adapted for passage of electrical conductors from a watthour meter therethrough and through the open end of the housing when a watthour meter is mounted on the mounting flange on the housing.
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A watthour meter socket adapter for connection to a watthour meter, the meter socket comprising:
- a housing having a base and a sidewall extending from the base, the sidewall having a mounting flange extending radially outward from one end of at least a portion of the sidewall for interconnection with a mating mounting flange on a watthour meter;
- jaw contacts mounted on the base of the housing for receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter;
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- flexible electrical conductors, each connected at one end to each of the jaw contacts and extending unitarily externally from the housing to another end.
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A meter socket adapter for connection to a watthour meter, the meter socket comprising:
- a housing having a base and a sidewall extending from the base, the sidewall having a mounting flange extending radially outward from one end of at least a portion of the sidewall for interconnection with a mating mounting flange on a watthour meter;
- jaws mounted on the base of the housing for receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter;
- electrical conductors, each connected at one end to each of the jaws and extending unitarily externally from the housing to another end, the another end of each conductor adapted to be directly connected to a remotely located meter test switch;
- lower walls projecting from a portion of the annular sidewall of the housing;
- a rim filler extending from the annular sidewall and across the lower walls and;
- an aperture formed through the rim filler and the mounting flange adapted for passage of electrical conductors from a watthour meter therethrough when a watthour meter is mounted on the mounting flange on the housing.
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A meter socket adapter for connection to a watthour meter, the meter socket adapter comprising:
- a housing having a base and a sidewall extending from the base, the sidewall having a mounting flange extending radially outward from one end of at least a portion of the sidewall for interconnection with a mating mounting flange on a watthour meter;
- jaws mounted on the base of the housing for receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter;
- electrical conductors, each connected at one end to each of the jaws and extending unitarily externally from the housing to another end, the another end of each conductor adapted to be directly connected to a remotely located meter test switch;
- lower walls projecting from a portion of the annular sidewall of the housing;
- a rim filler extending from the annular sidewall and across the lower walls;
- the base and two opposed walls projecting axially from the rim filler and forming an open end at one end of the housing, the electrical conductors passing through the open end of the housing;
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- an aperture formed through the rim filler and an adjacent portion of the sidewall adapted for passage of electrical conductors from a watthour meter therethrough and through the open end of the housing when a watthour meter is mounted on the mounting flange on the housing.
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An electrical power service apparatus comprising:
- a watthour meter socket including:
- a housing having a base and a sidewall extending from the base, the sidewall having a mounting flange extending radially outward from one end of at least a portion of the sidewall for interconnection with a mating mounting flange on a watthour meter;
- jaws mounted on the base of the housing for receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter;
- flexible electrical conductors, each connected at one end to each of the jaws and extending unitarily externally from the housing to another end;
- a plurality of instrument transformers, each having electrical leads extending therefrom;
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- means for connecting the another ends of the electrical conductors to the instrument transformers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.