Jaw blades and jaw blade couplers for watthour meter socket adapter
AssigneeEkstrom Industries, Inc.
InventorsDarrell Robinson, Allen V. Pruehs
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Abstract
A coupler for use in a watthour meter socket adapter mechanically connects a jaw contact and a blade terminal. External conductors are separately attachable to the jaw contact and the blade terminal in one aspect. In another aspect, the coupler is an electrical fuse fixed between the jaw contact and the blade terminal. In another aspect, the coupler isolates the jaw contact from the blade terminal.
Claims16
In a watthour meter socket adapter having a base wall and an annular sidewall extending from the base wall, at least one aperture in the base wall, the improvement comprising:
- one separate jaw contact for receiving a blade term of an electrical apparatus;
- one separate blade terminal for mounting through the one aperture in the base wall of the socket adapter;
- the one separate jaw contact and the one separate blade terminal substantially co-axially aligned;
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- a substantially axial coupler receiving the one jaw contact and the one blade terminal in a unitary, isolated, relationship.
In a watthour meter socket adapter having a base wall and an annular sidewall extending from the base wall at least one aperture in the base wall the improvement comprising:
- one separate jaw contact for receiving a blade terminal of an electrical apparatus;
- one separate blade terminal for mounting through the one aperture in the base wall of the socket adapter;
- a coupler unitarily receiving the one jaw contact and the one blade terminal the coupler electrically isolates the jaw contact from the blade terminal;
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- the coupler formed of a one-piece member of an electrically insulating material.
In a watthour meter socket adapter having a base wall and an annular sidewall extending from the base wall, at least one aperture in the base wall the improvement comprising;
- one separate jaw contact for receiving a blade terminal of an electrical apparatus;
- one separate blade terminal for mounting through the one aperture in the base wall of the socket adapter;
- a coupler having a first end portion for receiving the one jaw contact and a second end portion for receiving the one blade terminal in a unitary, isolated relationship;
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- an engagement member carried on the first portion of the coupler for releasably engaging the jaw contact when the jaw contact is mounted in the first end portion of the coupler.
A coupler apparatus for use with a watthour meter socket adapter having a housing including a base wall and an Annular sidewall extending from the base wall, a plurality of apertures in the base wall for receiving individual electrical contacts, the electrical contacts including at least one separate jaw contact and at least one separate blade terminal mountable in one aperture in the base wall, the coupler apparatus comprising:
- a jaw contact;
- a blade terminal;
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- a one piece body receiving the one jaw contact and the one blade terminal in a unitary assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.