Safety electrical outlet and switch system
AssigneeProtectConnect
InventorMichael P. Gorman
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Abstract
An electrical box is mounted on a wall stud, and a wiring panel is installed within the electrical box so as to partition the interior of the electrical box into a user inaccessible wiring compartment and a user accessible module compartment. A protective cover is attached to the wiring panel so as to protect the wiring panel during a makeup phase of wall panel installation and painting. After the makeup phase, the protective cover is removed from the wiring panel and a module having a user operable electrical function is mounted to the wiring panel within the user accessible module compartment.
Claims14
A wiring assembly comprising:
- an electrical box comprising nonconductive material that is configured to attach to a construction framing stud;
- a wiring panel located within the electrical box, the wiring panel comprising:
- a nonconductive housing sized to fit within the electrical box:
- at least a hot bus, neutral bus and ground bus therein;
- a first side comprising a first nonconductive surface and one or more openings that expose a plurality of electrical panel contacts associated therewith;
- a conductive panel key structure associated with one or more of the plurality of electrical contacts;
- a nonconductive panel key structure comprising at least a portion of the nonconductive housing, wherein a portion of the nonconductive panel key structure partially shields the one or more electrical panel contacts of the conductive panel key structure from user contact;
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- a second side comprising a plurality of power wire connection points that interface the hot bus, neutral bus and ground bus with the power cable;
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- a protective cover configured to protect at least a portion of the wiring panel.
A method of constructing a wiring assembly comprising:
- locating a wiring panel within an electrical box, the electrical box comprising nonconductive material that is configured to attach to a construction framing stud, wherein the wiring panel comprises:
- a nonconductive housing sized to fit within the electrical box:
- at least a hot bus, neutral bus and ground bus therein;
- a first side comprising a first nonconductive surface and one or more openings that expose a plurality of electrical panel contacts associated therewith;
- a conductive panel key structure associated with one or more of the plurality of electrical contacts;
- a nonconductive panel key structure comprising at least a portion of the nonconductive housing, wherein a portion of the nonconductive panel key structure partially shields the one or more electrical panel contacts of the conductive panel key structure from user contact;
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- a second side comprising a plurality of power wire connection points that interface the hot bus, neutral bus and ground bus with the power cable;
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- protecting at least a portion of the wiring panel located in the electrical box with a protective cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.