US 9,960,581 B2 · Adapter plate with mounting features for a wall mountable connector

Abstract

An adapter plate may be used to secure a wall mountable connector to a junction box by engaging mounting features of the wall mountable connector. In some cases, the wall mountable connector may be directly secured to a wall via fasteners that extend through the same mounting features of the wall mountable connector. In some cases, the adapter plate may be configured such that the wall mountable connector can be secured to the adapter plate simply by pressing the wall mountable connector into position on the adapter plate, where mounting latches of the adapter plate engage the mounting apertures of the wall mountable connector. The wall mountable connector may be an HVAC wall mountable connector that provides an electrical connection between a plurality of field wires of an HVAC system and corresponding terminals of a removably mounted thermostat.

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Dependent claims

An adapter plate for securing a wall mountable connector to a junction box, wherein the wall mountable connector is configured to releasably secure a controller, which includes a housing that extends along a front side and a back side of the controller, to the wall mountable connector and provide electrical connections between the controller and equipment that is to be controlled by the controller, the adapter plate comprising:

an adapter plate substrate having one or more mounting features;
a field wire opening defined by the adapter plate substrate that permits one or more field wires to pass from the junction box to the wall mountable connector;
the one or more mounting features of the adapter plate substrate are configured to releaseably secure the wall mountable connector to the adapter plate substrate;
and
a plurality of junction box mounting openings defined by the adapter plate substrate, each of the plurality of junction box mounting openings configured to receive a securement for securing the adapter plate substrate to the junction box.

2 more elements

An adapter plate for securing a wall mountable connector relative to a wall, the adapter plate comprising:

an adapter plate substrate;
a field wire opening defined by the adapter plate substrate that permits one or more field wires to pass from the wall to the wall mountable connector;
a plurality of mounting openings defined by the adapter plate substrate, each of the plurality of mounting openings configured to receive a securement for securing the adapter plate substrate relative to the wall;
a plurality of mounting latches extending from the adapter plate substrate for latching the wall mountable connector to the adapter plate substrate, the plurality of mounting latches comprising:
a first mounting latch offset horizontally to the left of a left side of the field wire opening;
a second mounting latch offset horizontally to the right of a right side of the field wire opening;
and
a third mounting latch offset vertically from the first mounting latch and/or the second mounting latch.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adapter plate with mounting features for a wall mountable connector

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Adapter plate with mounting features for a wall mountable connector

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Abstract

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