Pass + Seymour, Inc.

John T Mahaney

Dejan Radosavljevic

Patrick John Murphy

Edward B Hubben

Michael A Helms

A one piece grommet for accommodating a variety of wire sizes in an operable environment to substantially preclude travel of environmental parameters along a length of the wire passing the grommet is disclosed. The grommet has an outer annulus and a radially inwardly spaced inner annulus, connected by a neck, wherein the outer annulus has a sufficient rigidity to substantially preclude inversion of the grommet upon translation of the wire in an axial direction.

Connector grommet

A transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS) receptacle having front and rear matable casings including a plurality of through openings for receiving the blades of an electrical plug; an electrical circuit within the receptacle having at least one element adapted to clamp high transient voltages imposed thereon to a lower level; an alarm electrically connected to the at least one element for indicating the failure of the at least one element; and a switch connected to the alarm for disabling the alarm, is described. The switch includes a moveable on-off element and a generally U-shaped, metal switch blade having a first leg for contacting the moveable element; a second leg for contacting a contact of the alarm in response to travel of the first leg caused by the moveable element, the second leg; an integral U-shaped portion connecting the first and the second legs; and a non-linear intermediate portion in the second leg extending toward the first leg for absorbing over-travel of the switch blade.

Transient voltage surge suppressor having a switch with overtravel

A mounting strap for attaching a wiring device to a utility box behind a wall opening. The mounting strap is fixedly connected to the wiring device body and includes ears extending outwardly from opposite ends of the device and having the usual openings for loose passage of mounting screws. The openings are surrounded by a deformable portion connected to an adjoining area of the strap by a bendable portion. The deformable portion is separated from other adjoining areas by cut-out or structurally weakened areas, whereby tightening of the mounting screws causes the bendable portion to bend, moving the deformable portion relative to and out of the plane of the adjacent areas of the ears as such areas are maintained in their original plane, e.g., by terminal edge portions of the ears engaging the wall surface adjacent the opening therein providing access to the utility box.

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Williamstown, NY, United States of America

John T Mahaney