Thomas & Betts International LLC

Michele Di Lillo

Daniel Lalancette

Yves Boucher

Marc-Antoine Veillette

Brian MacDonald

Ioan-Liviu Lupsa

Tomasz Bedkowski

Brian Mcdonald

A meter socket for a meter box includes a set of meter jaws to receive a watt-hour meter, a bypass conductor member to selectively connect the meter jaws and provide a bypass for the watt-hour meter, and an activator for the bypass conductor member. The activator is configured to be activated by a user through a closed meter box to move the bypass conductor member from a metered position to a bypass position.

Meter socket with current bypass

A field installable support bracket assembly for an electrical box, wherein the electrical box is to be secured to a side surface of a first structural stud. The field installable support bracket assembly includes a stud bracket and an adjustable back bracket. The stud bracket includes a stud bracket member configured to be secured to a front surface of a second structural stud, and a stud bracket guiding rib. The adjustable back bracket includes a mounting panel configured to be secured to a back of the electrical box, and a back bracket guiding rib. The back bracket guiding rib and the stud bracket are configured to join the stud bracket to the adjustable back bracket. The field installable support bracket assembly is configured to provide support for the electrical box.

Field installable support bracket assembly

An electrical outlet box having a rear wall parametrically bound by an orthogonally extending sidewall terminating at a rim defining an opening in the outlet box. The sidewall includes a generally planar mounting surface adapted to be abutted against a structural support. The mounting surface includes an aperture centrally disposed between a pair of prongs, and the prongs being securable within the support structure for temporarily securing the outlet box thereto without the need for a fastener. The aperture is adapted to receive a fastener for operatively securing the outlet box to the support structure.

Electrical outlet box

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Chambly, Canada

Michele Di Lillo