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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A meter socket is provided for watt-hour meters. The meter socket comprises a block assembly mounted at a center of the meter socket, a bypass mechanism situated in the bottom portion of the block assembly and a plurality of clamp jaws. The block assembly includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The bypass mechanism includes a plurality of rotary bypass blades coupled to a lever arm. Each clamp jaw includes a clamp jaw assembly that includes a jigsaw mechanism situated in the top portion of the block assembly. The jigsaw mechanism includes a copper jaw bus, a contact plate, a jaw spring, a bypass spring, a compression spring, a shoulder screw, a rivet or one or more fasteners. Each clamp jaw further includes a clamp jaw bypass mechanism that includes a jaw opening formed between the copper jaw bus and the jaw spring to receive a rotary bypass blade of the plurality of rotary bypass blades of the bypass mechanism.