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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1995
Thomas C Leach, Lexington, KY (US);
James P Mills, Jr, Lexington, KY (US);
Square D Company, Palatine, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a combination service entrance device which contains a common enclosure that is divided by a center barrier into a first section for housing a watt-hour meter socket and a second section for housing a panel board containing at least two service disconnects. The meter socket provides power for use at least two output terminals. A separate connector having at least two connection points in a first plane and at least one connection point in a second plane is coupled to each of the socket meter output terminals. Substantially flexible insulated conductors are coupled to the connection points in the connectors and the service disconnects to provide power to the service disconnects. The present invention provides a method for distributing power from a meter socket having at least two power output terminals to at least two service disconnects placed in combination service entrance device, which contains the steps of: connecting a separate connector having at least two connection points in a first plane and at least one connection point in a second plane to each output terminal of the meter socket; connecting a substantially flexible insulated conductor between each of the connectors and the service disconnects for providing power from the meter socket output terminals to each of the service disconnects.