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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1999
Darrell Robinson, Highland Township, MI (US);
Allen V. Pruehs, Howell, MI (US);
Karl R. Loehr, Novi, MI (US);
Ekstrom Industries, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A safety shield for a watthour meter socket adapter in the form of an enclosure surrounding the jaw blades of the socket adapter. Latch means are formed on the housing and the enclosure for releasibly mounting the enclosure in the housing in a snap-in connection. A plurality of legs project from the enclosure and are releasibly engagable through apertures in the housing. Alternately, spring fingers extend inward from surge ground conductors to engage recesses in the safety shield to fixedly mount the safety shield in the socket adapter. A coupler receives a separate jaw contact and a separate blade terminal in a unitary construction while isolating the jaw contact from the blade terminal.