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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Darrell Robinson, Highland Township, MI (US);
Allen V. Pruehs, Howell, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ekstrom Industries, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/3945 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/3945 ;
Abstract
A meter socket mountable in an enclosure and receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter in electrical contact with jaws mounted in the meter socket has an open end allowing electrical conductors connected at one end to each of the jaws in the meter socket to exit the housing of the meter socket for connection to a remotely located meter test switch. The conductors are arranged in a plurality of separate tied bundles. Each of the conductors may be uniquely color coded for easy connection to the appropriate meter test switch terminal.