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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Sunil Ganta, Plainview, NY (US);
Paul Endres, Plainview, NY (US);
Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, there is an electrical device comprising a functional module comprising a housing having a front face and a back face, and at least three arcuate blades extending out from the housing. At least one of the arcuate blades has a locking section. The functional module can be used in a wiring system comprising at least one wiring module. The wiring module can include a housing having a front face and a back face and at least one opening for receiving at least one of the at least three arcuate blades. The disclosure can also include a wiring module which can be used separately from the functional module wherein the wiring module includes a housing having at least one movable arm. Inside the wiring module is a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, wherein these contacts are configured to couple to electrical wiring.