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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7522406 | Meter center, and socket assembly and jaw assembly therefor A socket assembly for a meter center including a plurality of meters is provided having a plate member and plural jaw assemblies. The plate member includes apertures for housing the jaw assemblies and structures associated with each of the apertures which function t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7347722 | Meter socket assembly A meter socket assembly comprising a meter jaw assembly and an extended bus bar for contact with a meter blade of a watt hour meter. The meter jaw assembly further comprises a meter jaw and a jaw spring guide that are mounted together by a fastening device to the ex... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7286339 | Combination service entrance apparatus for temporary and permanent use An underground combination service entrance apparatus for temporary and permanent service comprising two enclosures. A utility enclosure contains a meter socket and the second enclosure contains a breaker panel. The breaker panel on the customer side and the meter o... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7234670 | Outlet post for high and low voltage service A mounting device for supplying both high and low voltage services in an outdoor setting. One end of the mounting device is adapted to be anchored securely in the ground. A post extending from the ground includes a first electrical box for housing high voltage elect... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6975505 | Electrical service entrance with neutral A service entrance includes a post section, a service section, and a neutral bus disposed therebetween. The post section includes a first opening and a second opening, and is adapted to receive an electrical supply wire having a supply power wire and a supply neutra... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6561844 | Lug for providing both electrical and mechanical connection between buses and watt hour meter sockets An electrically conductive lug for use with a meter socket for a watt-hour meter, which permits the meter to have integral line and load buses. The lug provides an electrical connection between the meter socket and each wire, and it provides mechanical su... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6301107 | Heat dissipation structure for electronic apparatus component A computer microprocessor has a housing portion with a recess formed in a top side wall thereof, and a die portion inset within the recess. Operating heat from the die is removed by heat dissipation apparatus which automatically adapts to variations in th... | 10/09/2001 |
| 5980311 | Fastenerless double ended clip-on meter jaw Angle members forming the vertically extending supply buses in a meter center have arcuate offsets so that flanges on the ends of horizontally extending tenant buses form tenant stab contacts which are vertically aligned with supply stab contacts on strai... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5951324 | Socket assembly for meter center Angle members forming the vertically extending supply buses in a meter center have arcuate offsets so that flanges on the ends of horizontally extending tenant buses form tenant stab contacts which are vertically aligned with supply stab contacts on strai... | 09/14/1999 |
| 4388670 | Bypass and meter release for watthour meter socket A watthour meter socket assembly of the type which engages the blades of a watthour meter. The blades are frictionally held by pairs of spring-loaded conductive jaws, which form the female contacts of the socket assembly. Helper springs are provided to in... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4203146 | Multiple metering panelboard assembly A multiple metering panelboard has an enclosure accommodating a plurality of watt-hour meter sections. Each section includes a molded plastic meter socket base and a molded plastic circuit breaker base mounted in interconnected relation to the enclosure i... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4041358 | Meter module assembly for a meter panel A meter panel is formed from one or more meter modules, each of which has a plurality of horizontal line buses extending therethrough with the ends of the line buses being connectable to corresponding line buses in an adjacent meter module. Each meter mod... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4025825 | Meter power distribution apparatus for mobile homes with a detachable front panel for power outlet fittings A meter power distribution apparatus in which an interchangeable front panel has line and load stabs mounted thereon that are received, respectively, by load spring clips on a confronting panel for establishing an electrical connection to electrical outle... | 05/24/1977 |
