Electricity: conductors and insulators – Boxes and housings – With electrical device
Patent
1998-06-29
1999-07-20
Reichard, Dean A.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Boxes and housings
With electrical device
174 59, 174 65R, 439721, H02G 318
Patent
active
059258500
ABSTRACT:
An electrical box has a base, sidewalls and a cover opposite the base. A mount on the outlet box allows mounting of the outlet box. Plural connector plates within the outlet box separated by plural insulator layers are aligned parallel to the base and the top, and are spaced inward from the walls. A first set of metal conductors extend from the connector plates toward the side walls. A second set of metal conductors extend from the connector plates toward the cover. Two sets of connectors having metal conductive cylinders with inner and outer ends, and having outer insulator cylinders extend axially beyond the metal conductors. Inner ends are attached to the conductors extending from the plates. The insulator cylinders have inner and outer ends. The inner ends of the insulator cylinders extend over the conductors. The outer ends of the insulator are enlarged to receive insulation on connecting wires. A first set of the connectors extends to the sidewalls of the electrical box. A second set of the connectors extends through holes in the connector plates and insulator layers above, toward the cover. Multiple holes are arranged in sets of three in the sidewalls of the outlet box and in the connector plates and insulator layers. Outer ends of the connectors extend to holes in the walls. Uninsulated ends of the short wires are attached to terminals of an outlet and/or switch. Opposite ends of the short wires are attached to conductors by fitting ends of the short wires and their insulation into outer ends of the cylindrical connectors.
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Creighton Wray James
Narasimhan Meera P.
Reichard Dean A.
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