Jaw blades for watthour meter socket adapter

Electrical connectors – Power measuring meter coupling part

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361666, 439508, H01R 33945

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061527645

ABSTRACT:
A watthour meter socket adapter has a housing formed of a base and unitary annular sidewall projecting from the base. Jaw blades are mounted in apertures in the base. In one embodiment, a spring clip is movably disposable in an aperture formed in each jaw blade to define a meter blade terminal receiving slot therebetween. In another embodiment, the spring clip is fixed to the jaw blade by a single mechanical fastener. Complimentary locator members are formed on the jaw portion and the spring clip for non-movably locating the spring clip relative to the jaw blade. A tab projects from the jaw blade for non-movably fixing the jaw blade relative to the base of the socket adapter. Flanges formed on the base fixedly engage the tab. The jaw blade may be formed of a single unitary jaw contact and blade terminal or a discrete jaw member and blade member. U-shaped support members are formed on the base for engaging opposite side edges of the blade members for non-movably fixing the blade terminal relative to the base. Projections are disposed in the base aperture and engagable with the blade members for non-movably supporting the blade member relative to the base. A unitary jaw blade and spring clip is formed of first and second arms unitarily projecting from opposite sides of the jaw portion and having outer end spaced from the jaw portion to define a blade terminal receiving slot with the jaw blade.

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