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Modular GFCI receptacle

  • US 6,767,245 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2001
  • Issued: 07/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A modular electrical wiring device assembly, comprising:

  • a base component having side walls formed with a plurality of first cavities as well as a plurality of interior grooves formed therein to receive a plurality of electrically conductive members including receptacle contact surfaces;

    a central adaptor component formed independently of said base component, the central adaptor component having a plurality of projecting posts for inserting into the grooves, wherein each of the projecting posts is inserted into corresponding grooves and nestling within each of said first cavities to hold each of the conductive members between the base component and said central adaptor component, a front of the central adaptor component having a second cavity bounded by a circumference side wall, and a plurality of openings formed therethrough; and

    an electrical wiring device component having opposite faces and a rear portion, said electrical wiring device component including electrically conductive projections extending from said rear portion, said rear portion being inserted into and nestling within said second cavity, said electrically conductive projections extending through said openings in said recessed wall and into electrical contact with said receptacle contact surfaces when said electrical wiring device component is assembled with said central adaptor component and the base component.

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