Patent ID: 9318289
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G01R,H01H,H01R,H02B

Claim Text:
1. A meter and contactor assembly, comprising: a 2-phase mains meter; a meter enclosure accommodating the mains meter; and a 2-pole power contactor, having two switches connected between four terminals for switching the current in the two phases, wherein the meter has four meter terminals, a first two meter terminals are in the form of stabs which extend through a rear wall of the enclosure and arranged to be inserted in a plug-in terminal block of a wall box, and the contactor is fitted to an outer surface on the rear wall of the enclosure and disposed within a space defined by the terminals of the terminal block, a first two contactor terminals being in the form of stabs arranged to be inserted in respective terminals of the terminal block, a second two terminals of the contactor being connected to a second two terminals of the meter; and wherein said contactor comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, a pair of movable arms having outer faces and connected to at least one of said first and second terminals, and ferrous plates attached to said outer faces of the pair of movable arms.