Patent ID: 9590343
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G01R,H01H,H01R,H02B

Claim:
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 pair of bi-blade movable arms extending from a movable terminal.