Patent ID: 7400494
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A quick change mechanism for a meter socket assembly of a meter center including a panel member, said meter socket assembly including a base member structured to be coupled to a meter, a number of electrical bus members extending outwardly from said base member, and at least one electrical connector electrically connectable to a corresponding one of said electrical bus members, said quick change mechanism comprising: a foundation structured to be disposed at or about said panel member of said meter center; a receiving portion disposed generally opposite and distal from said foundation and including a number of apertures, each of said apertures of said receiving portion being structured to receive a corresponding one of said electrical bus members of said meter socket assembly; and a number of resilient protrusions extending outwardly from said receiving portion of said quick change mechanism, wherein each of said resilient protrusions is structured to be operable between an undeflected position corresponding to said each of said resilient protrusions securing a corresponding one of said at least one electrical connector on said corresponding one of said electrical bus members, and a deflected position corresponding to said each of said resilient protrusions being deflected away from said corresponding one of said at least one electrical connector in order that said corresponding one of said at least one electrical connector is removable from said corresponding one of said electrical bus members.