Patent ID: 8348682
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: configuring a power outlet to have a first power receptacle and a second power receptacle both having a receptacle face oriented to a front of the outlet, each power receptacle having a hot socket, a neutral socket, and a ground socket configured to receive a three-pronged plug having a hot conductive buss prong, a neutral prong, and a ground prong, respectively; fixedly orienting the first power receptacle such that the first power receptacle's ground socket is further from the second power receptacle than are the first power receptacle's hot socket and neutral socket; fixedly orienting the second power receptacle such that the second power receptacle's ground socket is further from the first power receptacle than are the second power receptacle's hot socket and neutral socket; electrically connecting a first hot-wire reception site to the first power receptacle's hot socket and electrically connecting a second hot-wire reception site to the second power receptacle's hot socket, and internally routing a first metal buss from the first hot-wire reception site across the first power receptacle to the first power receptacle's hot socket, wherein the first hot-wire reception site and the second hot-wire reception site are on a first side of the power outlet; electrically connecting a first neutral-wire reception site to the first power receptacle's neutral socket and electrically connecting a second neutral-wire reception site to the second power receptacle's neutral socket, and internally routing a second metal buss from the first neutral-wire reception site across the first power receptacle to the first power receptacle's neutral socket, wherein the first neutral-wire reception site and the second neutral-wire reception site are on a second side of the power outlet that is opposite the first side of the power outlet; electrically connecting the ground socket of the first power receptacle to the ground socket of the second power receptacle with a third metal buss configured to connect to external wiring along the second side of the outlet; pocketing the first metal buss in a first buss-insulator pocket that has an electrically insulating wall separating the first metal buss from the neutral socket of the first power receptacle as the first metal buss extends across the first power receptacle from the first hot-wire reception site to the first power receptacle's hot socket; and pocketing the second metal buss in a second buss-insulator pocket having an electrically insulating wall separating the second metal buss from the hot socket of the first power receptacle as the second metal buss extends across the first power receptacle from the first neutral-wire reception site to the first power receptacle's neutral socket.