Patent ID: 6199264
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H01H,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
The method of fully automatically assembling a ground fault interrupter (gfi) receptacle including front and rear, matable housing sections having respective, front and rear walls, said front wall including a plurality of through openings for receiving the blades of an electrical plug, said housing sections when in mated relation defining an enclosed space containing a plurality of first components which are fixed with respect to said housing sections and a plurality of second components which are moveable relative to said first components to interrupt an electrical circuit to which said device is connected in response to a circuit fault condition, said method comprising:a) fabricating each of said housing sections and said first and second components in physical configurations permitting mutual assembly of said first and second components and said housing sections by downward, vertical movement of said components and said front housing section in a predetermined sequence;b) positioning said rear housing section with said rear wall on a horizontal support; andc) moving said components and said front housing section vertically downwardly in said predetermined sequence relative to one another and to said rear housing section by automated means to complete assembly of said device.