Patent ID: 7749018
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical wiring system for use in an AC electrical power distribution system including a plurality of AC electric power transmitting wires configured to be disposed between an AC power distribution point and a device box, the device box including a wiring ingress aperture and an open front face for accessing an interior of the device box, the plurality of AC electric power transmitting wires being routed through the wiring ingress aperture and extending into the interior of the device box, the system comprising: an electrical wiring device configured to be mounted to the open front face and including at least one AC electric circuit element disposed between a user accessible cover member and a rear body member, the user accessible cover member including at least one user accessible electrical interface operatively coupled to the at least one AC electric circuit element, the electrical wiring device further including a line receptacle formed in the rear body member, the line receptacle including a set of line receptacle contacts coupled to the at least one electric circuit element; a plug connector device including a set of plug contacts disposed within a plug device housing, the plug device housing including a set of line connection apertures configured to accommodate the plurality of line receptacle contacts disposed in the line receptacle and a plurality of wire termination apertures configured to accommodate the plurality of AC electric power transmitting wires accessible via the open front face, each plug contact including a line plug contact and a wire termination contact arrangement, each wire termination contact arrangement being aligned with a corresponding wire termination aperture and configured to terminate one of the plurality of AC electric power transmitting wires disposed in its corresponding wire termination aperture, each line plug contact being aligned with a corresponding line connection aperture and configured to mate with a corresponding line receptacle contact, electrical continuity being established between the electrical wiring device and the plurality of AC electric power transmitting wires when the plug connector device is inserted into the line receptacle such that the set of line plug contacts mate with corresponding ones of the set of line receptacle contacts.