Patent ID: 7857660
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A meter socket adapter for connecting and disconnecting a watt-hour meter to a meter socket within an electrical circuit while maintaining uninterrupted current flow on the circuit, the adapter comprising: three continuous bus bars each having a line end and a load end connected to the meter socket, each bus bar comprising a respective insulated bus bar portion; a respective current transformer electromagnetically connected to each bus bar, wherein each transformer is in direct contact with an insulated bus bar portion, and wherein each current transformer operates in the absence of additional local current transformer installations on the circuit; current leads extending from each of said current transformers; three pairs of current jaw contacts, each pair of current jaw contacts being connected to a respective current transformer by respective pairs of said current leads for providing a closed circuit between the current transformers and a watt-hour meter when a watt-hour meter is connected to the jaw contacts; a current transformer housing for holding said current transformers around said bus bars; and a jaw contact housing adapted to receive the watt-hour meter, said jaw contact housing removably attached to said current transformer housing.