Patent ID: 8439692
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A triplex electrical receptacle comprising: a substantially rectangular body sized to fit in a NEMA-standard single wall box and having first and second opposite sides, first and second opposite ends, a face and a back; phase, neutral and ground contacts within the body associated with respective first, second and third outlets and accessible via respective phase blade openings, neutral blade openings and ground prong openings in the face; a neutral bus bar within the body connected to the neutral contacts of all three of the outlets; and at least one phase bus bar within the body connected to the phase contacts of at least two of the outlets, wherein the contacts of the first outlet are nearest a first corner of the body bounded by said first side and said first end, the contacts of the second outlet are nearest a second corner of the body bounded by said first side and said second end, and the contacts of the third outlet are between the contacts of the first and second outlets and closer to said second side than to said first side; wherein said neutral bus bar has a central portion extending along said second side and supporting the neutral contact of the third outlet, and a neutral terminal thereon for connection to an external circuit, a first arm extending obliquely from said central portion toward said first corner and supporting the neutral contact of the first outlet, and a second arm extending transversely from said central portion near said second end toward said second corner and supporting the neutral contact of the second outlet; wherein said phase bus bar has a phase terminal at said second side for connection to an external circuit, a first arm extending obliquely from said second side toward the first outlet and supporting the phase contact of the first outlet, and a second arm extending behind said first arm of said neutral bus bar longitudinally toward the third outlet and supporting the phase contact of the third outlet.