Patent ID: 7898779

Claim:
An electrical wiring device comprising: a plurality of line terminals and a plurality of load terminals, the plurality of line terminals including a hot line terminal and a neutral line terminal and the plurality of load terminals including a hot load terminal and a neutral load terminal; a housing including a front cover member having a front major surface and a back cover member having a back major surface substantially in parallel with the front major surface, the housing further including an electrically isolating member disposed between the front cover member and the back cover member such that a front interior region is formed between the front cover member and the electrically isolating member and a rear interior region is formed between the back cover member and the electrically isolating member; a user accessible reset button assembly disposed in the front cover and configured to effect the reset state in response to a user stimulus, the user accessible reset button assembly establishing a plane normal to the major front surface and subdividing the rear interior region into a first rear interior region portion and a second rear interior region portion; a ground strap having an interior ground strap portion disposed on the electrically isolating member in the front interior region; a plurality of receptacle contact structures disposed on the electrically isolating member in the front interior region, the plurality of receptacle contact structures including a hot receptacle contact structure and a neutral receptacle contact structure; an interrupting contact assembly disposed in the rear interior region in operable communication with the plurality of receptacle contact structures, the interrupting contact assembly configured to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle contact structures in a reset state, the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle contact structures being decoupled in a tripped state; and a protective electrical assembly substantially disposed in the rear interior region, the protective electrical assembly including a sensor assembly coupled to the plurality of line terminals and a solenoid assembly coupled to the interrupting contact assembly, the sensor assembly and the solenoid assembly being substantially disposed in the first rear interior region portion, the sensor assembly including at least one toroidal transformer having a toroidal axis and the solenoid assembly including a solenoid coil having a solenoid coil axis, the toroidal axis and the solenoid coil axis being substantially parallel to one another.