Patent ID: 7008249

Claim:
A modular electrical receptacle, comprising: a housing having openings on a first end and an opposite second end; a plurality of longitudinal semi-rigid electrical conductors disposed at least partially within said housing including a first longitudinal semi-rigid conductor and a second longitudinal semi-rigid conductor, said first semi-rigid conductor substantially traversing a distance from said first end to said second end, said first semi-rigid conductor and said second semi-rigid conductor each having a first contact and a second contact respectively at said first end and said second end; and at least one flexible electrical conductor including a first flexible conductor electrically connecting said first semi-rigid conductor and said second semi-rigid conductor, said first semi-rigid conductor, said second semi-rigid conductor and said first flexible conductor forming a first conductor assembly associated with one of a line circuit, a neutral circuit and a ground circuit, said at least one flexible electrical conductor being one of a braided wire, stranded wire and single strand wire.