Patent ID: 7239502

Claim:
A multi-phase multiple meter socket assembly for a meter center including a plurality of meters, said multi-phase multiple meter socket assembly comprising: a plurality of meter sockets, each of said meter sockets being structured to receive one of said meters; a plurality of feeder buses; a plurality of supply buses, each of said supply buses being in electrical communication with said meter sockets and including at least one section which is in electrical communication with a corresponding one of said feeder buses; and a plurality of phase connectors, each of said phase connectors electrically interconnecting a corresponding one of said at least one section of each of said supply buses with a corresponding one of said feeder buses in order to provide electrical communication therebetween, wherein at least one of said supply buses is divided in order to include as said at least one section, a first section and a separate second section, the separate second section being spaced apart from the first section, the first section being in electrical communication with a first one of said feeder buses and the separate second section being in electrical communication with a second one of said feeder buses in order to simultaneously provide a first number of said meter sockets with a first phase configuration and a second number of said meter sockets with a second phase configuration, said second phase configuration being different from said first phase configuration.