Patent ID: 7273392

Claim:
A universal electrical module comprising: a housing having a first face and a second face, said first face comprising a plurality of slots, said second face comprising a bus and a plurality of ports; and a retention system extending from said housing and shaped to retain said universal electrical module within an electrical box; wherein said bus comprises a power-carrying bus portion, a neutral bus portion, and a ground bus portion, wherein each of said power-carrying bus portion, said neutral bus portion, and said ground bus portion, and each of said ports is structured for connection to a conductor wire, wherein at least one of said slots creates a contact with said power-carrying bus portion, at least one of said slots creates a contact with said neutral bus portion, at least one of said slots operates as a ground slot creating a contact with said ground bus portion, and the remaining slots each create a contact with one of said ports, wherein each of said slots is structured for mating with a prong extending from an electrical device; a meter reading row provided on said first face, wherein said meter reading row comprises a plurality of reading slots each connected to one of said power-carrying bus portion, said neutral bus portion, and said ground bus portion, and wherein each of said reading slots is suitable for access by a measuring instrument; wherein said universal electrical module is a single-gang module structured for connecting to a single electrical device, wherein said first face comprises eight slots and said second face comprises one bus and five ports; and wherein said slots creating contacts with said bus portions are aligned in a central position on said first face, and wherein said slots connected to said ports are arranged in two groups on the periphery of said first face, said two groups being positioned opposite to each other.