Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for power distribution improve and can standardize electrical connections between electrical cables and the multitude of electrical switches, receptacles, and fixtures of known technology. The invention can include modular hardware components such as junction boxes, electrical devices, adaptors, a/b switches, etc. that simplify both installation and inspection requirements at the job site. Optional color coding can facilitate proper wiring of the components. The invention allows field wiring to be completed more quickly and accurately thereby advantageously reducing associated costs and increasing safety.

Abstract: For providing a waterproof box, which can prevent penetration of liquid like water through a gap between a box main body and a cover member mounted on the box main body, the waterproof box includes the box main body having an opening formed by surrounding with a plurality of side-walls, a lid mounted on the box main body for covering the opening, a grommet, and a seal member formed into a ring shape to be mounted on the lid for waterproofing between the box main body and the lid. A cutout side-wall has a cutout. The grommet to be mounted on the box main body fills the cutout. The seal member has a contact portion to abut on an edge of the cutout side-wall. A thickness of the contact portion is formed thicker than that of the other portion of the seal member.

Abstract: A low voltage mounting device for installing low voltage components on a wall or ceiling. The low voltage mounting device includes a round frame member and a plurality of wings that are rotatable with respect to the frame member. The rotatable wings are fixed on the end of fasteners that extend through the frame member and are rotatable with respect thereto. An outward extending flange on the frame member enables flush mounting to the wall or ceiling surface. A low voltage component may be mounted directly to the frame member. The low voltage mounting device enables direct installation to the drywall and does not require mounting to a stud or other frame member.

Abstract: A system for accessing an electrical wiring network from opposing sides of a wall. The wall includes at least one structural support and a wall surface. The system includes an electrical box having a perimeter wall and two open sides. The open sides are located at opposing ends of the perimeter wall, thereby defining a passageway through the electrical box. Additionally, the system includes a pair of frames coupled to the electrical box at the open sides, and one or more electrical outlets coupled to each frame. Each outlet includes a body that includes a first connector matable with a second connector. The second connector includes a plurality of integrally formed leads having distal ends that are directly connectable to an electrical power supply distribution network such that when the second connector is mated with the first connector electrical power can be supplied to each outlet.

Abstract: The present invention generally discloses a weatherproof flush adapter plate assembly. In one embodiment, the adapter plate assembly includes a plate. The plate includes a front side, a back side, an outer edge, at least one inner edge, at least one mounting member for receiving a back box and at least one mounting member for receiving a notification appliance. The adapter plate assembly also includes a first gasket coupled to the front side of the plate and a second gasket coupled to the back side of the plate.

Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a box body provided with a first groove; an attachment bracket provided with a second groove; and a lower cover provided attached to the bottom surface of the box body. When the attachment bracket is properly mounted on the box body, the first and second grooves are arranged to form a single continuous third groove. A protrusion is provided on the lower cover and fits to the third groove.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring system. The system includes a plug connector device that is configured to terminate a plurality of wires. A portion of the plurality of wires are configured to transmit electrical power provided by an electrical power distribution system. An electrical wiring device is configured to provide the electrical power to a load. The electrical wiring device includes a receptacle disposed therein. The receptacle is configured to receive the plug device, such that electrical continuity is established between the electrical wiring device and the plurality of wires when the plug device is inserted into the receptacle.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a electrical wiring system that includes a plug connector having a plurality of plug contacts configured to terminate a plurality of wires. The system also includes an electrical wiring device having a cover member, a body member, a ground strap assembly disposed between the cover member and the body member, and a receptacle formed in a rear portion of the body member, the receptacle being configured to accept the plug connector. The ground strap assembly is configured to conform to at least one body member feature such that a distance from the ground strap assembly to a major rear surface of the body member is less than a predetermined distance. The receptacle includes a plurality of receptacle contacts configured to mate with the plurality of plug contacts when the plug connector is inserted into the receptacle.

Abstract: A housing is disclosed for accommodating electrical components having a housing lower part, having a conductor feed opening and having a housing cover for covering the housing lower part. In at least one embodiment, the housing is intended to provide the possibility of very convenient fitting and dismantling. The conductor feed opening is provided for the purpose of being delimited by the housing lower part and the housing cover in the closed state of the housing. This obviates the need for the careful threading-in operation when installing a cable on an electrical component in the interior of the housing. In addition, the housing cover delimiting the conductor feed opening is provided with first guide elements, which are provided for engaging in the housing lower part.

Abstract: A wall flush mount supporting device for electric or electronic components. A wall recessed box with a collar has an external cover or finishing plate in perfectly co-planar position with the wall in which the supporting device is recessed. The external surface of the component and the external surface of the finishing plate do not protrude from the frontal edges of the collar.

Abstract: A wall outlet box having a plurality of walls defining an enclosure open at the front thereof is provided. The enclosure can include a back, opposing sides, a top, and a bottom. Forward facing edges of the enclosure can define a front periphery with a mounting lip extending therefrom for mounting the outlet box into a wall. At least one port is provided to engage with a dryer exhaust conduit and at least one measurement member extends from an edge of the port. The at least one measurement member can extend to at least a length approximately equal to a length of the protruding exhaust conduit sufficient to securely attach a flexible hose thereto, such that the exhaust conduit may be placed against the measurement member as a template prior to installation and cutting of the exhaust conduit and the outlet box.

Abstract: This invention relates to electrical switch boxes. In particular, the invention relates to a device having an extension portion connected with a series of electrical switch boxes. In preferred embodiments, the extension portion of the device permits, for example, attachment of the device to a wall stud without flush positioning of the electrical switch boxes with the wall stud.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an explosion proof enclosure by providing expandable or extendible enclosure wall, side, top, or bottom sections which allow the explosion to be contained internally without the enclosure erupting or the enclosure bursting.

Abstract: An enclosure (302), an electronic device (300) that includes the enclosure, and a method (600) for forming the enclosure. The enclosure can include a first enclosure portion (304) and a second enclosure portion (306). The first enclosure portion can include a first wall (410), which can include a first side (412) and at least a second side (414). In one arrangement, an angle (?) between the first side and the second side is not greater than 70°. The second enclosure portion can include a second wall (420), which can include a third side (422) and at least a fourth side (424). In one arrangement, an angle between the third side and the fourth side is not greater than 70°.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for an electrical box repair cover have been described. The repair cover has two or more attachment points which extend beyond the electrical box which it covers. The repair cover may be secured to the electrical box by various techniques including straps, clamps, etc.

Abstract: A power distribution system has an electrical box configured to attach a power cable, a plaster ring releasably mounted to the box and one or more electrical devices installed into the ring. A pre-wired ground extends from a first end physically and electrically connected to a ground terminal on the electrical device. The plaster ring is movable between a closed position proximate the box and an open position distal the box. The pre-wired ground is configured as a lanyard so as to support the plaster ring as a wiring platform in the open position for connecting wires between the power cable and the electrical device or devices.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring system that includes a plug device having a plurality of wires configured to be connected to an electrical distribution circuit. An electrical wiring device includes an input receptacle and at least one electrical element. The input receptacle is configured to receive the plug device to thereby establish electrically a continuous path between the at least one electrical element and the plurality of wires when the plug device is inserted into the input receptacle, the electrical wiring device including no external terminal connection elements.

Abstract: A modular power supply particularly adapted for mounting to standard junction boxes in a system to provide a solid state lighting system compatible power signal. One embodiment of a modular power supply for mounting to a junction box according to the present invention includes a housing holding internal electronic components and a first extension integral to the housing for mounting to a junction box. The extension has an opening to the interior of the housing with primary wires passing from the interior of the housing through the extension. The first extension is positioned so that the power supply is capable of being mounted to the mounting surface of a junction box when the power supply is at different orientations.

Abstract: A mounting bracket is provided for supporting an electrical box to a support structure. The mounting bracket includes a mounting base for coupling to the electrical box, and a body member extending perpendicular to the mounting base and extending against the back wall of the electrical box. The body member includes a support member and extension member that can be folded outwardly from the back wall of the electrical box to contact an opposing wall and support the electrical box. In another embodiment, the mounting bracket includes a front plate with a central opening for receiving an electrical box and a pair of extension members that extend in a rearward direction with respect to the electrical box. The support members can include an extension member that can be folded outwardly to contact an opposing wall surface to support the electrical box.

Abstract: A system for mounting a pair of signal-receiving devices recessed within a building surface includes a base housing having an inner chamber and positionable behind a building surface. A front has a first opening, and a wall has a second and third opening. A secondary housing is positionable adjacent the base housing and has an interior space. A first aperture is positionable in communication with the second opening. A second aperture is positioned in spaced relation from the base housing's wall. A first signal receiver is positionable within the interior space and is connectable to a first signal carrier. A second signal receiver is positionable within the inner chamber and has a second connector positionable adjacent the third opening and connectable to a second signal carrier.

Abstract: In a mounting structure of an electrical junction box, the electrical junction box is vertically mounted on a wall surface along a vertical direction in a state where mating faces of an under case member and an upper case member are set in the vertical direction. Each of the under case member and the upper case member has a pair of left and right locking projections provided therein. A bracket including a backside plate part and a pair of case hook parts provided upright from both sides of the backside plate part is disposed along the vertical direction on the wall surface. The electrical junction box is slidingly inserted from above along the backside plate part in the vertical direction until both pairs of locking projections of the under case member and the upper case member are locked to the pair of case hook parts. Thus, the electrical junction box is mounted on the wall surface by use of the bracket.

Abstract: An adjustable variable ring for electrical junction boxes including a base frame having a guide tab; a sliding insert having a box shaped frame, the sliding insert being configured to slide in and out of the base frame. A ratchet mechanism having a ratchet plate on the base frame including a plurality of steps, and a ratchet spring installed on an inner wall of the box shaped frame including an angled end tab and an angled mid tab protruding from the box shaped frame for engaging one or more of the plurality of steps. The sliding insert is configured to slide in and out of the base frame by disengaging the mid tab from the one or more of the steps by pressing on the end tab, and locks in the base frame by engaging the mid tab with the one or more of the steps.

Abstract: A protective insert for wires in a junction box is formed by a lockable cover having a frame with an opening and a pivotable cover for covering the opening. The frame is sized to rest on an inner lip of the box, which lip normally holds a lid for the box. The lid rests on the lockable cover. The cover may be pivoted open for access to wires in the junction box and may be pivoted closed, and locked, to protect the wires from theft or vandalism. The lockable cover is held down on the lip preferably by chains fixed to the frame with stakes fixed to a free end of the chains, and by pounding the stakes into the ground at the bottom of the box.

Abstract: The present invention generally discloses a weatherproof flush adapter plate assembly. In one embodiment, the adapter plate assembly includes a plate. The plate includes a front side, a back side, an outer edge, at least one inner edge, at least one mounting member for receiving a back box and at least one mounting member for receiving a notification appliance. The adapter plate assembly also includes a first gasket coupled to the front side of the plate and a second gasket coupled to the back side of the plate.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention is an outlet box frame for installation in a hole in a floor structure. The hole having a perimeter and defining an internal wall surface in said floor structure. The frame including a walled member, at least one flange portion and a unitary retaining screw guide. The walled member being sized for insertion within the hole. The at least one flange portion extending outward from the walled member, wherein once installed at least a portion of the flange extends from the walled member past the internal wall surface. The unitary retaining screw guide supports a retaining screw. The screw guide being supported from the walled member and configured to receive the retaining screw therein. Upon installation, the retaining screw inserted in the retaining screw guide engages the hole wall without significant penetration thereof, providing at least pullout resistance of the frame from the hole. Alternatively, the outlet box frame may include the retaining screw.

Abstract: A plurality of siding flange implementations comprising weatherproof siding flanges combined with an electrical wall box or a while-in-use electrical cover. The siding flange may be integrally formed with the electrical wall box or removably coupled to the electrical wall box, for example, on an inside surface of the box. The siding flange may comprise weight reducing pockets separated by strengthening ribs. The siding flange may also comprise a lip extending forward of the siding flange and having one or more grooves therein. The grooves may allow portions of the lip to be removed to adapt to varying siding material thickness.

Abstract: An armed enclosure apparatus includes a housing to be mounted on a building to encircle a telephone junction box. A cover is provided for engagement with the housing by means of a plurality of security screws. The apparatus further includes a plurality of screw tamper switch assemblies which sense tampering with the security screws and generate a corresponding signal which is transmitted along the telephone lines to a central monitoring station.

Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a box body. The box body has a top wall and a side wall. The top wall is inclined to a horizontal plane and has an edge portion arranged at a lower side in an inclination of the top wall. The side wall is connected to an edge portion of the top wall. A drainage channel is provided along the edge portion of the top wall. A drainage port is provided at an edge of the drainage channel. The drainage port is placed at a position spaced from the side wall.

Abstract: A bracket for mounting an electrical outlet box on studs. A longitudinal strip is provided with a first end and a second end. The strip has a first double 90° bend offset which is located a first predetermined distance from the first end. A second double 90° bend is offset a second predetermined distance from the second end of the strip. A bendable planar sheet extends from the longitudinal strip and has a main body and a protrusion formed at its distal end.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a self-cutting electrical outlet box. The electrical outlet box is self cutting, allowing the box to be installed through an existing building surface. The box includes teeth or cutting members to assist in self-cutting. The box also includes features to assist in placement and securement of the box to a wall.

Abstract: The present invention provides an outlet box assembly including an outlet box having a bottom wall bounded by an outwardly extending perimeter wall forming a housing for receiving a first receptacle. An attachment structure is disposed in the housing for securing the first receptacle to the outlet box. The perimeter wall includes a first portion extending from the bottom wall and a second portion extending at an oblique angle from the first portion. The second wall portion includes an opening for supporting a second receptacle. The assembly includes a cover movable between open and closed positions and between retracted and un-retracted positions.

Abstract: This invention relates to electrical switch boxes. In particular, the invention relates to a device having an extension portion connected with a series of electrical switch boxes. In preferred embodiments, the extension portion of the device permits, for example, attachment of the device to a wall stud without flush positioning of the electrical switch boxes with the wall stud.

Abstract: A tool for installing various configurations of electrical boxes to framing studs during building construction includes a staff having graduations indicating distances from an end of the staff. A mounting fixture is slidably disposed on the staff and can be secured at a desired position along the length of the staff corresponding to a desired installation height for the electrical boxes. The mounting fixture may include pins for engaging apertures on an electrical box, and magnets for magnetically engaging metal electrical boxes, to help retain the electrical boxes on the mounting fixture during installation.

Abstract: A telecommunications cabinet including a frame arrangement having an inner frame and an outer frame. The frame arrangement of the telecommunications cabinet being constructed to withstand particular-rated seismic events while still providing the needed thermal cooling capacity to maintain proper equipment operations.

Abstract: A mounting bracket is provided for supporting an electrical box to a support structure. The mounting bracket includes a mounting base for coupling to the electrical box, and a body member extending perpendicular to the mounting base and extending against the back wall of the electrical box. The body member includes a support member and extension member that can be folded outwardly from the back wall of the electrical box to contact an opposing wall and support the electrical box. In another embodiment, the mounting bracket includes a front plate with a central opening for receiving an electrical box and a pair of extension members that extend in a rearward direction with respect to the electrical box. The support members can include an extension member that can be folded outwardly to contact an opposing wall surface to support the electrical box.

Abstract: An enclosure for wiring devices such as switches and receptacles is provided. A housing member has a main front chamber, a main rear chamber and a central dividing wall separating the front chamber from the rear chamber. The housing has an open front leading to the front chamber. The rear chamber is divided into a plurality of electrical feed ports through which electrical power is provided to and may be taken from the enclosure. The feed ports each have an open back providing access to the ports but not to the main front chamber. A front plate member sized to completely cover and seal the open front of said front chamber is permanently attached to the housing to make a fully enclosed factory sealed enclosure in the front chamber. The front chamber contains a wiring device. Hot, neutral and ground busses extend between and interconnect the feed ports. These busses have segments extending through the dividing wall and connected to a wiring device.

Abstract: This invention pertains to an adjustable cover for an electrical outlet box. The cover is configured having a generally planar mounting plate with a collar surrounding an opening through this mounting plate. An extension sleeve moves within this opening and adjacent the collar. At least one fastener is located adjacent the opening and is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The fastener operates a locking device that engages a wedge against the extension sleeve when the fastener is in the locked position and disengages a wedge against the extension sleeve when the fastener is in the unlocked position.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring box assembly that includes an inner wall box including a peripheral inner wall bounded and enclosed by a rear wall and open at a front end of the inner wall box to form an inner volume. The inner wall box also includes an inner wall flange extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from an exterior surface of the peripheral inner wall at predetermined distance from the front inner wall box end. The inner wall flange includes a plurality of apertures formed therein. The inner wall box further includes a plurality of device mounting bosses extending in a substantially perpendicular direction from an interior surface of the rear wall. An intermediate box includes a peripheral intermediate wall portion configured to fit within the inner volume.

Abstract: A weatherproof outlet includes a base plate for coupling to an electrical box and a hinged cover. The base plate has at least one opening for accessing an electrical wiring device such as an electrical receptacle mounted in the electrical box. The top surface of the base plate includes an inner rim and an outer rim having a dimension to shed water away from the access opening and the wiring device. A weatherproof gasket is attached to the top surface of the base plate within the confines of the inner wall and overlying the access opening. The gasket includes a plurality of slits for receiving the prongs of a plug and to form a waterproof seal around the prongs when inserted into the slots of an electrical receptacle.

Abstract: Apparatus for preventing theft of a buss bar connected to electrical conductor and grounding cables is provided in the form of a box-like enclosure of thick metal construction which confines the buss bar and has an elongated access opening permitting passage of cables into the enclosure. An aperture within the bottom of the enclosure permits downward emergence of a grounding cable attached to the buss bar.

Abstract: A non-metallic electrical box, composed of a hard and durable plastic material, molded and shaped into a housing of two sections, that when installed onto a wall stud, becomes a receptacle for installing an electrical switch, outlet or other electrical device in the first section, and the second section, being that part of the box that attaches to the stud, becomes a cavity or channel by which other unrelated wiring can pass through the box along the center line of the stud in a neat and more efficient and direct manner, as opposed to the currently acceptable practice of looping the wires around the box.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a protective shutter assembly for use within a cover assembly of an electrical wiring device. The assembly includes a frameless shutter sub-assembly movable between a closed position and an open position. The frameless shutter sub-assembly is configured to move from the closed position to the open position in response to engaging at least one plug blade having a predetermined plug blade geometry. A spring member is disposed within the frameless shutter sub-assembly. The spring member is configured to bias the frameless shutter sub-assembly in the closed position. At least one retainer element is disposed in the frameless shutter sub-assembly. The at least one retainer element being configured to retain the spring member within the frameless shutter sub-assembly.

Abstract: An electrical junction box for a motor vehicle is configured to prevent loss of a fuse that falls down during maintenance. Fuse-containing sections are provided on a vertical surface of a casing of an electrical junction box. The fuse-containing sections are opposed to a trim cover provided with an opening for maintenance in the motor vehicle. Fuse-receiving plates project toward the trim cover integrally on or detachably from the casing surface at the position below the fuse-containing sections. The fuse-receiving plate has a length in which a distal end contacts the trim cover or the distal end is spaced away from the trim cover by a clearance through which a fuse cannot pass. The fuse-receiving plates can receive a fuse that falls down during a fuse attachment or detachment operation.

Abstract: An enclosure for an electrical receptacle includes walls having one or more recesses for receiving associated electrical conductors. The recesses may be covered by at least a first membrane enclosing the recess. The conductors may be manually inserted through the membrane wherein the membrane and/or the recess is self-sealing to automatically encapsulate the girth of the associated electrical conductors.

Abstract: The present invention includes an electrical connection box having a circuit casing for accommodating a circuit structure therein, a housing portion disposed on a lower surface side of the circuit casing and connectable to an external connector, and a plurality of connector terminals for electrically connecting between the circuit structure and the housing portion, further each of the plurality of connector terminals is disposed along a cabling path horizontally traversing an inside of the circuit casing and leads into the housing portion through a ceiling portion of the housing portion, the electrical connection box also includes a waterproof portion provided in the circuit casing for covering the ceiling portion from above.

Abstract: A curb and cap junction box assembly for protecting joined electrical conductors includes a curb member with a planar flashing portion with a central housing portion extending upwardly from the flashing portion and forming an enclosed space. The central housing portion has top and bottom openings. A plate member is secured over the central housing portion's bottom opening. The plate member includes at least one knockout section therein. A cap member has a planar top portion and a peripheral edge portion extending downwardly therefrom. The cap member is sized to fit over the top opening of the central housing portion and reversibly fastened thereto. The curb and cap mounting assembly is secured to a structure by the planar flashing portion and receives an electrical conductor from interior the structure through a knockout aperture in the plate member and into the enclosed space therein.

Abstract: A wire harness leading-out opening is provided at a junction between an electric connection box and a bottom surface cover which constitute an electric connection box. A cylindrical wire harness leading-out guide is provided on the periphery of the wire harness leading-out opening, and is formed in a way that the both circumferential ends of a half-cylindrical body formed on the electric connection box and a half-cylindrical body formed on the bottom surface cover are coupled to each other. In the inner circumference of a circumferential junction between the peripheral walls of the two half-cylindrical bodies, a concave portion is provided to accommodate a loose portion of an armoring member wrapped around the outer circumference of the wire harness.

Abstract: An electrical assembly comprising an electrical box and a single gang electrical outlet having both a power connector and at least one communications connector and being supported in the box. The electrical outlet is receivable in the box, which has a barrier to isolate the power and communications connectors, but is not receivable in a standard box, which would not have the required barrier, due to the spacing and locations of the mounting fasteners and protrusions extending downwardly near the ends of the outlet. In addition to the electrical outlet with the power and communications connectors, the electrical box can receive a standard single gang outlet therein upon removal of the barrier.

Abstract: An enclosure for housing communications equipment at a subscriber premises includes at least one cable port for receiving a service provider cable, a subscriber cable, and a ground cable. The enclosure further includes a housing having a base and an outer cover movably attached to the base between an opened position and a closed position so as to define a housing interior volume when the outer cover is in the closed position. A grounding post extends from the base within the housing interior volume and is electrically connectable with the ground cable. Active electronic components located in the housing interior volume connect the service provider cable with the subscriber cable. A service provider security nut attachable to the grounding post both fixes the active electronic components within the housing and grounds the active electronic components to the grounding post and the ground cable.

Abstract: An improved radio frequency transparent utility meter cover for an automatic meter reading (AMR) system. The cover is manufactured from a strong and chemically inert polyolefin or polypropylene copolymer and includes a non-corroding lock to secure the cover to the meter box frame. The underside of the cover includes a plurality of ribs that lend strength and rigidity to the cover while increasing mounting points for meter unit interface devices.