Patent · US Expired

Junction box apparatus

US7198514B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 12, 2005
Grant dateApr 3, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 12, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/748
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A junction box apparatus includes a housing that has a front side which is open and has an upper edge, a lower edge. The bottom wall has a plurality of first aligned slots therein positioned adjacent to the lower edge. The top wall has a plurality of second aligned slots therein positioned adjacent to the upper edge. Each of a pair of mounting members is provided and each has an aperture extending therethrough. Fasteners may be extended through mounting tabs on an electrical outlet and into one of the mounting members. Each coupler, of a pair of couplers, is attached to one of the mounting members. The couplers are each is removably extendable into one of the slots of the first and second aligned slots so that the apertures are orientated substantially perpendicular to a plane of the front side.

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