US 11,990,714 B2
Electrical receptacle assembly with outward-biasing faceplate
Adam J. Andersen, Allentown, PA (US); and Brad Michael Kreschollek, Bethlehem, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,542.
Application 17/833,542 is a continuation of application No. 16/916,486, filed on Jun. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,355,891.
Application 16/916,486 is a continuation of application No. 16/354,661, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,714,879, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 16/354,661 is a continuation of application No. 15/475,888, filed on Mar. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,249,993, issued on Apr. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/316,844, filed on Apr. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376445 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/74 (2006.01); H02G 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/74 (2013.01) [H02G 3/14 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical faceplate assembly, comprising:
a yoke physically couplable to an underlying structure, the yoke including a receiver portion to physically couple to an electrical device insert;
a faceplate assembly that includes a faceplate member having a front surface, a rear surface, and an external perimeter, the faceplate member including:
an aperture extending from the front surface of the faceplate member to the rear surface of the faceplate member;
a peripheral wall extending from the rear surface of the faceplate member, the peripheral wall disposed about at least a portion of the perimeter of the aperture; and
a plurality of biasing members, each of the plurality of biasing members extending from the peripheral wall at least partially into the aperture;
each of the plurality of biasing members to exert a biasing force that displaces the faceplate assembly away from the underlying structure; and
each of the plurality of biasing members to further contact the electrical device insert when the electrical device insert is physically coupled to the yoke such that the front surface of the faceplate remains flush with a front surface of the electrical device insert.