Quick connect terminal for electric power switch
US6781491B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H2011/0037
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A removable quick connect terminal for an electric power switch has a molded housing with an open cavity and an electrically conductive terminal member with a plurality of male terminations that project through slots in a cavity wall in the housing into the open cavity. The terminal member has a tang projecting outward from the housing that is clamped by a conventional collar terminal to a power conductor of the switch projecting into an external terminal recess in the molded switch casing. The terminal member is secured to the molded housing by a pair of oppositely facing chamfered catches engaging an opening in the flat center section of the terminal member. The molded housing of the quick connect terminal has hooks which engage abutment surfaces on the switch casing and a pair of integral compliant latches which engage latch ledges in the external terminal recess to removably secure the housing to the switch casing.
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