Patent ID: 9570826
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H01H,H01R

Claim:
1. A connection apparatus structured to be electrically connected between a movable conductor of a circuit interrupter and another conductor that is stationary, the circuit interrupter being situated on an insulator, the movable conductor having an elongated shank that is structured to be connected with an operating mechanism which is structured to move the shank to change the state of the circuit interrupter, at least a portion of the insulator being situated generally between the shank and the another conductor, the connection apparatus comprising: an elongated and flexible conductor formed of a braid of conductive material, at least a portion of the elongated and flexible conductor being structured to be received through an aperture formed in the insulator; a first end of the elongated and flexible conductor forming a first connecter having formed therein an opening that is structured to receive therein a portion of the shank and to be electrically connected with the portion of the shank; and a second connector connected with the elongated and flexible conductor at a second end thereof and being structured to be electrically connected with the another conductor, the second connector being of an approximately plate-like shape whose major dimensions extend in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal extent of the elongated and flexible conductor, the second connector being structured to be situated against the insulator when the elongated and flexible conductor is received through the aperture.