Patent ID: 9685734
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B60L,B60R,H01R,Y02T

Claim:
1. A power line disconnect apparatus comprising: a housing; an electrical connector that projects from a surface of a connector plate coupled to the housing, the electrical connector configured to receive a plug of a power cable; an ejector pin configured to project through a first aperture in the connector plate and eject the plug from the electrical connector; a microswitch configured to activate and deactivate a power circuit associated with the power cable; a sensor pin configured to project through a second aperture in the connector plate, the sensor pin having a sensor pin extension, the sensor pin extension configured to control the microswitch; and a sensor pin guide configured to constrain movement of the sensor pin, the sensor pin guide having a side opening, the sensor pin extension projecting laterally from the sensor pin through the side opening to contact a microswitch arm of the microswitch.