Patent ID: 6483049
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A contact assembly comprising:an electrical insulating body including a partition having first and second sides, a plurality of separate regions formed on the first side of the partition, the partition forming two apertures that extend from the first side to the second side in each of at least two of the regions and forming at least one aperture in each of the other regions that extends form the first side to the second side; a plurality of pairs of spaced-apart fixed wherein each fixed contact has two limbs defining an L-shape, one limb defining a single leg and the other limb extending to one side of the leg to define a head supporting a terminal for gripping a wire, each fixed contact corresponding to a separate one of the regions, each leg extending through one of the apertures in the corresponding region, the contacts corresponding to the at least two regions that include two apertures positionable with their legs extending through either of the apertures in a corresponding region; an actuator displaceable relative to the body between first and second positions; a plurality of movable contacts mounted on the actuator, each movable contact being positioned on the actuator so as to interconnect the contacts of a respective pair of fixed contacts only when the actuator is in one of the first and second position; and wherein, each movable contact is displaceable into contact with the leg of each of the respective pairs of fixed contacts on the side of the leg from which the head extends and on the side of the partition remote from the head irrespective of the orientation of the contacts corresponding to the at least two regions that include two apertures in a corresponding region.