Patent ID: 7753718
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical disconnect, comprising: first and second housings defining a longitudinal axis along which the housings are movable to engage and disengage one another, each housing having at least one extension extended outwardly therefrom with a compartment defined therein, each housing having at least one electrical contact disposed entirely therein; a resilient finger in each housing configured to exert pressure on a conductor of a stripped end of a wire when the conductor is inserted into the respective housing; each extension of the first housing being defined by connected side walls that continuously surround the compartment and including an end wall that encloses at least a portion of the compartment and defines a slot; each extension of the first housing being slidably received within a corresponding extension of the second housing; and a front portion of the at least one contact of the second housing extending through the slot in the end wall of the at least one extension of the first housing for releasable electrical engagement with the at least one contact in the first housing when the first and second housings are engaged.