Patent ID: 6301126
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An electrical equipment housing of the type having first and second housing halves, said second housing half conformed to mate with the first housing half to define an enclosed space, an electrical device mounted on one of the housing halves and within the enclosed space when the housing halves are mated, a power terminal for connection to a power source and mounted on one of the housing halves and exterior to the enclosed space when the housing halves are mated, said device and power terminal comprising first and second electrical components, said housing including an assembly for conditioning supply of power from the power terminal to the component on mating of the housing halves, said assembly comprising:a) an interconnection plug comprising first and second plug halves, said plug halves for mating with each other and when mated, making electrical connection with each other;b) a flexible first power cable electrically and mechanically connected at a first end to the first plug half and at a second end, mechanically connected to the exterior of the first housing half, said first plug half dangling freely on the flexible power cable from the exterior of the first housing half; andc) a second power cable mechanically and electrically attached to the second plug half,wherein said second plug half is mechanically attached to the second housing half and accessible from the exterior of the second housing half, wherein the first power cable length and the attachment of the first power cable to the first housing half and the attachment of the second plug half to second housing half allows mating of the plug halves when the housing halves are mated, and wherein the first and second power cables and the first and second plug halves cooperatively form electrical connection between the first and second electrical components when the first and second plug halves are mated.