Patent ID: 7771217
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrical disconnect, comprising: first and second connector housings defining a longitudinal axis along which the housings are movable to engage and disengage one another; at least one of the housings including one or more housing walls defining a hollow portion, and at least one of the housing walls including a raised surface portion; an electrical contact within the hollow portion of the housing, the contact having a raised surface portion for engagement with the raised surface portion of the housing wall; a counterpart electrical contact in the other of the first and second housings; the contact of the one of the housings having a portion which is releasably electrically engageable with a portion of the counterpart contact in the other of the first and second housings; and at least one of the contacts having a portion which includes push-in connector elements which are electrically engageable with at least one electrical wire when the wire is inserted into the housing.