Patent ID: 7527509
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
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 at least one contact-receiving opening defined therein and a retainer plate adjacent the contact-receiving opening in the interior of the housing; an electrical contact insertable through the contact-receiving opening for mounting in non-releasable engagement with the retainer plate in said one of the housings; a counterpart electrical contact in the other of the first and second housings; the contact of said one of the housings having a front portion which is releasably electrically engageable with a front portion of said counterpart contact in the other of the first and second housings, each of the contacts having a rear 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.