Patent ID: 8562368

Claim:
A service disconnect assembly, the service disconnect assembly comprising: a receiver configured to hold terminals of a power circuit; a service disconnect removably coupled to the receiver, the service disconnect having a hub rotatably coupled to the receiver, the hub holding a trigger, the hub holding a terminal interconnect configured to electrically connect the terminals together, wherein the service disconnect is removable from the receiver to disconnect the terminals from one another, rotating the hub in a first direction drives the terminal interconnect into engagement with the terminals and rotating the hub in a second direction opposite to the first direction releases the terminal interconnect from the terminals; and a sensor held by the receiver adapted for sensing a proximity of the trigger to the sensor, the hub being initially received within the receiver such that the trigger is misaligned with the sensor, the hub rotated in the first direction to a final position, in the final position the trigger is aligned with the sensor.