Patent ID: 7794268

Claim:
A push-in wire connector, comprising: an enclosure including a hollow interior and at least first and second wire ports, each of the first and second wire ports including a longitudinal axis and providing access to the interior for the ends of wires inserted into the first and second wire ports, the first and second wire ports facing in opposite directions with the respective axes of the first and second wire ports being spaced apart from one another; a busbar being engageable with wires inserted into the first and second wires ports, the busbar being disposed within the interior of the enclosure and wherein the busbar is adapted to passively receive a load applied to each respective wire; a spring member disposed within the interior of the enclosure and configured to bias a first wire end inserted through the first wire port into engagement with the busbar and to bias a second wire end inserted through the second wire port into engagement with the busbar; and wherein the busbar and spring member are integrated into a terminal assembly.