Patent ID: 7073526

Claim:
A connector apparatus for connecting an electrical cut-off (ECO) switch of a gas appliance in a series electrical circuit relationship between an electrical terminal of a thermocouple and an electrical terminal of an automatic pilot valve magnet, when the pilot valve magnet is mounted in a bore of a gas control valve, with the bore defining a central longitudinally extending axis thereof, the connector apparatus comprising: a spacer adapted for installation into the bore between the pilot valve magnet and the thermocouple; a connector adapted for engaging the spacer, and having first and second axially spaced electrical contacts electrically insulated from one another, the first electrical contact being adapted for contacting the electrical terminal of the pilot valve magnet, and the second electrical contact being adapted for contacting the electrical terminal of the thermocouple; and a retainer having an external thread on an outer periphery thereof for threadably engaging the bore and clamping the spacer against the pilot valve magnet, the retainer also having an internally threaded, axially oriented, through-hole therein for threadably receiving and retaining the thermocouple therein with the electrical terminal of the thermocouple in contact with the second electrical contact of the connector.