Patent ID: 7527530

Claim:
An apparatus for connecting an electrical conductor to an electrical fitting, the apparatus comprising: a connector block having an exterior configuration that is complementary to the electrical fitting for connecting the connector block to the electrical fitting, an interior channel configured for receiving an electric terminal having a base opening in the electric terminal, the interior channel having a length that extends in a first direction inside the connector block, the electric terminal being movable in the first direction in the interior channel from a first position of the electric terminal in the interior channel to a second locked position of the electric terminal in the interior channel where the electric terminal is locked in the interior channel against movement of the electric terminal back to the first position of the electric terminal in the interior channel, a channel opening in the connector block at one end of the interior channel that accesses the interior channel from exterior of the connector block, and a tool opening in the connector block that accesses the interior channel from exterior of the connector block, the tool opening having an oblong configuration that extends in the first direction along the length of the interior channel and the electric terminal base opening being aligned with the oblong configuration of the tool opening in both the first and second positions of the electric terminal in the interior channel.