Patent ID: 7392585

Claim:
A method for electrically and mechanically disconnecting a pair of suspended conductors and a suspended ground wire upon the application of a tensional force on at least one of the conductors or the ground wire, comprising: receiving a tensional force on at least one of a first conductor, a second conductor, or a corresponding first ground wire; wherein each of said first and said second conductors and said first ground wire is suspended; wherein a first end of said first conductor, a first end of said second conductor, and a first end of said first ground wire are each connected to a predetermined portion of a body, said body configured to electrically connect said first conductor to a third conductor, said second conductor to a fourth conductor, and said first ground wire to a second ground wire, wherein said first end of said first conductor is attached to said predetermined portion of said body at a first location, said first end of said second conductor is attached to said predetermined portion of said body at a second location, and said first end of said first ground wire is attached to said predetermined portion of said body at a third location, further wherein said first, said second, and said third locations of said predetermined portion of said body are attached to said remaining portion of said body by a first connector, a second connector, and a third connector, respectively; wherein said first connector is configured to allow said first location of said predetermined portion of said body to separate from said remaining portion of said body upon the application of a first predetermined tensional force; wherein said second connector is configured to allow said second location of said predetermined portion of said body to separate from said remaining portion of said body upon the application of a second predetermined tensional force; wherein said third connector is configured to allow said third location of said predetermined portion of said body to separate from said remaining portion of said body upon the application of a third predetermined tensional force; and wherein said first and said second predetermined tensional forces are less than said third predetermined tensional force; and separating said predetermined portion of said body from a remaining portion of said body such that said first and said second conductors are electrically separated from said third and said fourth conductors, respectively, before said first ground wire separates from said second ground wire, wherein said separating further comprises: separating said first location from said remaining portion of said body or said second location from said remaining portion of said body; and separating said third location from said remaining portion of said body after said separating of said first location or said second location from said remaining portion of said body.