Patent ID: 8870609

Claim:
A circuit interrupter comprising: a set of separable contacts; a conductor that is electrically connected with at least a portion of the set of separable contacts, the conductor having a hole formed therein and being one of a line conductor and a load conductor; a connection apparatus comprising an electrically conductive connection element and an electrically conductive connector; the connection element being in the form of a block of conductive material having a threaded receptacle formed therein; the connector comprising a support and an engagement element; the support comprising a base having an aperture formed therein, the support further having a threaded bore formed therein, the engagement element being threadably cooperable with the threaded bore; and an electrically conductive threaded fastener that is threadably cooperable with the receptacle, the fastener having a head and a shank, the shank being receivable through the aperture formed in the base, receivable through the hole formed in the conductor, and threadably receivable in the receptacle, the head and the connection element being structured to retain at least a portion of the conductor and at least a portion of the base situated therebetween and electrically connected therewith when the shank is threadably received in the receptacle.