Patent ID: 7883380

Claim:
A wire coupling assembly comprising: A housing comprising: A first portion having at least one first port wherein the first port is closed on one end and includes an aperture on the opposite end having an interior passage, ending in a wire seating area, wherein the passage is sized to receive a first associated electrical wire and the first portion is made substantially from electrically non-conductive material; a second portion having at least one second port wherein the second port is closed on one end and includes an aperture on the opposite end having an interior passage, ending in a wire seating area, wherein the passage is sized to receive a second associated electrical wire and the second portion is made substantially from electrically non-conductive material, wherein the first portion and second portion are parallel and spaced apart in the same plane; a separating member that is joined in parallel to the first and second portions and acts to separate the first and second portions wherein the separating member is made substantially from electrically non-conductive material; a camming mechanism disposed through the separating member and oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the first and second portions and the camming mechanism is made substantially from electrically conductive material wherein the camming mechanism is sized such that when the first and second associated electrical wires are inserted in the corresponding port passages, they are trapped between the camming mechanism and the port inner wall; a lever made substantially from electrically nonconductive material and operably attached to the camming mechanism; wherein the lever is rotationally adjustable with respect to the separating member between: (1) an open position where the lever is disposed at a first angle with respect to the separating member and there is no electrical contact between the first and second associated electrical; and, (2) a closed position where the lever is at a second angle which is substantially rotationally displaced relative to the first angle to provide electrical contact between the first and second associated electrical wires.