Patent ID: 6856056

Claim:
A three phase, dual voltage electric motor connection apparatus comprising: an electric motor having a plurality of lead wires extending from the electric motor; a connection board for connecting separate power supply wires with the plurality of lead wires in low voltage and high voltage applications of the motor, the connection board having opposite exterior and interior surfaces where the exterior surface faces away from the motor and the interior surface faces toward the motor; a plurality of electric terminals mounted on the connection board, each of the terminals having an exterior end on the connection board exterior surface and an opposite interior end on the connection board interior surface, and several of the plurality of electric terminals on the connection board exterior surface are power supply wire terminals that have means for connecting power supply wires that are separate from the motor to the power supply wire terminals on the exterior surface of the connection board; and, the means for connecting power supply wires to the power supply wire terminals includes a screw terminal that is integral with a flag terminal at each of the power supply wire terminals.