Patent ID: 7132913

Claim:
A universal terminal assembly for an electric power switch having a molded casing with a main conductor extending into an external terminal recess in the molded casing, the terminal assembly comprising: a selectable first terminal member having a first tang on a first end and at least one spade termination on a second end; a selectable second terminal member comprising an elongated electrically conductive member having a second tang at a first end and at tapped hole adjacent a second end, and a binding post threaded into the tapped hole; and a molded housing having a mount removably mounting the molded housing to the molded casing and an open cavity formed in part by a partition wall separating the open cavity from the terminal recess, the partition wall having through openings through which a selected one of the first terminal member and the second terminal member extends with the corresponding first end in the terminal recess with the respective one of the first tang and the second tang engaging the main conductor, and with the second end in the open cavity, the partition wall further having a first retainer retaining the first terminal member in the housing when the first terminal member is the selected one of the first terminal member and the second terminal member and a second retainer retaining the second terminal member in the housing when the second terminal member is the selected one.