Patent ID: 8602800

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising: a connector body having a conductor receiving end, a bushing receiving end, and a reducing end, wherein the bushing receiving end and the reducing end are formed substantially perpendicularly to an axial direction of the conductor receiving end, and wherein the reducing end is configured to receive another electrical connector directly thereon, wherein the connector body includes a first axial bore that communicates with each of a second axial bore and a third axial bore in the reducing end and bushing receiving end, respectively; a conductor spade assembly received in the first axial bore of the connector body, wherein the conductor spade assembly includes a spade portion extending between the second axial bore of the reducing end and the third axial bore of the bushing receiving end; and a removable contact received within the second axial bore of the reducing end to conductively engage the spade portion of the conductor spade assembly, wherein the removable contact does not comprise a reducing plug.