Patent ID: 8222551

Claim:
An electrical switch comprising: a casing; at least one fixed contact and at least one moving contact located in the casing; an operator supported by the casing for movement that moves the moving contact into and out of contact with the fixed contact, wherein the casing has an aperture adjacent the fixed contact through which an end of an electrical cable may be inserted for connection to the fixed contact, and the aperture faces in a first direction laterally outwards from the casing; and a holder mountable on the casing, spaced from and partially covering the aperture, wherein the holder includes a plurality of holes corresponding to respective electrical cables, and when the holder is mounted on the casing, an electrical cable that passes through one of the holes is electrically connected, through the aperture, to the fixed contact, is bent, and extends, through the one of the holes, in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction.