Patent ID: 6840823

Claim:
A protection and control assembly comprising: a common removable power terminal block having openings; and first and second electrical switch devices each having a substantially box-shaped body having input side conducting connection strips and output side conducting connection strips, said input side conducting connection strips and said output side conducting connection strips projecting from a horizontal connection area on the input side and output side, respectively, of each of said first and second electrical switch devices along a vertical axis, and the output side conducting connection strips of the first electrical switch device and the input side conducting connection strips of the second electrical switch device configured to be inserted in corresponding openings of said common removable power terminal block, wherein said first and second electrical switch devices are positioned adjacent to each other alone a direction parallel to the vertical axis, and said common removable power terminal block is configured to make the electrical connection by clamping the output side conducting connection strips of the first electrical switch device with the corresponding input side conducting connection strips of the second electrical switch device to provide a mechanical attachment between the first and second electrical switch devices.