Square D Company

Donald Nohavec

Ronald J Etscheidt

Douglas Thomas

Joni Orum

An improved connector comprises a circuit breaker terminal having a cold formed, countersink aperture on a top surface of the breaker terminal and an extruded raised ring on the bottom surface of the breaker terminal. The wire connector is a square-shaped element having a plurality of openings for receipt of at least one wire, the circuit breaker terminal and the wire connector shoe. In assembly of the three piece connector, the circuit breaker terminal is inserted into an opening in the wire connector. The wire connector shoe is then inserted into at least one opening in the wire connector and surrounds a portion of the circuit breaker terminal within the wire connector. The wire connector shoe has a protrusion, which is cold formed by displacing shoe material into the countersink aperture on the top surface of the circuit breaker terminal. The protrusion mechanically adheres to the top surface material defining the countersink aperture and the extruded raised ring mechanically adheres to an interior surface of the wire connector which defines a bottom surface aperture thereby securely attaching the wire connector shoe, wire connector and circuit breaker terminal.

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