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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Mark Allan Juds, New Berlin, WI (US);
Paul Jason Rollmann, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Sussex, WI (US);
Kurt von Eckroth, Wales, WI (US);
Jeffrey Troy Johnson, Greenfield, WI (US);
Roger James Briggs, Colgate, WI (US);
Kaushik Naidu Kona, Andhra pradesh, IN;
Karthik Satyanarayanan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Abhijeet Rathi, Buldhana, IN;
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin 4, IE;
Abstract
An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element comprises: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members; a contact assembly enclosed by the housing and being electrically connected to the number of second electrical mating members; and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the contact assembly. The contact assembly is structured to electrically connect and disconnect power while the number of first electrical mating members remain mechanically coupled to the number of second electrical mating members.