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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1987
Quinten H Sutton, Waukesha, WI (US);
RTE Corporation, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A first connector is used in connecting or disconnecting a high voltage circuit by engagement or disengagement of the first connector with a second connector supporting a second connector contact element. The first connector comprises an insulative housing having an axial passage including an electrically conductive surface fixedly secured within the housing, and a contact assembly disposed in the passage. The contact assembly includes a first connector contact element for engaging the second connector contact element, a guide for guiding the second connector contact element for movement towards the first connector contact element and for evolving arc-quenching gas in response to an arc being struck between the first connector contact element and the second connector contact element, a piston responsive to the evolved gas for displacing the contact assembly towards the second connector contact element, and a member electrically connected to the first connector contact element for providing electrical continuity between the first connector contact element and the housing conductive surface, the member having a knurl in contact with the housing conductive surface.