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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Richard W. Sevier, Goleta, CA (US);
James J. Keenan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Hendry Mechanical Works, Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
An electric switching device is assembled with an electric terminal and a power panel having a first side at the electric switching device and second side at the electric terminal. The electric switching device has a prong, and a receptacle is made for that prong. That receptacle is provided with an external catch for a detent. The power panel is provided with an aperture having a detent for the catch. A flexible electric conductor is connected to that receptacle at a safe distance from the power panel and any power busses and that flexible electric conductor is connected to the electric terminal. The receptacle is inserted into the aperture from the second side of the power panel until the catch catches the detent. The electric switching device is assembled with the power panel by insertion of the prong into the receptacle. Assemblies of an electric switching device, an electric terminal and a power panel include a prong projecting from the switching device, a receptacle of that prong in an aperture of the power panel, a releasable catch on that receptacle and a corresponding detent in the aperture, and a flexible electric conductor between that receptacle and the electric terminal. The receptacle preferably is equipped with a heat sink. Such heat sink may be provided as an extension of that receptacle to which the flexible electric conductor may be connected and/or may be provided in the power panel.