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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Gary Bethurum, Murrieta, CA (US);
Benjamin Swedberg, Sycamore, IL (US);
Robert Sutter, DeKalb, IL (US);
Gary Bethurum, Murrieta, CA (US);
Benjamin Swedberg, Sycamore, IL (US);
Robert Sutter, DeKalb, IL (US);
IDEAL Industries, Inc., Sycamore, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical disconnect has first and second female contacts mounted in a power connector housing and first and second male contacts in a load connector housing. The male contacts each have a male blade contact finger. The female contacts each have a socket for removably receiving a male blade contact finger. At the rear ends of both the male and female contacts there are integrally formed push-in connector elements for receiving a conductor or wire. The disconnect is particularly suited for use in connecting power wires to a load device in a circuit, such as a fluorescent light ballast.