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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
William George Eberts, Moon Township, PA (US);
Kenneth D. Kolberg, McKees Rocks, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An attachment apparatus is usable as a line terminal or load terminal of a circuit interrupter to enable a conductive element that includes a ring terminal to be electrically connected with a conductor of a circuit interrupter. The attachment apparatus employs a conventional lug which serves as a connector. The lug includes a threaded engagement element. The attachment apparatus further includes a connection element having a threaded receptacle that is structured to receive a shank of a threaded fastener. The shank is received through a hole formed in a ring terminal and is further threadably receivable in the receptacle of the connection apparatus to enable the ring terminal and a wire connected therewith to be reliably electrically connected with a line conductor or a load conductor of the circuit interrupter. The threaded shank can be unthreaded from the connection element to permit removal of the ring terminal and associated wire.