ATTACHMENT APPARATUS USABLE IN CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER ENVIRONMENT AND STRUCTURED TO CONNECT A RING TERMINAL TO THE CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER

摘要

An attachment apparatus (4) is usable as a line terminal or load terminal of a circuit interrupter (20) to enable a conductive element (6) that includes a ring terminal (12) to be electrically connected with a conductor (16, 92) of the circuit interrupter. The attachment apparatus employs a conventional lug which serves as a connector (48). The lug includes a threaded engagement element (64). The attachment apparatus further includes a connection element (52) having a threaded receptacle (56) that is structured to receive a shank (36) of a threaded fastener (32). 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 (8) 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.