CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER PROVIDING IMPROVED SECUREMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL TERMINAL WITHIN THE HOUSING

摘要

A circuit interrupter including a housing, separable main contacts disposed in the housing, and an operating mechanism disposed in the housing and interconnected with the contacts. The housing has a cover securable to a base, with the cover including a downwardly-facing abutment portion. An electrical terminal is releasably disposed within the base and has a tab tha t abuttingly engages the abutment portion of the cover when the cover is secur ed to the base. The base also includes channels formed in the sides of the base , and the electrical terminal includes sides that insert into the channels and that include rib portions that frictionally engage the channels upon insertion. T he base also includes tapered sides, with the electrical terminal sides being tapered in order to follow or mirror the tapered sides of the base.