Patent 7281959 was granted and assigned to Moeller on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A contactor includes an upper housing part (2), connecting bars (8) that are fixed in the upper housing part, a front housing cover and box terminals (20) that are located in terminal housings. To simplify the connection technique for the contactor, the housing cover has two right-angled cover halves (4, 6), whose respective front cover limbs (16) lie opposite one another in close proximity and which can be fixed onto the upper housing part (2). The cover limbs (18) of the housing cover on the connection side are configured as terminal housings.