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Automatic power line disconnect apparatus

  • US 9,685,734 B1
  • Filed: 03/17/2016
  • Issued: 06/20/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A power line disconnect apparatus comprising:

  • a housing;

    an electrical connector that projects from a surface of a connector plate coupled to the housing, the electrical connector configured to receive a plug of a power cable;

    an ejector pin configured to project through a first aperture in the connector plate and eject the plug from the electrical connector;

    a microswitch configured to activate and deactivate a power circuit associated with the power cable;

    a sensor pin configured to project through a second aperture in the connector plate, the sensor pin having a sensor pin extension, the sensor pin extension configured to control the microswitch; and

    a sensor pin guide configured to constrain movement of the sensor pin, the sensor pin guide having a side opening, the sensor pin extension projecting laterally from the sensor pin through the side opening to contact a microswitch arm of the microswitch.

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