Electrical connector with a helical conductor overload circuit breaker

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH MULTIPLE TERMINAL CONDUCTORS OF AN ELECTRIC POWER INPUT CIRCUIT, A CURRENT OVERLOAD CONTROL CONNECTOR DEVICE CONNECTED WITH SAID CONDUCTORS AND HAVING ATTACHMENT PLUG RECEIVING CONTACTS ADAPTED FOR SEPARABLE CONNECTION WITH ASSOCIATED ATTACHMENT PLUG CONTACTS IN A POWER CONSUMING OUTPUT CIRCUIT EXTENSION, SAID CONNECTOR HAVING AN INSULATING HOUSING AND SEPARATE ELECTRIC CURRENT CONDUCTIVE ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING SAID PLUG RECEIVING CONTACTS THEREIN, ONE OF SAID CONDUCTIVE ASSEMBLIES HAVING DIRECTLY EMBODIED THEREIN A THERMAL CIRCUIT BREAKER COMPRISING A FIXED CONTACT AND A MOVABLE CONTACT NORMALLY ENGAGED THEREWITH AND MOUNTED ON A FREE END OF A HELICAL SPRING FORM CONDUCTOR FIXED AT ITS OTHER END AGAINST MOVEMENT, SAID HELICAL SPRING FORM CONDUCTOR NORMALLY MAINTAINING THE CONTACTS IN ENGAGEMENT WITHIN A PREDETERMINED NORMAL LOAD CURRENT FLOW RANGE BUT SUBJECT TO LINEAR EXPANSION TO SEPARATE THE CONTACTS UNDER HEAT GENERATED IN THE HELICAL CONDUCTOR BY FLOW THEREIN OF AN OVERLOAD CURRENT ABOVE SAID RANGE, AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING RECLOSING OF THE BREAKER CONTACTS AFTER SEPARATION UNDER OVERLOAD, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE INSULATOR MEMBER NORMALLY PRESSED EDGEWISE AGAINST A SIDE PORTION OF THE MOVABLE CONTACT IN ITS CLOSED CONTACT POSITION TO BE AUTOMATICALLY PROJECTED BETWEEN THE BREAKER CONTACTS WHEN OPENED AND HAVING AN EXTENSION OUTWARDLY OF THE CONNECTOR FOR MANUALLY RETRACTING SAID MEMBER TO PERMIT CLOSURE OF THE CONTACTS.