The Wiremold Company

Charles A Whitney

Ralph R Damiano

Wilfred R Rogers

William J Ashline

A raceway includes a base and removable cover defining internal channels; discrete conductive shields are mounted in each channel in overlying relation to power and communications conductors therein; and a latching member is removably mounted between the cover and base continuously along coextending lengths of the latching member and the cover, the latching member being in interfering relation to cover movements required for removal of the cover from the base.

Raceway assembly for power and communications conductors

An electrical transition connector is disclosed for establishing an electrical transition connection between a multiple conductor flat cable and plurality of individual wire conductors. The conductor includes a pair of mating housing blocks with one of the blocks having multiple pairs of circular openings centered on opposite sides of a blade contact slot. The other housing block has blade contact slots formed therein and matching the blade contacts slots of said one housing block for alignment in registration with one another when the housing blocks are assembled. A blade contact is received in each matching pair of blade contact slots. A pair of jacking screws extend through the one housing block and threadably engage the second housing block for securing the blocks in assembly, whereby each blade contact is secured in an operative position for establishing an electrical transition connection between a flat cable conductor and an individual wire conductor.

Flat cable transition connector

To effect a mechanical and electrical interconnection of high integrity between flat multiconductor cables, a jig system is disclosed wherein a base plate is specifically designed with a plurality of guide pins arranged in a predetermined pattern for locating a plurality of common length connector strips for establishing connections between matching cable conductor pairs. The base plate further includes a plurality of locator pins for precision alignment of 3, 4, or 5 conductor cables for either tap or splice connections with the cables juxtaposed. The cables are in overlying relation to connector strip eyelets at opposite ends of each strip for establishing a connection between a matching conductor pair. A top plate is assembled with tool receiving apertures registrable in alignment with the connector strip eyelets, and an impact tool is driven into each top plate aperture to make connection between the strip and matching conductors only after precision alignment of the strips and cables between the plates is assured.

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Canton, CT, United States of America

Charles A Whitney