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Douglas J Pirc

Ronald Martin Weber

James H Wise

James S Hower

John L Himes, Jr

Jay L French

John C Farrar

Andrew J Dawson, Jr

Atalee S Taylor

A power distribution system includes a power outlet for connection to different power supply circuits in a power block when assembled thereto. The system includes a power block having arrays of openings on the front and back faces which are vertically staggered.

Power distribution system for modular furniture unit

A power distribution system for prewiring a modular wall panel unit with electrical conductors. The system is installed in the wiring channel that extends along the bottom edge of the panel unit. The system includes a power block located at each of the opposite ends of the panel wiring channel. Each power block comprises a housing containing ten flat, vertically aligned bus bars that are each connected to a separate one of four line, four neutral, a safety ground and an isolated ground conductors of the power supply of the site at which the panel unit is installed. Each power block is capable of receiving, at the end thereof adjacent the end of the wiring channel, on either or both faces thereof, a connector for a jumper cable for connecting two similar power distribution systems in adjoining panel units. Each power block is also capable of receiving, on either or both faces thereof, a duplex outlet unit or a power-in connector for connecting the bus bars of the power block to the separate conductors of the site power supply. The duplex outlet units are of two types which may each be installed in a power block in two different orientations to connect the outlet unit to a selected pair of the four different pairs of line and neutral conductors of the system.

Power distribution for modular furniture units

The present invention discloses a filtered cable harness connector assembly 10 including a multiterminal connector 12 having at least one row of terminals 18 therein terminated to conductors 28 of a cable 26, at least one filter subassembly 30 secured to the conductors 28 rearward of the multiterminal connector 12 and means covering the connector 12 and subassembly 30. The cable conductors are arranged in at least one planar array 29 and extend rearwardly from the connector 12 in a given lateral spacing. One filter subassembly 30 is associated with each at least one array of conductors. The subassembly 30 has plurality of contact members 32, a purality of filter members 58, means 50 housing the contact members 32 and filter members 58, and bus means 46. The plurality of contact members 32 have first and second contact portions 34, 40, the first contact portions 34 extending from a conductor proximate surface 52 of the housing means 50 and are appropriately spaced and adapted to become electrically connected with respective ones of the conductors 28 of the at least one array 29. The housing means 50 includes a plurality of filter receiving apertures 54 along a selected face thereof, and have the second contact portions 40 paired with third contact portions 44 and are exposed along respective bottom aperture surfaces. Filter member 58 are disposed in respective ones of the apertures and are electrically joined to respective pairs of said second and third contact portions 40, 44. Bus means extends from and commons third contact portions 44 and includes at least one ground engageable portion 48.

Filtered cable harness connector assembly

A filtered electrical device 10 for being secured externally to an electrical article such as an electrical connector and electrically engageable to circuit paths thereof comprises a plurality of contact members 12, a housing member 40 having a plurality of filter receiving apertures 48 therein, a plurality of filter receiving apertures 48 therein, a plurality of filter members 54 disposed in the apertures 48 and electrically connected to the contact members 12 and a ground means. The contact members 12 have first and second contact portions 14, 24, the first contact portions 14 being secured in the housing 40 and engageable with corresponding contact sections of the elctrical article to which the filtering device 10 is secured. The second contact portions 24 are exposed along a bottom surface 50, of respective apertures 48 and are paired with and spaced from third contact portions 30 which are also exposed along a bottom apertures surface 50. Ground means include a bus means 34 secured in the housing 40 and extending outwardly from third contact sections 30. Filter members 54 are electrically engaged to respective pairs of second and third contact portions 14, 24. The device 10 can be manufactured in a continuous form by stamping a series of contact means in a strip 58 of metal, insert molding housing member 40 are desired length around a plurality of the contact means 70 to form a series of severable lead frames 60, placing filter members 54 in the filter receiving apertures 48, and severing individual devices 10. Alternatively, the strip of devices 10 can be stored in reel form until they are to be used.

Filtered electrical device and method for making same

An electrical adaptor 10 for providing transient suppression capabilities comprises housing members 12, 30, first and second connector subassemblies 44, 68, and dielectric subassembly 90 including dielectric substrate member 89 having electrical circuit component members 108 mounted thereon and means for grounding adaptor 10. First and second connector subassemblies 44, 68 include, respectively, first and second terminal members 46, 70 and first and second dielectric support members 52, 70. Dielectric substrate 89 includes a plurality of conductors 92 having first, second, and intermediate portions 94, 96, and 98 respectively and ground conductive area 102. First and second connector subassemblies are mounted to substrate 89 such that first and second terminal members 46, 70 are in electrical engagement with first and second conductor portions 94, 96 respectively. Components 108 are mounted to substrate 89 and are in electrical engagement with intermediate conductor portion 98 and ground area 102, thus providing protection from power surges for connectors mated to first and second connector subassemblies 44, 68 respectively.

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Mechanicsburg, PA, United States of America

Douglas J Pirc