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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1979
Walter F Bishop, Bloomingdale, IL (US);
McGraw-Edison, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Abstract
A flexible connector assembly for coupling, both mechanically and electrically, sections of electrical distribution track in a track lighting system includes first and second connector segments each having at a first end, a plug-in type tapping mechanism for joining the segments mechanically and electrically to sections of electrical distribution track. A flexible and expandible member formed of a pair of conductive, coiled, wire elements concentrically wrapped in opposite directions with respect to each other, is joined at opposite ends at the second ends, respectively, of the connector segments. The coiled wire elements define a tubular passageway for electrical conductors coupling the connector segments electrically and the member itself provides a ground connection between the connector segments and corresponding track sections. The construction of the flexible member permits the positioning of joined track sections at a variety of angles with respect to each other and protects the electrical conductors passing therethrough between the connector segments.