Electrical connectors – Uninterrupted support rail or uninterrupted contact – Arcuate – bendable or pliant rail or contact
Patent
1988-06-23
1989-11-21
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
Uninterrupted support rail or uninterrupted contact
Arcuate, bendable or pliant rail or contact
439586, 439933, 439110, 174117F, H01R 1360
Patent
active
048819077
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a conductor strip for electrical and telecommunication conductors.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Such conductor strips are placed to advantage in so-called installation channels or wiring channels and are arranged for electrical connection thereto at any selected position. This avoids the necessity of carrying out wiring and cable installations at a later date, such work often being expensive, time-consuming and requiring cavities or the like to be made in the walls, ceiling of the relevant building structure, which can detract from the aesthetic appearance of the building.
When using present day conductor strips in installation channels, the conductors are still liable to present certain problems. This is particularly true of copper wire embedded in non-conductive plastic strip sections, and more particularly when introducing the wire into the strip, either by hand or with the aid of expensive mechanical devices. This causes the strip sections to be relatively expensive, and often unreliable. In addition, the sections must be constructed with a view to enabling the introduction of metal conductors thereinto, or to facilitate such introduction, which means that the sections are not given an optimal design which, for example, would enable the sections to be manufactured quickly and in simple fashion; ensure beneficial electrical insulation; exert a guaranteed contact pressure; and enable the sections to be produced simultaneously with electrical wiring and conductors for telecommunication and control systems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to eliminate the aforesaid disadvantages and to provide a novel conductor strip for accommodating electric-current supply cables and supply cables for telecommunication and control communication systems, said conductor strips being in principle beneficial to the art and fulfilling the most diverse demands.
According to the invention, there is provided a conductor strip (1, 1', 1") for electrical and telcommunication connectors, with at least one electrical conductor (9, 12, 19) arranged along substantially the entire length of the strip for electrical contact to be made therewith at any selected position, and said conductor is arranged on the surface of an electrically non-conductive strip base (5), characterized in that the strip base (5) has free edges, is made of a flat resilient material, and is provide with notches (6) which extend the length of the strip base and which allow the strip base (5) to be bent at approximately ninety degree angles into a desired shape, and the conductor strip (1, 1', 1"), because of the inherent resiliency of the strip base material, is automatically lockable by resilient expansion of the conductor strip when the free edges of the strip engage behind projections (4) of an installation channel (3). According to the Present invention.
Further characteristic features of the invention and advantages afforded thereby will be apparent from the following description made with reference to a number of non-limiting embodiments illustrated partially schematically in the accompanying drawings, in which
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 illustrates an installation channel having arranged therein a conductor strip according to the invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates a second conductor strip according to the invention as manufactured, which is ready for storage and ready for delivery;
FIG. 3 illustrates the conductor strip of FIG. 2 in its in-use position;
FIG. 4 illustrates a third conductor strip according to the invention as manufactured etc.;
FIG. 5 illustrates the conductor strip of FIG. 4 in its in-use position;
FIG. 6 illustrates a fourth conductor strip according to the invention as manufactured etc.;
FIG. 7 illustrates a fifth conductor strip according to the invention as manufactured etc.;
FIG. 8 shown the strip of FIG. 7 in its in-use position;
FIG. 9 illustrates a sixth conductor strip according to the invention as manufactured etc.;
FIG. 10 shows the strip of FIG. 9
REFERENCES:
patent: 2062752 (1936-12-01), Kindberg
patent: 2240180 (1941-04-01), Frank
patent: 2254068 (1941-08-01), Frank
patent: 2396725 (1946-03-01), Thomas, Jr.
"Optical Fiber Ribbon Cable", IBM Tech. Discl. Bulletin, vol. 20, No. 10, Mar. 1978.
Bergman Nils-.ANG.ke
Widell Harald
Widell Jan
LandOfFree
Conductor strip for electrical and telecommunication conductors does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Conductor strip for electrical and telecommunication conductors, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Conductor strip for electrical and telecommunication conductors will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1423489