Method of branching power around an obstacle

Electrical connectors – Comprising coupling part of indeterminate length laterally... – Included in prefabricated building panel

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ABSTRACT:
A modular furniture power distribution system has a plurality of multiconductor electrical cables (42, 44, 46, 48, 62), each having an electrical connector (98, 100, 102) at a first and second ends. There are at least two upstanding partition panels (58), each having an elongated generally horizontally extending channel or raceway (60) for receiving a corresponding electrical cable, and a stanchion or leg (68, 70, 72, 74) for supporting juxtaposed partition panel ends. The support stanchion forms an obstacle precluding direct communication between adjacent partition channels because it provides inadequate clearance to accommodate an electrical coupling between the electrical connector in one channel and the corresponding electrical connector in the other panel. A collar (80) at least partially encircles the leg or other support structure and forms an electrical coupling for circumventing the obstacle and electrically coupling a connector of the cable in one channel with a corresponding connector of the cable in the other channel. A pair of electrical connectors (84, 88) at opposite ends of the collar are adapted to mate with corresponding cable connectors (98, 100) and the mating cable connector and collar connector pairs engage and disengage by relative motion in the direction (90) of channel elongation.

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patent: 6875051 (2005-04-01), Pizak

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