Patent ID: 6036517
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical interconnection assembly for use in distributing electrical power, the assembly being releasably securable to a surface of a wall, office furniture panel, or desk, said assembly comprising:at least one modular electrical receptacle block having means for providing power to electrically operated equipment;at least one junction block having duplicate opposing sides configured so that the at least one modular electrical receptacle block can be releasably and electrically connected to either of the opposing sides of the junction block, and electrical power can thereby be supplied from the junction block to the receptacle block;a mounting assembly securable to the surface and comprising a structure separate from any modular electrical receptacle block, the mounting assembly having an absence of any means for electrical connection to either a junction block or any of the electrically operated equipment; andthe mounting assembly and the junction block comprise means for mechanically and releasably securing the mounting assembly to either one of the opposing sides of the junction block, while the other one of the opposing sides of the junction block remains connectable to the at least one receptacle block.