Patent ID: 6269471
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A wiring layout of information circuits which are used by personnel who work at a plurality of blocks, each block accommodating at least one person, the wiring layout comprising:at each block, a plurality of outlet connectors connectable in use to information devices used by personnel at the block;an interconnection unit having a plurality of primary connectors adapted to be connected to collective information handling devices, and a plurality of secondary connectors;a plurality of wiring bundles, each comprising a plurality of wiring cables associated with a particular one of the blocks, the plurality of wiring cables connecting respective groups of the secondary connectors to respective ones of the blocks, the wiring cables of each wiring bundle terminating at the respective outlet connectors of the block; anda plurality of interconnection cables detachably and interchangeably connecting the primary connectors and the secondary connectors at the interconnection unit, wherein(i) first identification signs are provided on each bundle to identify respective ones of the blocks to which the wiring bundles are connected, the first identification signs being provided by a color-coded indicia tape wound around substantially an entire length of each bundle,(ii) at the interconnection unit, the plurality of the secondary connectors connected by a respective one of the wiring bundles to one of the blocks are grouped together in space, each group of secondary connectors being colored with the same color as the corresponding cable bundle indicia tape to identify the block and associated wiring bundle, and(iii) second identification signs are associated with the wiring cables to identify respective ones of the wiring cables in each said wiring bundle, and the same second identification signs are provided to identify respective secondary connectors to which the wiring cables are respectively connected.