Patent ID: 8536820
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A modular electric strip assembly, comprising: a) a female plug unit retained in a wall of a building and electrically connected to an alternating current electrical supply system; b) a panel on which are printed a plurality of conductive elements; c) a cover plate member having at least two socket regions and attached to said panel, each of said at least two socket regions being provided with a plurality of grooves for the insertion therein of blades of an electrical device and with a contact associated and aligned with an electrically activatable region of said plurality of grooves; and d) a male plug unit interconnected with said panel, pins protruding from said male plug unit being coupleable with corresponding cavities of said female plug unit, a. a plurality of two-ended electrically conductable contact pins, a first end of each of said plurality of contact pins being inserted in, and in electric conducting relation with, one of said contact holes and a second end of each of said plurality of contact pins being electrically connected to a corresponding electrically activatable region of said cover plate member; and b. a plurality of two-ended electrically conductable plug pins, a first end of each of said plurality of plug pins being inserted in, and in electric conducting relation with, one of said pin insertion holes and a second end of each of said plurality of contact pins being seated in a corresponding aperture of said male plug unit so as to be in electrically conductable alignment with a corresponding conductor associated with said male plug unit,