Patent ID: 6102733
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A converter device useful in a relocatable wiring system, the system having lengths of cable carrying circuit conductors and connective devices one of which is connected to at least one end of the lengths of cable, the connective devices being connectable mechanically and electrically to form the system, the converter device being connectable at one end to at least one of the connective devices and at another end to a junction box having wiring connected electrically to a source of power, at least portions of the circuit conductors being disposed internally of the converter device and being connectable to the wiring within the junction box, the converter device comprising:an exterior housing having a port opening at one end comprising a port and a wiring opening formed in another portion of the exterior housing;a terminal housing carried by the exterior housing and disposed in adjacent relation to the port opening;at least one electrical terminal mounted in the terminal housing and being mechanically and electrically connected to portions of the circuit conductors disposed internally of the exterior housing, portions of the circuit conductors extending through the wiring opening and into the interior of the junction box for connection to wiring within the junction box; and,compression fitting means disposed on the exterior housing about the wiring opening for mounting the converter device to the junction box.