Patent ID: 6375490
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical raceway assembly comprising:an elongated channel-shaped raceway base, and a cover fitted onto said base, said cover having longitudinally spaced generally rectangular openings defined in a front face thereof; elongated conductors within said channel-shaped base behind said openings; a female receptacle in at least one of said openings, said receptacle having a base and a cap, said cap having a flange for engaging said cover front face and resilient wings for retaining said cap in said one cover opening, said receptacle base and cap defining a housing having confronting interfaces constructed and arranged on said base and cap as to trap the elongated conductors between said interfaces, electrical connectors inside said housing, said connectors having socket defining ends for driving parallel blades of a conventional male plug, and said electrical connectors having planar insulation displacement connector (IC) ends having opposing cutting knife edges defined at opposite ends of connectors relative to said socket defining ends, said socket defining ends cooperating with parallel slots in said cap to receive the blades of the male plug, and said planar IDC ends of said connectors being arranged substantially parallel to said slots in said cap, and said IDC ends and slots oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal orientation of the raceway assembly and the conductors therein.