Patent ID: 6575777
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrified partition system comprising:a plurality of panels interconnected with each other to form a plurality of work spaces; a plurality of receptacles mounted in raceways in said panels, each said receptacle comprising a housing and a plurality of conductors extending from one end of said housing to the other end of said housing and terminating in respective terminals, said conductors defining individual circuits; at least one electrical plug socket in a face of each of said receptacle housings, each said plug socket comprising a plurality of connectors aligned with respective apertures in said housing face to thereby receive a standard multi-pronged electrical plug, said connectors connected to respective said conductors fewer in number than said plurality of conductors extending through said housing so that some of said conductors pass through said housing electrically isolated from said connectors; multi-circuit cables removably electrically connected to said receptacles to form an electrical network; and a connector module having a first socket removably connected to one of said multi-circuit cables and a pair of second sockets removably and directly electrically connected to a pair of respective said receptacles with their respective plug sockets facing in opposite directions.