Patent ID: 7344392
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: H01R,H02G,H02J

Abstract:
1. An electrical power distribution system comprising: an original source of electrical power; a housing mounted on a ground level surface in a location that is readily manually accessible by a user standing on the ground level surface, the original source of electrical power being routed into the housing, the housing containing a splitting mechanism that splits the original source of power into a plurality of circuits; a first modular connector mounted for access on an outside surface of the housing, the first modular connector having a plurality of first electrical contacts, each first contact being electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of circuits; an elongated flexible tube housing a plurality of electrically conductive wires, the tube having a second modular connector mounted at one end of the tube, the second modular connector having a plurality of second electrical contacts for mating with the plurality of first electrical contacts, each of the second contacts being electrically connected to one end of a corresponding one of the plurality of wires; wherein the plurality of first and second contacts are mounted within the first and second connectors respectively in a complementary mating arrangement that is adapted to enable the first and second contacts to be readily manually mated with each other and to be readily manually disengaged from each other, the first and second contacts being adapted to conduct elevated current or voltage between the contacts; wherein the elongated flexible tube has a third modular connector mounted at another end of the tube opposite the one end of the tube, the third modular connector having a plurality of third electrical contacts, each of the third contacts being electrically connected to an opposite end of a corresponding one of the wires; the system further comprising a circuit distribution housing having a fourth modular connector mounted for access to an outside surface of the housing, the fourth modular connector having a plurality of fourth contacts for mating with the plurality of third electrical contacts, wherein the plurality of third and fourth contacts are mounted within the third and fourth connectors respectively in a complementary arrangement that is adapted to enable the plurality of third and fourth contacts to be readily manually mated with each other in a predetermined pattern and to be readily manually disengaged from each other, the third and fourth contacts being adapted to conduct elevated current or voltage between the contacts.