Patent ID: 6123562
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
In an upright space-dividing interior wall panel having a raceway extending longitudinally thereof between opposite vertically-extending end edges of the panel, and a pair of electrical power blocks mounted on said panel within said raceway in longitudinally spaced relation, the pair of power blocks being joined by a multi-conductor conduit for transmitting electrical energy between said pair of power blocks, the improvement comprising:each said power block including a housing defining an interior chamber in which a plurality of electrically conductive members are supportingly positioned in spaced relation to one another, said plurality of conductive members defining first and second subsets of different conductors which respectively define first and second groupings of electrical circuits, each said grouping defining at least two electrical circuits, the two electrical circuits of one said grouping being distinct from the two electrical circuits of the other grouping;each said power block including first and second electrical connector ports each adapted for pluglike engagement with one end of an electrical connector unit, said first and second ports each accessing only a respectively different one of said groupings of electrical circuits;each said power block including third and fourth substantially identical electrical connector ports each adapted for pluglike engagement with a separable output unit, said third and fourth electrical connector ports being provided on and accessible from opposite sides of said power block, said third ports of said first and second power blocks accessing only a first one of said groupings of circuits, and said fourth ports of said first and second power blocks accessing only a second one of said groupings of electrical circuits; andsaid third port on said first power block facing toward one side of said panel, said third port on said second power block facing toward an opposite side of said panel, said fourth port on said first power block facing toward said opposite side of said panel, and said fourth port on said second power block facing toward said one side of said panel, whereby both said first and second groupings of electrical circuits are accessible from each side of said panel.