Patent ID: 7188805

Claim:
An aircraft comprising: a fuselage having a passenger seating area; a plurality of seats in said seating area; a source operable to supply electrical power and/or data; an elongated bus strip extending along a portion of said seating area, said bus strip having at least one continuous elongated receptacle having an elongated accessible first side that extends along an entirety of said bus strip, said receptacle including a conductive member electrically connected to said source; and a connector selectively attachable to said bus strip at any location along said first side of said receptacle by insertion without rotation into said first side of said receptacle, said connector having an electrically conductive plug operable to be inserted into said first side of said receptacle and into electrical contact with said conductive member without rotation, said connector also being electrically connected to at least one of said seats, said connector thereby electrically interconnecting said conductive member to said seat, wherein said seating area includes at least one seat track that extends alone a portion of said seating area, said seat track allowing said seats to be located at a variety of positions along said seat track, and said bus strip extends along said seat track with said first side facing said seat track.