Relocatable wiring connection devices
AssigneeNSI Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsOrmand Gilbert Anderson, Jr., Holley Deanne Renfro
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AssigneeNSI Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsOrmand Gilbert Anderson, Jr., Holley Deanne Renfro
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Wiring components of a relocatable wiring system having respectively identical male and female terminal housings used respectively in male and female ports of said wiring components, the relocatable wiring system formed of the respective wiring components having particular utility in above-ceiling air handling spaces for electrical connection of lighting fixtures inter alia. Each male port of each wiring component configured according to the invention includes a male terminal housing including latching structure preferably formed of a plenum-rated polymeric material, each male port having a male terminal housing which is identical to the male terminal housing in each of the other male ports. Similarly, each female port of each wiring component includes a female terminal housing formed of polymeric material with all of the female terminal housings being identical. The male and female terminal housings preferably and respectively mount pin contacts and socket contacts of cooperating electrical terminals in the respective male and female ports to facilitate rapid connection and disconnection of system wiring components. The male and female terminal housings provide structure which snap locks the terminals there-into and which prevents axial dislodgement of the terminals from the terminal housings.
A male port formed in a connective device of a relocatable wiring system having lengths of cable carrying circuit conductors, the lengths of cable each having at least one of the connective devices mechanically and electrically connected to one end thereof, the male port of any one of the connective devices being mechanically and electrically connectable to a female port of any connective device having one or more of the female ports formed therein, each of the male ports having at least a portion of a first electrical terminal disposed therein for mechanical and electrical connection to a portion of a second electrical terminal located in each female port when one of the male ports and one of the female ports are brought into connective relationship with each other, comprising:
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