Connector mounting system for modular wall panels
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsSteven B. Bogiel, Mark M. Data
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Abstract
A mounting arrangement is disclosed in a power distribution system for electrification of modular wall panels or the like. A mounting bracket is adapted for location in a wire raceway of a modular wall panel. An electrical receptacle is mountable on the mounting bracket. Complementary interengaging guide ribs and grooves are provided between the bracket and the receptacle for guiding the receptacle into a proper mounted position on the bracket. Complementary interengaging latch arms and latch recesses are provided between the bracket and the receptacle for locking the receptacle on the bracket at its mounted position.
Claims16
A mounting arrangement in a power distribution system for electrification of modular wall panels, comprising:
- a mounting bracket having a base parallel to the wall panel located in a wire raceway of a modular wall panel including a pair of side flanges extending perpendicular from the base to a free end;
- an electrical receptacle mountable on the mounting bracket between the pair of side panels;
- complementary interengaging guide means between the pair of bracket side flanges and the receptacle for guiding the receptacle into a proper mounted position on the bracket in a direction perpendicular to the base, the guide means including a guide rib on the receptacle insertable into the guide groove in the bracket, the guide groove extending from the free end toward the base;
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- complementary interengaging latch means separate from the complementary interengaging guide means between each side flange of the bracket and the receptacle for locking the receptacle on the bracket at said mounted position.
A mounting arrangement in a power distribution system for electrification of modular wall panels, comprising:
- a mounting bracket having a base parallel to the wall pane located in a wire raceway of a modular wall panel including a pair of side flanges extending perpendicular from the base to a free end having opposed sides;
- an electrical receptacle having opposed sides mountable on the mounting bracket between the pair of side flanges;
- a guide rib on each opposed side of the receptacle;
- a guide groove in each opposite side flange of the bracket the guide groove extending from the free end toward the base for slidably receiving the guide rib;
- a latch recess in each side flange of the bracket;
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- a flexible latch arm separate from the rib on each opposed side of the receptacle engageable in the latch recess.
A connector mounting arrangement in a power distribution system, comprising:
- a mounting bracket having a base and a pair of side flanges extending perpendicular from the base to a free end;
- a connector mountable on the mounting bracket between the pair of side flanges;
- complementary interengaging guide means between each side flange of the bracket and the connector for guiding the connector into a proper mounted position on the bracket, the guide means including a guide rib on the connector insertable into a guide groove in the bracket the guide groove extending from the free end toward the base;
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- complementary interengaging latch means separate from the complimentary interengaging guide means between the pair of bracket side flanges and the connector for locking the connector on the bracket of said mounted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.