Expandable power distribution unit
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsSarah Jean Jones, Clifford Franklin Lincoln, III
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Abstract
A power distribution unit includes a first power box including a first chamber having a first termination zone, wherein a first wire set from a supply conduit is configured to be terminated at the first termination zone. The power distribution unit also includes a second power box ganged together with the first power box. The second power box has a second chamber open to the first chamber, and the second chamber has a second termination zone. A second wire set from at least one of the supply conduit and the first termination zone is configured to be terminated at the second termination zone.
Claims25
An expandable power distribution unit, the power distribution unit comprising:
- a first power box including a plurality of walls defining a first chamber, the chamber having a first termination zone, wherein a first wire set from a supply conduit is configured to be terminated at the first termination zone;
- a second power box separate and discrete from the first power box, the second power box having a plurality of walls defining a second chamber, the second power box being ganged together with the first power box such that the second chamber is open to the first chamber, the second chamber having a second termination zone, wherein a second wire set from at least one of the supply conduit and the first termination zone is configured to be terminated at the second termination zone;
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- a joining part separate and discrete from the first and second power boxes, the first power box being joined to the joining part and the second power box being joined to the joining part to gang the first and second power boxes to each other.
An expandable power distribution unit for distributing power to a manufactured wiring system, the power distribution unit comprising:
- a first power box having a plurality of walls enclosing a first chamber, the first power box including a first connector assembly defining a mating interface for a mating component of the manufactured wiring system;
- and a second power box ganged together with the first power box by a separate respective joining part, the second power box having a plurality walls enclosing a second chamber open to the first chamber, the second power box including a second connector assembly defining a mating interface for a mating component of the manufactured wiring system, wherein at least one of the first and second power boxes includes a first opening configured to receive a first power supply conduit connected to a first power supply source, the first and second connector assemblies being electrically connected to the first power supply source, and wherein at least one of the first and second power boxes includes a second opening configured to receive a second power supply conduit connected to a second power supply source, the first and second connector assemblies being electrically connected to the second power supply source.
A power distribution kit for a manufactured wiring system, the power distribution kit comprising:
- a primary unit comprising a main body having a base wall and opposed end walls integrally formed with, and extending perpendicularly from, the base wall, the primary unit includes two side walls and a cover wall;
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- one or more supplementary units, each of the one or more supplementary units comprises a main body, a cover wall and a joining part, the main body of each of the one or more supplementary units having a base wall and opposed end walls integrally formed with, and extending perpendicularly from, the base wall, the main body of each of the one or more supplementary units being substantially identical to the main body of the primary unit;
- wherein the primary unit and the one or more supplementary units cooperate to form a power distribution unit having at least two power boxes ganged together, the main body of the primary unit being joined to the main body of an adjacent one of the one or more supplementary units by a respective joining part, one of the side walls being coupled to the main body of the primary unit, the other side wall being coupled to the main body of one of the one or more supplementary units to form sides of the power distribution unit.
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