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Low voltage buss system

  • US 10,128,653 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2017
  • Issued: 11/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A power delivery bus system, comprising:

  • a conductive bus comprising an electrically insulated carrier and first, second, and third electrically conductive elements that are mounted to the electrically insulated carrier, wherein each of the first, second, and third electrically conductive elements are exposed on a surface of the electrically insulated carrier, wherein the first, second, and third electrically conductive elements run parallel to each other along a length of the electrically insulated carrier, wherein the second electrically conductive element is disposed equidistantly between the first electrically conductive element and the third electrically conductive element, and wherein at least a portion of the electrically insulated carrier is disposed between the first electrically conductive element and the second electrically conductive element and between the second electrically conductive element and the third electrically conductive element;

    a power source that provides a direct current (DC) output to the conductive bus;

    a data source that provides a data signal output to the conductive bus; and

    a load connector having a first electrical contact arranged to connect to the exposed first electrically conductive element of the conductive bus, a second electrical contact arranged to connect to the exposed third electrically conductive element of the conductive bus, and a magnet that is arranged to cooperate with the exposed second electrically conductive element of the conductive bus to provide a magnetic connection between the load connector and the conductive bus wherein the magnetic connection allows the load connector to be moved along the length of the conductive bus with the connection of the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact with the exposed first electrically conductive member of the conductive bus and the exposed second electrically conductive element of the conductive bus, respectively, being maintained such that the load connector receives, via the conductive bus, the data signal output from the data source and receives, via the conductive bus, the DC output from the power source as the load connector is moved along the length of the conductive bus, and wherein the load connector further has a port for providing at least a portion of the DC output that is received, via the conductive bus, from the power source to a device capable of coupling to the port.

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