Cover plates for power distribution system

• US 4,717,358 A
• Filed: 07/31/1986
• Issued: 01/05/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AMP Limited
• Original Assignee: AMP Limited
• Inventors: Chaundy, George C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Desmond, Eugene F.
• Application Number:
  US06/893,071
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 174/55, 174/65, 174/66, 339/122, 339/123, 339/128, 339/91 F, 339/22 R, 339/198 J, 248/27.3, 248/27 B
• US Class Current: 439/557
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/475 Mechanical aspects of installing cables in ducts or the like for buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/745 separate from the housing
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/164 Connecting locations formed by flush mounted apparatus

Abstract

Cover plate for use in a wire raceway panel. More particularly, the cover plate includes cooperating latch members on one edge of the back face and a slot on the opposite edge for removably latching the cover plate in an opening in the panel. Telephone and data connectors are provided in the cover plate to provide an interconnection between telephones and other office equipment and appropriate telephone lines and data cable and wires in the raceway.

Claims

1. A cover plate for use with a wire raceway panel comprising:

dielectric plate means having a front face and a back face;

voice, data and/or fiber optic connectors mounted in said plate means with pluggable access on the front face for interconnecting voice and data equipment on the outside of the panel and means on the back face for connecting with appropriate wires and cables within the raceway; and

latch means on the plate means for latching said plate means in an opening in said panel, said latch means including slot means spaced from and extending along one edge of said back face and opening out parallel to the plane of said plate means and a latch member projecting outwardly from an opposite edge of said back face perpendicularly to the plane of said plate means and having shoulder means facing said back face, said slot means adapted to slide onto one edge of said opening in said panel and said latch member adapted to extend into said opening with said shoulder means engaging an inner surface of said panel adjacent an opposite edge of said opening and with a perimeter of said back face abutting the outer surface of said panel around the periphery of said opening.

2. The cover plate of claim 1 wherein said backface includes a rearwardly projecting rim extending around the perimeter thereof, said rim having a notch therethrough for providing access for pry means for prying said plate from said panel.