Modular electric conductor

• US 6,797,885 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2002
• Issued: 09/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Power Ease, L.L.C.
• Original Assignee: Power Ease, L.L.C.
• Inventors: Steiner, Philipp, Hague, Philip, Magyar, Robert P., Joss, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Reichard, Dean A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, JINHEE J
• Application Number:
  US10/293,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20030094302A1
• Time in Patent Office: 685 Days
• Field of Search: 174/97, 174/48, 174/95, 174/68.1, 439/120, 439/209, 439/212, 439/216, 439/535
• US Class Current: 174/97
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0487 with a non-circular cross-section H02G3/0468, H02G3/0475 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0608 Joints for connecting non cylindrical conduits, e.g. channels

Abstract

An electrical carrier member has a dielectric shell, an electrical conductor, and at least one open channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The dielectric shell has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of enclosed channels extending longitudinally therethrough. The shell has a first end and a second end. The electrical conductor extends through each enclosed channel. Each electrical conductor terminates proximate to the first end and the second end. The at least one open channel has a longitudinally extending opening to receive at least one conductor cable insertable laterally into the at least one open channel.

Claims

1. An electrical carrier member comprising:

a dielectric shell having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of enclosed channels extending longitudinally therethrough, the shell having a first end and a second end;

an electrical conductor extending through each enclosed channel, each electrical conductor terminating proximate to the first end and the second end; and

at least one open channel extending longitudinally therethrough, the at least one open channel having a longitudinally extending opening to receive at least one conductor cable insertable laterally into the at least one open channel.

2. The electrical carrier member according to claim 1, wherein a plane of the first end and a plane of the second end are each generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shell.

3. The electrical carrier member according to claim 1, wherein the at least one conductor cable includes at least one of a co-axial cable, a telephone cable, a computer cable, and a speaker cable.

4. The electrical carrier member according to claim 1, wherein at least three enclosed channels extend through the shell.

5. The electrical carrier member according to claim 1, wherein the shell is adapted to mount to a surface.