Bus bars for poke-through floor fitting

• US 6,483,028 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2001
• Issued: 11/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hubbell, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hubbell, Inc.
• Inventors: Bonilla, Nelson, DeBartolo, Joseph V. Jr., Czerner, Peter A., Goodman, Alfred N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinkins, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R
• Application Number:
  US10/011,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20020040799A1
• Time in Patent Office: 343 Days
• Field of Search: 174/48, 174/50, 174/53, 439/650, 439/535, 439/536, 439/538, 522/208, 522/201, 522/205, 522/207, 220/3.7, 220/3.4
• US Class Current: 174/483
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0493 Service poles

Abstract

A fire-rated, poke-through floor fitting preferably for use in a three inch diameter bore within a floor. The fitting has an electrical receptacle that is sized to fit within the three inch bore. The receptacle preferably has two pairs of electrical outlets coupled to the electrical receptacle along with four voice/data jacks. The fitting provides a high number of electrical outlets and voice/data jacks, while maintaining a relatively low profile and easy accessibility. Each pair of electrical outlets can be separately connected to different power sources or each pair can be connected to the same power source. The bus bars of the receptacle can have various configurations, including non-overlapping orientations.

Claims

1. A fitting assembly comprising:

a first pair of electrical plugs, each of said plugs having a base (a) a hot prong and a neutral prong extending from said base, and (b) a front surface of said plug oriented transversely to said base and extending in a direction opposite said hot and neutral prongs;

a surface having a substantially circular opening;

an electrical receptacle positioned within said opening;

a first pair of electrical outlets coupled to said electrical receptacle with said first pair of electrical plugs being positioned within said first pair of electrical outlets, and each electrical outlet in said first pair of electrical outlets being substantially parallel to each other and each of said front surfaces of each of said electrical plugs in said first pair of electrical plugs facing in a first direction.

2. A fitting assembly according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second pair of electrical plugs, each of said plugs having prongs extending from a base and a front surface extending transversely to said base;

a second pair of electrical outlets coupled to said electrical receptacle with said second pair of electrical plugs being positioned within said second pair of electrical outlets and each electrical outlet in said second pair of electrical outlets being substantially parallel to each other with said front surface of each of said plug in said second pair of electrical plugs facing in a second direction, which is opposite to said first direction.

3. A fitting assembly according to claim 1, wherein

said opening has an approximately three-inch diameter.

4. A poke through fitting extending through an aperture in a floor, comprising:

a generally circular housing having a center, a periphery and a top a surface, a portion of said housing received within the aperture in the floor; and

first, second, third and fourth electrical outlets positioned within said housing, each of said outlets having first and second apertures extending therethrough, said apertures adapted to receive the prongs of an electrical plug;

wherein said first apertures for said first and second electrical outlets are positioned closer to said center of said housing than said second apertures for said first and second electrical outlets and said second apertures for said first and second electrical outlets are positioned between said first aperture and said periphery of said housing and said first and second apertures for said third and fourth electrical outlets are positioned substantially equidistant from said center of said housing.

5. A poke through fitting according to claim 4, wherein

said first and second electrical outlets are positioned adjacent each other.

6. A poke through fitting according to claim 4, wherein

said third and fourth electrical outlets are positioned adjacent each other.

7. A poke through fitting according to claim 4, wherein

each of said outlets is positioned about the same distance from said center as each other outlet and each outlet is positioned substantially equidistant from each adjacent outlet.

8. A poke through fitting according to claim 4, wherein

each of said outlets has a ground aperture, and said first and second apertures in each of said outlets are substantially rectangular and extend generally in the direction of said ground aperture.

9. A poke through fitting according to claim 8, wherein

said ground apertures for said third and fourth electrical outlets are positioned closer to the center of the housing than said first and second apertures for each respective outlet.

10. A poke through fitting extending through an aperture in a floor, comprising:

a housing having a generally circular circumference, a center and a top surface, a portion of said housing received within the aperture in the floor; and

first and second pairs of electrical outlets positioned within said housing, each of said outlets having first and second apertures extending therethrough, said apertures adapted to receive the prongs of an electrical plug, and each of said first apertures in a respective outlet extending substantially parallel to said second aperture of said respective outlet;

wherein said first and second apertures in said first pair of electrical outlets extend substantially parallel to a tangent extending from said generally circular circumference proximal to each respective outlet in said first pair of electrical outlets and said first and second apertures in said second pair of electrical outlets extend substantially parallel to a radius extending from said center to said generally circular circumference proximal to each respective outlet in said second pair of electrical outlets.

11. A poke through fitting according to claim 10, wherein

each outlet in said first pair of electrical outlets is positioned adjacent the other respective outlet in said first pair.

12. A poke through fitting according to claim 10, wherein

each outlet in said second pair of electrical outlets is positioned adjacent the other respective outlet in said second pair.

13. A poke through fitting according to claim 10, wherein

each pair of outlets is positioned about the same distance from said center as each other pair of outlets and each outlet is positioned equidistant from each adjacent outlet.

14. A poke through fitting according to claim 10, wherein

each outlet has a ground aperture and said first and second apertures extend generally in the direction of said ground aperture.

15. A poke through fitting according to claim 14, wherein

each of said ground apertures in each of said outlets in said second pair of electrical outlets is positioned closer to the center of the housing than said first and second apertures for each respective outlet.

16. A poke through fitting extending through an aperture in a floor, comprising:

a housing having a generally circular circumference, a center and a top surface, a portion of said housing received within the aperture in the floor; and

first, second, third and fourth electrical outlets positioned within said housing, each of said outlets having a first aperture, a second aperture, and a ground aperture extending therethrough, said apertures adapted to receive the prongs of an electrical plug, each of said first apertures in a respective outlet extending substantially parallel to said second aperture of said respective outlet and in a direction generally toward said ground aperture of said respective outlet;

wherein said a longitudinal axis of each of first and second apertures in each of said electrical outlets extends substantially parallel to a tangent extending from said generally circular circumference proximal to each respective outlet.

17. A poke through fitting according to claim 16, wherein

each outlet is positioned proximal to the generally circular circumference of said housing.

18. A poke through fitting according to claim 16, wherein

each outlet is positioned about the same distance from said center as each other outlet and each outlet is positioned substantially equidistant from each adjacent outlet.

19. A poke through fitting according to claim 16, wherein

said ground apertures for each of said outlets are positioned closer to the center of the housing than at least one of said first and second apertures for each respective outlet.

20. A poke through fitting according to claim 19, wherein

said ground apertures for each of said outlets are positioned farther from the center of the housing than at least one of said first and second apertures for each respective outlet.