Patent · US Expired

Flat cable transmission system

US4992058A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1988
Grant dateFeb 12, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G3/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For the communications and data transfer wiring of a modern office building the invention provides a prewired cable trunking module with a number of socket outlets along its top surface. The module has a flat cable extending through the duct, sets of wires being split off the cable at intervals to connect with the outlets. Successive modules can have a single continuous cable extending through them, or can be connected by multiway connectors at each end of each module.

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