Joseph R Wisniewski

US Patent:

49188860, Apr 24, 1990

Filed:

May 31, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/359287

Inventors:

Fredrick C. Benoit - Corona CA
Ruben Cardenas - Culver City CA
Daniel Schmid - Torrance CA
Joseph M. Wisniewski - Huntington CA

Assignee:

Harpers - Torrance CA

International Classification:

E04F 1700

US Classification:

52221

Abstract:

A modular room divider panel includes a raceway along its lower edge which contains and shields one or more multi-wire power harnesses that are protected from unauthorized access by lockable raceway cover plates. The harness comprises a pair of connector blocks, each formed with a pair outwardly endwise facing electrical connector receptacles connected to opposite ends of a bundled plurality of individual and individually insulated conductor wires. A medial web of the raceway frame has a central aperture through which an intermediate portion of the bundled conductor wires pass between opposite sides of the web and a pair of slots at opposite ends of the central aperture which seat the connector blocks such that the pair of receptacles of a connector blocks are disposed on opposite sides of the web. To accommodate a second harness, the medial web may be formed with another pair of openings spaced such that the pair of harnesses are mounted in overlapping or staggered relationship. The opposite side pair of raceway covers and corresponding parts of the raceway frame incorporate spring loaded locks which are actuatable only by means of an auxiliary tool which is insertible through an opening in the raceway cover.