US 11,811,210 B2
Modular floor box assembly
Michael D. Martin, Rochester, NY (US); Michael Devin O'Neil, Germantown, TN (US); and Phillip Taylor, Germantown, TN (US)
Assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden (CH)
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed on May 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/320,440.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,824, filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0376587 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 3/18 (2006.01); H02G 3/08 (2006.01); H01R 27/02 (2006.01); H01R 24/76 (2011.01)
CPC H02G 3/185 (2013.01) [H02G 3/083 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular floor box assembly comprising:
a floor box having a housing, the housing including an aperture and a plurality of fittings, each of the plurality of fittings having a passageway sized to receive a plurality of cables, the passageway being in fluid communication with an interior region of the housing;
a power deck having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface and configured for placement within the interior region of the housing, the power deck including a female deck receptor on the upper surface, the female deck receptor being electrically coupled to one or more terminals located on the lower surface of the power deck that are configured for a hardwired connection within the interior region of the housing with at least one of the plurality of cables; and
a power puck sized for removable placement within the interior region of the housing, the power puck having a male receptacle configured for insertion into, and electrical coupling to, the female deck receptor, the power puck further including one or more electrical receptacles, the one or more electrical receptacles being electrically coupled to the male receptacle;
wherein the aperture comprises being disposed within the interior region between the power deck and an opposing inner surface of the housing, the aperture sized to accommodate passage of one or more data transmission cables, the aperture being in fluid communication with the passageway of at least one of the plurality of fittings.