Claims
- 1. An electrical assembly, comprising:
a plurality of electrical modules, each of said plurality of electrical modules being sequentially electrically connected to at least one other of said plurality of electrical modules, each of said plurality of electrical modules including a coding circuit, each of said coding circuits interacting to identify a number of said plurality of electrical modules that are sequentially electrically connected.
- 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said coding circuit further comprises:
at least one signal line; and a circuit element interacting with said signal line to alter a signal thereon.
- 3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein said circuit element is at least one of a resistor, a capacitor and an indicator.
- 4. The assembly of claim 3, wherein said circuit element is a resistor.
- 5. The assembly of claim 2, further comprising a control assembly receiving said signal and activating said plurality of electrical modules if said signal indicates that said number is one of equal to and less than a predetermined number.
- 6. The assembly of claim 5, wherein said predetermined number is 8.
- 7. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of substantially identical electrical cables sequentially electrically connecting said plurality of electrical modules.
- 8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said plurality of electrical modules include electrical power receptacles.
- 9. A modular wall panel system, comprising:
at least one module wall panel; at least one power delivery system being connected to at least one of said modular wall panels, said at least one power delivery system including:
a plurality of electrical modules, each of said plurality of electrical modules being sequentially electrically connected to at least one other of said plurality of electrical modules, each of said plurality of electrical modules including a coding circuit, each of said coding circuits interacting to identify a number of said plurality of electrical modules that are sequentially electrically connected.
- 10. The system of claim 9, wherein said coding circuit further comprises:
at least one signal line; and a circuit element interacting with said signal line to alter a signal thereon.
- 11. The system of claim 10, wherein said circuit element is at least one of a resistor, a capacitor and an indicator.
- 12. The system of claim 11, wherein said circuit element is a resistor.
- 13. The system of claim 10, further comprising a control assembly receiving said signal and activating said plurality of electrical modules if said signal indicates that said number is one of equal to and less than a predetermined number.
- 14. The system of claim 13, wherein said predetermined number is 8.
- 15. The system of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of substantially identical electrical cables sequentially electrically connecting said plurality of electrical modules.
- 16. The system of claim 15, wherein said plurality of electrical modules include electrical power receptacles.
- 17. A method of preventing activation of a predetermined number of electrical modules, comprising the steps of:
electrically powering a first electrical module; electrically sequentially connecting a plurality of second electrical modules, at least one of said plurality of second electrical modules in communication with said first electrical module; and determining within said first electrical module whether to electrically activate said plurality of second electrical modules.
- 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the step of supplying information from at least one of said plurality of second electrical modules to said first electrical module.
- 19. The method of claim 18, wherein said determining step includes the substep of determining from said information a number of said plurality of second electrical modules that are in communication with said first electrical module.
- 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the step of electrically activating said plurality of electrical modules if said number is one of less than and equal to a predetermined number.
- 21. The method of claim 20, wherein said predetermined number is 8.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a non-provisional application based upon U.S. provisional patent application serial No. 60/371,467, entitled “NEXT CONNECT”, filed Apr. 10, 2002.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60371467 |
Apr 2002 |
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