The present disclosure provides a coupling system for coupling a medical accessory to an accessory support is provided. The present disclosure also provides a system for powering a medical accessory with an accessory support.

A power panel of an electrical distribution system including a bus stack with a plurality of conductive bars spaced from one another and a plurality of insulators, an electrical accessory is coupled to the plurality of bus bars, and each insulator includes a main body and a safety feature that extends from the main body. The safety features from adjacent insulators extend towards one another to define a gap sized to prevent insertion of a foreign object therein. The gap is further sized to permit insertion there through of a conductive component to establish an electrical connection between multiple bus bars and the electrical accessory.

A bus bar system having at least one bus bar which is accommodated in a contact-protection housing in a contact-protection manner and in an accessible manner via contacting passages for electrical devices and/or device adapters, the contact-protection housing having a lower part and an upper part which is detachably fixed on the lower part and between which the at least one bus bar is held, wherein the upper part has, on its side facing the lower part, a plurality of plug-in receptacles extending from the latter into the lower part, and the lower part has at least one slide with at least one latching pawl which can be adjusted between a locking position, in which the at least one latching pawl engages in the plug-in receptacle, and a release position, in which the at least one latching pawl is positioned in front of the plug-in receptacle. A corresponding method is further described.

A circuit breaker that may be plugged onto an electrical panel. The circuit breaker is preferably a low voltage circuit breaker in the range of 120-240 volts. The circuit breaker includes an electrical clip with a curved inner surface that contacts a curved outer surface of an electrical connector on the electrical panel. The circuit breaker includes a protrusion that prevents the circuit breaker from being installed in electrical panels without an electrical connector for the electrical clip to engage.

An electric power distribution panel is provided. The electric power distribution panel includes a first input bus, a second input bus, a plurality of brackets and a plurality of circuit breaker modules. The first and second input buses are coupled to a first power source and a second power source respectively. The plurality of brackets is electrically connected to the first and second input buses. The plurality of circuit breaker modules are assembled to the plurality of brackets respectively. Each of the plurality of circuit breaker modules includes a circuit breaker and an adapter detachably assembled to the circuit breaker. In each of the plurality of circuit breaker modules, the circuit breaker is electrically connected to the first input bus when the adapter is removed from the circuit breaker, and the circuit breaker is electrically connected to the second input bus when the adapter is assembled to the circuit breaker.

An in-wall power adapter adapted to receive a voltage is described. The in-wall power adapter may comprise a first plurality of contact elements comprising a first contact element adapted to receive a line voltage signal, a second contact element adapted to receive a neutral voltage, a third contact element adapted to receive a ground voltage, and a fourth contact element adapted to receive a communication signal; a recess adapted to receive a control module; a switch having a first terminal coupled to receive the line voltage; and a second plurality of contact elements associated with the recess and comprising a fifth contact element adapted to receive the communication signal.

An in-wall power adapter adapted to receive a voltage is described. The in-wall power adapter may comprise a first plurality of contact elements comprising a first contact element adapted to receive a line voltage and a second contact element adapted to be coupled to a load; a recess adapted to receive a control module; a second plurality of contact elements associated with the recess and comprising a third contact element coupled to the first contact element and a fourth contact element coupled to the second contact element; a switch coupled to receive the line voltage at a first terminal by way of the first contact element; and a connector coupled between a second terminal of the switch and the second contact element; wherein the connector is in a closed position when no control module is in the recess

A control module adapted to be attached to a power adapter is described. The control module comprises a plurality of contact elements including a first contact element adapted to receive a line voltage and a second contact element adapted to receive a reference voltage; a first actuator extending from a housing of the control module and adapted to engage with a connector of a power adapter; a second actuator extending from the housing of the control module and adapted to engage with a tamper resistance element of a power adapter; a control circuit adapted to generate a signal; and a third contact element coupled to the control circuit; wherein the control circuit generates to the signal adapted to be routed to the power adapter by way of the third contact element to detect a change in a state of a switch of a power adapter.

An in-wall power adapter configured to apply a voltage to a load is described. The in-wall power adapter may comprises a recess adapted to receive a control module; a first connector having a first contact element adapted to receive a first prong of a plug, a second contact element adapted to receive a contact element of a control module, and a third contact element adapted to receive a wire of a junction box; a second connector having a fourth contact element adapted to receive a second prong of a plug, a fifth contact element adapted to receive a contact element of a control module, and a sixth contact element adapted to receive a wire of a junction box; and a third connector having a seventh contact element adapted to receive a third prong of a plug, an eighth contact element adapted to receive a prong a contact element of a control module, and a ninth contact element adapted to receive a wire of a junction box.

An assembly includes a mounting bracket; a member; a guide disposed in the member; and a slider, the slider configured to move between a first position and a second position relative to the member, the slider being configured to move within the guide. The slider has a first end and a second end, the first end opposite the second end. The first end includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion configured to provide a contact for application of a force in a first direction and the second portion configured to provide a contact for application of a force in a second direction. The second direction is opposite the first direction.