Electrical raceway with improved ground connection method and apparatus

Claim 1

In a space dividing wall structure formed from a plurality of prefabricated upright panels which are serially connected together said wall structure including a prewired electrical subassembly comprising an elongated metal raceway having opposed longitudinal ends, a bottom wall extending between the opposed longitudinal ends and pair of generally opposed side walls connected to said bottom wall and extending between the opposed ends, said subassembly further comprising at least one power block fastened to said raceway, a plurality of electrical conductors extending from the power block to the longitudinal ends of said elongated metal raceway, including at least one continuous ground conductor, said conductors being disposed intermediate the side walls of the raceway, and a cover mounted to the side walls for substantially enclosing the conductors in the raceway, wherein the improvement comprises electrical terminating means formed as one piece with said metal raceway for electrically connecting the continuous ground conductor to the raceway where said electrical terminating means includes crimping means comprising two cantilevered arms having chamfered tips generally perpendicular to the metal raceway and directly opposite one another defining a space into which said continuous ground conductor can be placed before being crimped.