Patent ID: 6457989
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A branch connecting device, comprising:a connecting device body having a top surface and a bottom surface; a plurality of crimp contacts disposed at predetermined locations of said connecting device body; and a plurality of electric wires being electrically wired crosswise each other in a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction of said connecting device body; wherein branch circuits are formed by pressure-bonding said plurality of electric wires onto said plurality of crimp contacts; each of odd-numbered wires of said plurality of said electric wires are wired in the lateral and longitudinal direction on one of said top or bottom surfaces of said connecting device body; said odd-numbered wires are pressure-bonded to predetermined crimp contacts of said plurality of crimp contacts disposed on said one of said top or bottom surfaces; each of even-numbered wires of said plurality of electric wires are electrically wired in the lateral and longitudinal direction on the other of said top or bottom surfaces of said connecting device body; and said even-numbered wires are pressure-bonded to predetermined crimp contacts of said plurality of crimp contacts disposed on said top or bottom surfaces.