Patent ID: 6065995
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A device for making electrical connections between a first cable and a second cable, said first and second cables including a plurality of electric wires having a wire core and a coating, said device comprising:a plurality of adjacent electrical connection units arranged in parallel, and a plurality of linking portions linking said electrical connection units, each said electrical connection unit including at least one groove for receiving the electric wires, and a cutting element, each said cutting element including at least one double-edge blade having two edges electrically connected and positioned so as to face each other in said groove,wherein, when an electric wire taken out from said first cable is pressed into said groove, said at least one double-edge blade cuts into said coating and contacts said wire core, and, when an electric wire taken out from said second cable is pressed into said groove, said at least one double-edge blade cuts into said coating and contacts said wire core, whereby said electric wire taken out from said first cable is electrically connected to said electric wire taken out from said second cable via said at least one double-edge blade; andwherein the device is formed into a circular shape by bending said electrical connection units./