Patent ID: 7648388
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A communication relay apparatus, comprising: a first connecting section for connecting to a first wire harness connected to an electronic control device; a second connecting section for connecting to a second wire harness connected to a plurality of electronic equipments; a communication address setting section which has a plurality of connection portions and sets a communication address for the electronic control device with a conducting pattern based on presence or absence of conduction at the connection portions; and a communication relay section which is electrically connected to the first connecting section, the second connecting section, and to the communication address setting section, and relays communication between the electronic control device and the electronic equipments on the basis of the communication address, wherein the communication address setting section is formed so that the presence or absence of the conduction of the connection portions can be viewed from an exterior of a housing for the communication relay apparatus and that the conducting pattern can be set from the exterior of the housing for the communication relay apparatus.