Patent ID: 8100701

Claim:
A device for connecting a plurality of plugs to a standardised electrical signal lead plug socket, the standardised electrical signal lead plug socket having a socket opening and a plurality of socket contacts lying bare in the inside of the socket opening, wherein at least four socket contacts arranged next to one another define a first direction, the device comprising: a plug portion which can be inserted into the plug socket, wherein when the plug portion is inserted into the plug socket, a plurality of adapter contacts make an electrically conductive connection with socket contacts of the plug socket a plurality of chambers that are each smaller than the socket opening, into which chambers the plurality of plugs can be introduced simultaneously, wherein in each chamber, at least two of the adapter contacts can be electrically conductively contacted by plug contacts of the introduced plugs, wherein the chambers are designed and dimensioned such that at least a part of the plugs projects into the socket opening when the plugs are introduced simultaneously into the chambers, and wherein at least two of the chambers are distanced from one another in a direction which is different from the first direction.