Patent ID: 7121884

Claim:
An electrical connecting device for connecting a to-be-connected housing element that supports to-be-connected terminals of three or more poles arranged in a parallel manner in rectilinear form, the electrical connecting device comprising: a connecting housing element having terminal supporting parts and at least one wire supporting part, wherein the terminal supporting parts are aligned in a longitudinal direction of the connecting housing element; connection terminals disposed on the connecting housing element, wherein each of the connection terminals comprises: a terminal connection part disposed in one of the terminal supporting parts and configured to electrically connect one of the to-be-connected terminals; a wire connection part configured to connect one of electric wires which extend substantially in the longitudinal direction along a surface of the connecting housing element; and a bent part disposed between the terminal connection part and the wire connection part, and wherein the at least one wire supporting part is configured to support a first electric wire connected to a first connection terminal such that the first electric wire extends around a bent part of a second connection terminal adjacent to the first connection terminal; wherein the terminal supporting part supports the first connection terminal such that a direction of a wire connection part of the first connection terminal is angularly offset with respect to the longitudinal direction; wherein the first electric wire is supported at different heights off the surface of the connecting housing element.