Patent ID: 7583004

Claim:
A short-circuiting member comprising: a plurality of components, each having an outer circumference and an inner circumference, and each of the plurality of components including: a plurality of outer circumference terminals arranged along the outer circumference; a plurality of inner circumference terminals arranged along the inner circumference; and a plurality of connection portions, each connecting a corresponding one of the outer circumference terminals and a corresponding one of the inner circumference terminals with the connection portions separated from each other by a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction, wherein: the plurality of outer circumference terminals, the plurality of inner circumference terminals, and the plurality of connection portions are substantially formed along the same plane; the plurality of components are laminated in a state in which the connection portions of one of the plurality of components are reversed to the connection portions of another one of the plurality of components; and the outer circumference terminals that are adjacent in a lamination direction are in contact with each other, the surfaces of the inner circumference terminals that are adjacent in the lamination direction are in contact with each other, and the connection portions that are adjacent in the lamination direction are not in contact with each other.