Patent ID: 7914334

Claim:
Device for connecting between first and second plugs (F 1 , F 2 ) equipping multi-conductor cables (C 1 , C 2 ) that can be inserted into this device in respective first and second opposite directions (D 1 , D 2 ), characterized in that it includes first and second sockets ( 1 , 2 ), an internal multi-conductor link ( 3 ), and a housing ( 4 ), in that the first and second sockets ( 1 , 2 ) have respective connecting faces ( 11 , 21 ) each bearing a plurality of contacts ( 5 ) and designed to receive the first and second plugs (F 1 , F 2 ), respectively, which are inserted into respective slots ( 41 , 42 ) in the housing ( 4 ), and in that the first and second sockets ( 1 , 2 ) are held in head-to-tail position in the housing ( 4 ), in that the internal multi-conductor link ( 3 ) assumes the form of a multi-conductor sheet folded into a bayonet, thereby ensuring galvanic continuity at least between each contact ( 5 ) of each socket ( 1 , 2 ) and a corresponding contact ( 5 ) of the other socket ( 2 , 1 ), this internal link ( 3 ) having first and second terminal portions ( 31 , 32 ) which are physically connected to the respective internal faces ( 12 , 22 ) of the first and second sockets ( 1 , 2 ), and an intermediate portion ( 33 ) extending between the first and second terminal portions ( 31 , 32 ), in that the internal face ( 12 , 22 ) of each socket ( 1 , 2 ) bears a plurality of pins ( 6 ) each of which is connected to a contact ( 5 ) of this socket ( 1 , 2 ) and onto which one of the internal link ( 3 ) terminal portions ( 31 , 32 ) is connected, and in that each internal link ( 3 ) terminal portion ( 31 , 32 ) is rigid and is perforated with openings ( 30 ) which are threaded on over the respective pins ( 6 ).