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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Gerd Hofmann, Eberbach, DE;
Reiner Naumann, Mannheim, DE;
Inventors:
Gerd Hofmann, Eberbach, DE;
Reiner Naumann, Mannheim, DE;
Assignee:
Cooper Crouse-Hinds GmbH, Soest, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/26 (2006.01); H01R 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A branching device for at least one electric line exhibits branching contacts and a housing in which at least one electrically conducting wire terminal is accommodated in a holder. The device is characterized in that contact lips with cutting edges for cutting through the insulation of the wires of the electric line are provided on the wire terminals in that the wire terminals represent the branching contacts and in that a through-channel for the uninterrupted passage of a wire is provided in each wire terminal.