Patent ID: 8876539
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A plug for an electrical plug-and-socket connection, comprising: (a) a plug body having plug contacts embedded in said plug body, said plug contacts being connected with wires leading to the electrical circuit of a vehicle, in particular a trailer, or to another plug; (b) plug openings in a front face of said plug body in front of said plug contacts for inserting contacts of a socket into the plug openings thereby providing an electrical connection between said contacts of the socket and said plug contacts; and (c) a dissolving arm having a lift part and a handling part, said dissolving arm being fixed rotatably at a bearing of said plug body such that upon pressing down said handling part of the dissolving arm in the direction towards said plug body, said lift part of the dissolving arm is lifted away from said plug body for lifting a cover of said socket overlying on the plug body and the lift part of the dissolving arm when said plug is being inserted into said socket.