Patent ID: 8628354

Claim:
An adapter element for serial data transfer in a vehicle, the adapter element comprising: a first housing part, which is designed electrically conductively and is connectable to a shield, wherein said first housing part extends along a longitudinal axis of said adapter element; and a planar second housing part, which is designed electrically conductively and comprises a contact element, wherein said first housing part and said second housing part are disposed such that said second housing part is enclosed by said first housing part in a first region that extends along said longitudinal axis of said adapter element; wherein said contact element is in electrical contact in said first region with said first housing part, and said contact element produces said electrical contact at least in part by said adapter element being configured such that accessibility to said contact element from a position exterior to said adapter element in a direction that is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis is ensured; wherein, at a second region that extends along said longitudinal axis of said adapter element, said second housing part is surrounded by a first side of said first housing part and a second side of said first housing part, wherein said first side of said first housing part is spaced from said second side of said first housing part along said direction orthogonal to said longitudinal axis and wherein said planar second housing part fits between and contacts said first side of said first housing part and said second side of said first housing part; and wherein said first housing part defines a recess that produces accessibility of said contact element and a wall comprises an outer wall, an inner wall and a gap located between said outer wall and said inner wall so that said recess does not completely penetrate said wall of said first housing part and said contact element located between said recess and said inner wall.