Patent ID: 7566322

Claim:
An injection device comprising: a casing for enclosing a reservoir for a fluid product and an injection needle; and a needle covering device, wherein the needle covering device comprises: a rear section for attaching the needle covering device to the injection device; a retractable front section nondetachably coupled to the rear section and linearly and axially moveable through a range of motion relative to the rear section so as to define an extended position that substantially surrounds the injection needle and a retracted position that exposes the injection needle, wherein a portion of the front section may be abutted against a surface to be injected and the front section is moveable through the range of motion generally freely; a guiding body comprising an elongated member fixedly connected to the retractable front section and projecting from the front section towards the rear section, the guiding body configured to be guided in a correspondingly configured receptacle in the casing; and an electrical contact for activating the automatic delivery of the fluid product, the electrical contact arranged on the guiding body, wherein the electrical contact and guiding body extend through the rear section and are guided by the casing receptacle into the casing when the retractable front section is in the retracted position to activate the injection device.