Patent ID: 8308504

Claim:
Connecting device for connection to an electrical connecting system of a solar module, comprising: a connector housing for arranging on an outer face of the solar module, and current-carrying components arranged in the connector housing, which components comprise at least one contact for connection to a conductor of the electrical connection system of the solar module, which conductor leads out from the solar module, a connection device, which may be arranged inside the connector housing, for positioning the conductor which leads out from the solar module, it being possible for the connection device and the contact to be arranged relative to one another in such a way that the contact is moved, at least in part, along the conductor which leads out so as to contact said conductor which leads out, characterised in that the connection device comprises at least one guide means which is configured in such a way that the contact is initially guided contactlessly along the conductor which leads out, so as to contact said conductor which leads out, and contacts the conductor which leads out when in an end position.