Patent ID: 8398409

Claim:
An apparatus for producing an electrical connection comprising: a first adapter portion and a second adapter portion, and wherein the first adapter portion is provided with first and second continuation contacts and with a first annular shaped magnet element and which is coupled to an appliance or can be connected to the connection in the appliance, and wherein the second adapter portion is coupled to at least one cable and is provided with first and second connection contacts and with a second, annular shaped magnet element, and wherein the second adapter portion can be connected to the continuation contacts and to the first magnet element of the first adapter portion, and wherein the first magnet element in the first adapter portion has a polarity opposite to the second magnet element in the second adapter portion, and wherein the continuation contacts of the second adapter portion, the connection contacts of the first adapter portion and the first and second magnet elements are arranged relative to one another such that the resulting connection between the two first and second adapter portions is completed and is independent of the rotational orientation of the first and second adapter portions, and wherein mechanical approximate guidance is provided between the two adapter portions, and wherein in one of the two adapter portions an end face of the adapter portion which faces the other adapter portion is provided with at least one annular shaped protrusion and a housing of the other adapter portion is provided with an annular shaped recess with respect to the end face thereof and wherein the annular shaped protrusion is matinely received within the annular shaped recess to effect the mechanical approximate guidance.