Patent ID: 8354588

Claim:
Covering for a first component of a separable connection mounted in a front of a housing, particularly an electrical plug and socket connection, with a cover that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position, whereby the cover covers the first component of the connection in the closed position and, in the open position, it releases the first component for connecting a second component of the connection, wherein the cover is mounted pivotable at a guide component, which is located displaceable in a receptacle of the housing at an insertion plane, whereby the cover in its open position is aligned with the guide component in the insertion plane and is configured to be inserted jointly with the guide component into the receptacle until the cover is in the receptacle, whereby the guide component is configured to be pulled forward in the receptacle until the cover is completely outside of the receptacle and, with respect to the guide component, the cover is pivotable into the closed position, whereby the cover and the guide component have the form of flat plates that are connected with each other so that the cover and the guide component are pivotable around a pivoting axis running at the plate plane, and whereby the cover is preloaded into the closed position with respect to the guide component by force of a spring.