Patent ID: 8092250

Claim:
Electrical connection device comprising: a first connection member structured and arranged to be supplied with an electric current; and a second mating connection member, wherein each of the first connection member and the second connection member are provided with electrical contacts intended to cooperate with one another in a connection position, once said members have been coupled together following a relative translational movement, wherein the first connection member is provided with at least one illuminated member which has at least two states and which is powered by a portion of the supply current of said first connection member, a position sensor being arranged inside the first connection member in order to cooperate with the second connection member, when said members are in the connection position, so as to act on the at least one illuminated member in order to display said connection and alive position of the connection members, wherein said at least one illuminated member switches from one state to another depending on whether the first connection member is powered or not, regardless of the position of the connection members, and wherein the position sensor has two states, and is structured and arranged so as to be actuated by a portion of the second connection member, or a movable portion of the first connection member driven by a portion of said second member, when said members are in the connection position, causing said position sensor to shift from a first state to a second state, the position sensor being further structured and arranged, according to its own state, to cause the at least one illuminated member to switch from the first state to the second state, whereby the at least one illuminated member, depending on the states thereof, provides a display of the electrical powering or non-powering of the first connection member, which is or is not coupled with the second connection member, and separately displays the connection and live position of the connection members, and wherein the at least one illuminated member comprises a common illuminated member for displaying the connection position, which is the same as the at least one illuminated member for displaying the powering or non-powering of the first connection member, said common illuminated member having three states and switching from the first state to the second state when the first connection member is supplied with a current, and from the second state to a third state when the first connection member is controlled by the position sensor.