Patent ID: 7208687

Claim:
A seal for a cover for an electrical connecting socket, the electrical connecting socket provided on a base body, the cover extending over an area of the base body to be sealed, the seal comprising: a seal body having a first side facing away from the cover and a second, opposite side facing the cover, the seal body including at least one sealing lip on the first side of the seal body, the sealing lip being provided to make contact with a contact surface of the electrical connecting socket when the seal is in a compressed state and is configured to seal at least a part of the area of the base body over which the cover extends, wherein the sealing lip has at least one first circumferential rim on the first side, the first circumferential rim being formed, when the seal is in an unloaded state, by a contact edge of a first surface element and of a second surface element, wherein the first surface element and the second surface element run along the first side of the sealing lip, and wherein the sealing lip has at least one second circumferential rim which, when the seal is in the unloaded state, is formed by a contact edge of the second surface element and of a third surface element, wherein the second surface element and the third surface element run along the first side of the sealing lip, wherein the first circumferential rim makes contact with the contact surface of the electrical connecting socket when the seal is in the compressed state, and bounds the area of the base body to be sealed.