Patent ID: 7654842

Claim:
An electrical or optical or hydraulic or pneumatic connector equipped with an electrical or optical or hydraulic or pneumatic plug, respectively, that connects to an electrical or optical or hydraulic or pneumatic base, in which the plug self-aligns relative to the base, particularly for “offshore” connections, the plug and the base being attached to respective support parts that position one relative to the other in order to achieve approximate alignment of the plug and the base in order to connect the plug and the base to one another, the connector further comprising a mechanical driving mechanism enabling the plug or the base to move forward and backward, so that the base connects with the plug, respectively, and a self-aligning mechanism for the plug or the base relative to the base or the plug, respectively, to adjust angular, radial and alignment positioning gaps between the plug and the base when the plug and the base are connected to one another, wherein the self-aligning mechanism has at least two connecting rods mounted as a jointed trapezoid on each side of the plug or the base, connected, on one end, to the plug or to the base along a first base of the jointed trapezoid, and on the opposite end, to the support part of the plug or the base, respectively, along a second base of the jointed trapezoid.