Patent ID: 7097461

Claim:
An electrical connecting device comprising: a) a current or data transmitter device, which connectable to at least one current-transmitting or pulse-transmitting source, is arranged in a transmitter housing and has contact elements; b) a current receiving or data receiving device, which is electrically connected to a load or a consumer, is arranged in a receiver housing and has contact elements; c) at least the contact elements in one of the current receiving or the data receiving device are arranged in an at least partially elastic wall of the associated housing; d) a current, pulse or data transfer can be produced between the contact elements, which are in the form of flat contacts with touching surfaces of the current or data transmitter device and the current receiving or data receiving device by connection of the current or data transmitter device to the current receiving or data receiving device; e) a number of contact elements of at least one of the two devices are arranged alongside a one another in a configuration ( 10 ) in the form of an array formed by a frame ( 10 ); f) the contact elements ( 3 ) which are inserted into the configuration in the form of an array are elastically mounted; and g) the configuration in the form of an array rests on an elastic pressing link ( 16 ) on the side facing away from the contact elements ( 3 ).