Patent ID: 7470135

Claim:
System for the automatic connection of a principal electrical circuit of a vehicle to an auxiliary electrical circuit of a sub-assembly such as a seat of the vehicle, movable for its securement to a structural element of the vehicle in a substantially vertical assembly direction, said system comprising an auxiliary contact carrier ( 5 ), fixed on the sub-assembly, and a principal contact carrier ( 4 ) movable on the structural element, between a rest position toward which it is resiliently urged and a connection position toward which it is automatically driven by the auxiliary contact carrier ( 5 ) during mounting of the sub-assembly on the structural element of the vehicle, the connection between the principal contact carrier ( 4 ) and the auxiliary contact carrier ( 5 ) being ensured in a substantially vertical plane, characterized in that: the principal contact carrier ( 4 ) is swingably mounted in a support ( 1 ) of the structural element, bearing against a spring ( 6 ), and comprises projecting members to ensure the guidance of the auxiliary contact carrier ( 5 ) in the course of the connection movement.