Patent ID: 8182276

Claim:
A multi-way sliding plug, comprising; a housing; at least one first plug contact of a first standard; at least one a second plug contact of a second standard; and a plurality of sliders, each of the plurality of sliders associated with one of the at least one first plug contact and the at least one second plug contact, each having an activation head, each having a plurality of electrically conductive pins and each being movable in an axial direction from a passive position in which the plurality of electrically conductive pins are retracted in the housing to an active position in which the plurality of electrically conductive pins protrude from the housing; the at least one first plug contact and the at least one second plug contact each having three electrically conductive pins arranged on one of the plurality of sliders; and each of the plurality of sliders having a generally C-, G-, U- or V-shape from a top view formed by at least two legs of the slider, the at least two legs defining a space thereinbetween with the plurality of sliders arranged such that adjacent sliders of the plurality of sliders mutually engage each other with one leg of one slider in the space of an adjacent slider.