Patent ID: 7361855

Claim:
A device for establishing an electrical connection between first and second parts which can move such that the first and second parts can pivot with respect to one another about an axis ( 5 ) the device comprising: a current transmitter unit ( 1 ) associated with the first part ( 3 ) and a current receiver unit ( 2 ) associated the second part ( 4 ); the current transmitter unit ( 1 ) and the current receiver unit ( 2 ) each being arranged in a region of the axis ( 5 ) such that the current receiver unit ( 2 ) and the current transmitter unit ( 1 ) come into contact with one another at least in an end position of the pivoting movement of the first and the second parts ( 3 , 4 ); wherein contact elements ( 1 a , 2 a ) of the current transmitter unit ( 1 ) and the current receiver unit ( 2 ) are arranged and shape such that the contact elements ( 1 a , 2 a ) rub against one another before the end position of the first and the second parts ( 3 , 4 ) is reached; and the contact elements ( 1 a ) of the current transmitter unit ( 1 ) and the contact elements ( 2 a ) of the current receiver unit ( 2 ) are mounted in an at least partially elastic wall of the associated current transmitter unit ( 1 ) or the current receiver unit ( 2 ).