US 7,491,065 B2
Surface mount trailer electrical connector
Karl Wagner, 19682 Alexandrite Dr., Bend, Oreg. 97702 (US)
Filed on Nov. 06, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/983,121.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/858991, filed on Nov. 14, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0113522 A1, May 15, 2008
Int. Cl. H01R 33/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—35  [439/490] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for interconnecting the electrical system of a towing vehicle to the electrical system of a trailer, comprising:
a housing having a planar back surface configured for mounting the housing on the towing vehicle, wherein the planar back surface defines a plane and no portion of the housing extends beyond said plane;
a plurality of wire terminal connectors in the housing, each wire terminal connector corresponding to a specific electrical function for the towing vehicle;
a trailer electrical interface having a plurality of electrical terminals, each terminal corresponding to a specific electrical function for the trailer;
an electrical connection from each wire terminal connector to a corresponding electrical terminal in the trailer electrical interface;
wherein the housing may be mounted on a mounting surface of the towing vehicle that has no apertures in said mounting surface and such that the apparatus does not extend through the mounting surface.