Improved composite fluid and electrical coupling

Claim 1

A COMPOSITE COUPLING INCLUDING A FLUID COUPLING AND AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT-MAKING CONNECTION, SAID FLUID COUPLING COMPRISING MATINGLY CONNECTED PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS, DETENT MEANS BETWEEN SAID PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS IN FLUID-TIGHT MATING RELATIONSHIP, AND ACTUATOR MEANS CARRIED BY ONE OF SAID PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS TO CONFINE SAID DETENT MEANS IN LOCKED POSITION AND MOVABLE TO EFFECT THE RELEASE OF SAID DETENT MEANS FROM LOCKED POSITION; SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTION COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET MEMBER FIXED ON EACH OF SAID PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID ELECTRICAL SOCKET MEMBERS COMPRISING AN INSULATING HOUSING AND AT LEAST ONE SOCKET TERMINAL CARRIED BY SAID INSULATING HOUSING, AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID ELECTRICAL SOCKET MEMBERS, SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING AN INSULATING HOUSING AND AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR PIN CARRIED BY THE INSULATING HOUSING OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, AND SAID PIN EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM EACH SIDE OF THE INSULATING HOUSING OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR INTO RECEPTION WITHIN THE SOCKET TERMINALS OF SAID ELECTRICAL SOCKET MEMBERS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR TO INTERCONNECT SAID ELECTRICAL SOCKET MEMBERS AND SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR COMPLETING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WHEN SAID PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS ARE RELEASABLY LOCKED IN FLUID-TIGHT MATING RELATIONSHIP; THE INSULATING HOUSING OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR BEING FIXED ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID ACTUATOR MEANS AND BEING DISPOSED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT THERETO, THE INSULATING HOUSINGS OF SAID ELECTRICAL SOCKET MEMBERS BEING RESPECTIVELY FIXED ON THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS AND BEING DISPOSED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID PIN CARRIED BY THE INSULATING HOUSING OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR BEING WITHDRAWN FROM THE SOCKET TERMINAL OF ONE ELECTRICAL SOCKET MEMBER FOR BREAKING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR MEANS IN A DIRECTION RELEASING SAID DETENT MEANS FROM CONFINEMENT IN A POSITION LOCKING SAID PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS IN FLUID-TIGHT MATING RELATIONSHIP, AND SAID PLUG AND SOCKET JOINT MEMBERS BEING SUBSEQUENTLY SEPARABLE TO BREAK THE FLUID COUPLING FORMED THEREBETWEEN.