ADAPTER WITH A PLUG FOR A 12 V OR 24 V TRAILER SOCKET AND WITH A 24 V OR 12 V TRAILER SOCKET

摘要

An adapter (1) has an adapter housing (2), a first plug (3) which is fixedly arranged on the adapter housing (2) and which is designed to be plugged into a first trailer socket, a second trailer socket (7) which is fixed to the adapter housing (2) is arranged and which is designed for inserting a second plug, and a voltage converter (5) which is arranged in the adapter housing (2) and which is between the first plug (3) and the second trailer socket (7) is switched. The first plug (3) is a 12 V plug (4) and the second trailer socket (7) is a 24 V trailer socket (8), or the first plug (3) is a 24 V plug and the second trailer socket ( 7) a 12 V trailer socket. The voltage converter (5) has several channels (6) each with a DC / DC converter (25). The respective DC / DC converter (25) comprises a switch (16) and is a step-up converter (11) if the first plug (3) is a 12 V plug (4) and the second trailer socket (7) is a 24 V Trailer socket (8) and a buck converter (26) if the first plug (3) is a 24 V plug and the second trailer socket (7) is a 12 V trailer socket.