Front plug system with lagging end contact arrangement

Claim 2

A front plug system for a flat component, defining a first end and a second end, comprising: a front element including electrical operating contacts and a pivot rest at the first end; a front plug connector, including electrical operating contacts, which can be plugged onto the front element with a swinging motion to engage the contacts of the front element, the connector further including a supporting arrangement at the first end for hooking the connector over the pivot rest at the first end of the front element; an end contact arrangement located at the second end of the front plug system, the end contact arrangement including a first contact means on the front element and a second contact means on the front plug connector; and a closing arrangement located at the second end of the front plug system, the closing arrangement including a first means for engaging located on the front element and a second means for engaging located on the front plug connector, wherein the first means engages the second means subsequent to the engagement of the electrical contacts of the front element with the electrical contacts of the front plug connector, the closing arrangement being operable such that the first contact means and the second contact means are caused to engage subsequent to the engagement of the first and second means for engaging.

Claim 3

The front plug system of claim 1, wherein the second means for engaging comprises at least one screw passing through the front plug connector; and the first means for engaging comprises opposing internal threads in the front element, wherein the screw projects from the front plug connector such that when the screw end is stopped at the inlet to the internal threads the operating contacts of the front element are engaged with the operating contacts of the front plug connector, and the first contact means and second contact means are engaged after the screw is completely screwed into the internal threads.

Claim 4

The front plug system of claim 1, wherein the first contact means is an operating contact at the second end of the front element, the first contact means being set-back relative to the remaining operating contacts and engaging the second contact means only after the closing arrangement has been operated.

Claim 5

The front plug system of claim 1, further comprising an additional receiving arrangement arranged on the front element for indicator elements which is covered when the front plug connector is plugged on, the additional receiving arrangement including bores in the front plug connector, the bores being in the plugged on state opposite to the indicator elements and making them visible.

Claim 6

A front plug system for a flat component, defining a first end and a second end, comprising: a front element including electrical operating contacts and a pivot rest at the first end; a front plug connector, including electrical operating contacts, which can be plugged onto the front element with a swinging motion to engage the contacts of the front element, the connector further including a supporting arrangement at the first end for hooking the connector over the pivot rest at the first end of the front element; an end contact arrangement located at the second end of the front plug system, the end contact arrangement including a first contact means on the front element and a second contact means on the front plug connector; a closing arrangement located at the second end of the front plug system, the closing arrangement including a first means for engaging located on the front element and a second means for engaging located on the front plug connector, wherein the first means engages the second means subsequent to the engagement of the electrical contacts of the front element with the electrical contacts of the front plug connector, the closing arrangement being operable such that the first contact means and the second contact means are caused to engage subsequent to the engagement of the first and second means for engaging; and an additional receiving arrangement arranged on the front element for indicator elements which is covered when the front plug connector is plugged on, the additional receiving arrangement including bores in the front plug connector, the bores being in the plugged on state opposite to the indicator elements and making them visible; wherein the end contact arrangement includes a contact counter piece on an insulating body adapted to the shape of one of the indicator elements with electrical leads on its contact surface, and a cylindrical contact pin with an inserted elastic contact piece, with the contact counter piece being mounted on the side facing the front plug connector at the second end of the front element and with the contact pin being supported on the side facing the front element in the bore at the second end of the front plug connector.

Claim 7

A front plug system for a flat component, defining a first end and a second end, comprising: a front element including electrical operating contacts and a pivot rest at the first end; a front plug connector, including electrical operating contacts, which can be plugged onto the front element with a swinging motion to engage the contacts of the front element, the connector further including a supporting arrangement at the first end for hooking the connector over the pivot rest at the first end of the front element; an end contact arrangement located at the second end of the front plug system, the end contact arrangement including a first contact means on the front element and a second contact means on the front plug connector; a closing arrangement located at the second end of the front plug system, the closing arrangement including a first means for engaging located on the front element and a second means for engaging located on the front plug connector, wherein the first means engages the second means subsequent to the engagement of the electrical contacts of the front element with the electrical contacts of the front plug connector, the closing arrangement being operable such that the first contact means and the second contact means are caused to engage subsequent to the engagement of the first and second means for engaging; and an additional receiving arrangement arranged on the front element for indicator elements which is covered when the front plug connector is plugged on, the additional receiving arrangement including bores in the front plug connector, the bores being in the plugged on state opposite to the indicator elements and making them visible; wherein the end contact arrangement includes a contact counter piece on an insulating body adapted to the shape of one of the indicator elements with electrical leads on its contact surface, and a cylindrical contact pin with an inserted elastic contact piece, with the contact counter piece being mounted on the side facing the front plug connector at the second end of the front element and with the contact pin being supported on the side facing the front element in the bore at the second end of the front plug connector.

Claim 8

The front plug system of claim 5, wherein all bores on the front plug connector, except that functioning to receive the contact pin, are filled with a lightwave guide.

Claim 9

The front plug system of claim 1, further comprising a receiving arrangement, the arrangement extending front the first to the second end and containing contact blades and contact clips of the electrical operating contacts.

Claim 10

The front plug system of claim 7, wherein the receiving arrangement comprises a slit-shaped part for the contact blades and a projecting bar-shaped part for the contact clips of the operating contact.

Claim 11

The front plug system of claim 8, wherein the front element contains the slit-shaped part and the front plug connector contains the projecting bar-shaped part of the receiving arrangement.

Claim 12

A pivoting plug system comprising: a front element including a first end, front operating contacts, a first means for pivoting located at the first end, a first contact means, and a first means for engaging; and a plug connector including a second end, plug operating contacts, a second means for pivoting located at the second end, a second contact means, and a second means for engaging; wherein the first means for pivoting is engageable with the second means for pivoting such that the front element is pivotable relative to the plug connector, the front operating contacts are engageable with the plug operating contacts, the first contact means is engageable with the second contact means, and the first means for engaging is engageable with the second means for engaging; wherein the front element is pivotable relative to the plug connector such that the front operating contacts engage the plug operating contacts before the first contact means engages the second contact means; wherein the first and second means for engaging are operable such that the first contact means and the second contact means are caused to engage subsequent to the engagement of the first and second means for engaging; and wherein the first means for engaging is engageable with the second means for engaging such that the operating contacts and the first and second contact means are held in engagement.

Claim 13

A pivoting plug system comprising: a front element including a first end, front operating contacts, a first means for pivoting located at the first end, a first contact means, and a first means for engaging; and a plug connector including a second end, plug operating contacts, a second means for pivoting located at the second end, a second contact means, and a second means for engaging; wherein the first means for pivoting is engageable with the second means for pivoting such that the front element is pivotable relative to the plug connector, the front operating contacts are engageable with the plug operating contacts, the first contact means is engageable with the second contact means, and the first means for engaging is engageable with the second means for engaging; wherein the front element is pivotable relative to the plug connector such that the front operating contacts engage the plug operating contacts before the first contact means engages the second contact means; wherein the first and second means for engaging are operable such that the first contact means and the second contact means are caused to engage subsequent to the engagement of the first and second means for engaging; and wherein the first means for engaging is engageable with the second means for engaging such that the operating contacts and the first and second contact means are held in engagement.