CN101197219B - Switch and remote controller using the same - Google Patents
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A switch includes a case having an upper surface having a hole provided therein, an operating unit inserted into the hole movably up and down, plural switch contacts activated upon the operating unit moving up and down, and a guide wall protruding downward from an inner edge of the hole. The operating unit has a side surface facing the guide wall. The guide wall has a cutout provided therein. This switch operates reliably with a good feeling.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to be used for the switching device of operation of various electronic equipments and the remote control transmitter that has used this switching device.
Background technology
In recent years, along with the multifunction and the variation of various electronic equipments such as image, sound equipment and air-conditioning, needing can be with good sense of touch and switching device and the remote control transmitter reliably these equipment operated.
Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 represent the cutaway view and the exploded perspective view of existing remote control transmitter 5001 respectively.In fact shell 1 is box-shaped, is made of insulating resin.Operating body 2 is made of insulating resin.Upper surface at shell 1 is formed with a plurality of open pore 1A.Operating body 2 can be installed in the open pore 1A up or down.Operating body 2 has the operating portion 2A outstanding towards the top from open pore 1A.
The interior Zhou Duan of the open pore 1A of shell 1 be provided with towards below the guide wall 1B of the roughly square tube shape that stretches out.Operating body 2 has the press section 2B that stretches out from its following table faced downwards.Small gap is left in the side of guide wall 1B and operating body 2.
On the top and bottom of circuit board 3, be formed with a plurality of wiring patterns.Upper surface at circuit board 3 is formed with fixed contact 4A, the 4B that is made of electric conducting materials such as carbon.Upload the travelling contact 5 that is placed with the general dome shape by conductive metal sheet system at fixed contact 4B.Travelling contact 5 relative with fixed contact 4A with leaving predetermined gap.
The flexure strip 6 that is made of elastic insulators such as rubber is placed in the upper surface of circuit board 3.Flexure strip 6 has the thinner wall section 6A that is positioned at travelling contact 5 tops, is formed with the projection that contacts with travelling contact 5 at the lower surface of thinner wall section 6A, constitutes switching device.
Be formed with the control part 8 that constitutes by semiconductors such as microcomputers that electronic components such as utilizing light-emitting diode is launched the emission part 7 of remote signal, linked to each other with fixed contact 4A, 4B by wiring pattern and emission part 7 in the top and bottom of circuit board 3.
The cap 9 of the roughly box-shaped of insulating resin system cover the shell 1 that contains operating body 2 and circuit board 3 below, and be fixed on the shell 1, thereby constitute remote control transmitter 5001 by fixed components such as screws.
Because the side at the interior Zhou Duanyu operating portion 2A of the open pore 1A of shell 1 is provided with guide wall 1B with leaving minim gap, therefore can carry out pressing operation to operating body 2 under operating body 2 inclinations and loosening less state.That is, having with interior all integral body of the guide wall 1B of the roughly the same length in side of operating portion 2A to come to the whole channeling conduct in the side of operating body 2, thus the inclination of operating body 2 and loosening can prevent to operate the time.Therefore promptly use big slightly power pressing operation body 2 also can prevent to carry out pressing operation reliably in the operating body 2 indentation shells 1.
In existing remote control transmitter 5001, the guide wall 1B that utilizes, longer dimension small with the gap of the side of operating body 2 is to operating body 2 channeling conducts.If the moisture especially liquid of beverage such as coffee or fruit juice etc. sticks to the upper surface of operating body 2 or shell 1, it is dry to flow into the back from open pore 1A sometimes, is set in the small gap of the side of operating portion 2A and guide wall 1B.Can hinder moving up and down of operating body 2 this moment, diminishes operation sense, causes operating body 2 to move easily and have some setbacks, and causes remote control transmitter 5001 to be difficult to operation.
Summary of the invention
Switching device comprises: the shell with the upper surface that is formed with open pore; Can insert the operating body in the open pore up or down; With operating body move up and down and a plurality of make and break contacts of moving; The guide wall of stretching out towards the below from open pore.The open pore of shell has interior Zhou Duan.Operating body has the relative side of interior week end with open pore.Guide wall is stretched out downwards from the interior Zhou Duan of open pore, and is relative with the side of operating body and be formed with notch part.
This switching device can be operated reliably with good sense of touch.
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Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of the remote control transmitter of example 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of the major part of remote control transmitter shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 3 is other the cutaway view of remote control transmitter of example 1.
Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of the remote control transmitter of example 2 of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the exploded perspective view of the major part of remote control transmitter shown in Figure 4.
Fig. 6 is other the cutaway view of remote control transmitter of example 2.
Fig. 7 is the exploded perspective view of the major part of remote control transmitter shown in Figure 6.
Fig. 8 is the cutaway view of existing remote control transmitter.
Fig. 9 is the exploded perspective view of the major part of remote control transmitter shown in Figure 8.
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(example 1)
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are respectively the cutaway view of the remote control transmitter 1001 of example 1 of the present invention, the exploded perspective view of major part.Shell 11 is roughly box-shaped, is made of insulating resins such as ABS resin or polystyrene.Operating body 2 is made of insulating resin.Shell 11 has the lower surface 11G of upper surface 11F and upper surface 11F opposition side.The upper surface 11F of shell 11 is formed with open pore 11A, week end 11E in this open pore 11A has.Operating body 2 can insert in the open pore 11A up or down, and operating body 2 has the outstanding operating portion 2A from upper surface 11F.The side 2C of operating body 2 is relative with the interior week end 11E of open pore 11A.
In fact the guide wall 11B that is the square tube shape stretches out from the interior week end 11E of open pore 11A at the lower surface 11G of shell 11.The side 2C of guide wall 11B and operating body 2 leaves small gap 2D.On four faces of guide wall 11B, be formed with notch part 11C.Notch part 11C arrives the lower surface 11G of shell 11.Operating body 2 has the press section 2B that stretches out towards the below of shell 11.
Circuit board 3 is made of the paper phenol or the insulating material of sneaking into the epoxy resin etc. of glass, and it has the lower surface 3B of upper surface 3A and opposition side.On the upper surface 3A of circuit board 3 and lower surface 3B, be formed with the wiring pattern that constitutes by electric conducting materials such as Copper Foils.On the upper surface 3A of circuit board 3, be provided with fixed contact 4A, the 4B that constitutes by electric conducting materials such as Copper Foil or carbon.
It is dome-shaped that in fact travelling contact 5 is, and has the concave surface 5B of convex surface 5A and its opposition side, is made of conductive metal sheets such as copper alloys.The outer circumference end of travelling contact 5 is placed on the fixed contact 4A.The concave surface 5B of travelling contact 5 relative with fixed contact 4A with leaving specified gap, forms a plurality of make and break contacts.
On the upper surface 3A of circuit board 3 and lower surface 3B, be formed with the control part 8 that constitutes by semiconductor elements such as microcomputers that electronic components such as utilizing light-emitting diode is launched the emission part 7 of remote signal, linked to each other with fixed contact 4A, 4B by wiring pattern and emission part 7.
In fact the cap that is box-shaped 9 of insulating resin system cover the shell 11 that contains operating body 2 and circuit board 3 below, and be fixed on the shell 11, thereby constitute remote control transmitter 1001 by fixed components such as screws.
Action to remote control transmitter 1001 describes.Remote control transmitter 1001 towards electronic equipments such as television set or broadcast receivers, is carried out pressing operation to the operating portion 2A of operating body 2, and then press section 2B pushes travelling contact 5 by the thinner wall section 16A of flexure strip 16.Thus travelling contact 5 strains and under turn over, its concave surface 5B contacts with fixed contact 4A and fixed contact 4A, 4B is electrically connected, the make and break contact action.Be electrically connected in case the make and break contact action is fixed contact 4A, 4B, then control part 8 is launched from emission part 7 infrared remote-controlled signal to electronic equipment, for example carries out the connection/cut-out or the straighforward operations such as channel switching, volume increase and decrease of electronic equipment power source.
At this moment, utilize and to leave the relative guide wall 11B in minim gap 2D ground, can and become flexible etc. under the less state operating body 2 is carried out pressing operation in operating body 2 inclinations with the side 2C of operating body 2.That is, by guide wall 11B to the whole channeling conducts in four angles of operating body 2, thereby the inclination of operating body 2 and loosening can prevent to operate the time.Thus, promptly use big slightly power pressing operation body 2 also can prevent to carry out pressing operation to operating body 2 reliably in the operating body 2 indentation shells 11.
On four faces of guide wall 11B, be formed with notch part 11C.If the moisture especially liquid of coffee or fruit juice etc. the upper surface 11F that sticks to operating body 2 or shell 11 is gone up and is flowed into from open pore 11A, also operating operation body 2 easily.That is,, can be in the 2D of gap not residual and solidify even liquid liquid when open pore 11A flows into also can flow out between the lower surface 11G of flexure strip 16 and shell 11 from notch part 11C immediately.Therefore, even switching device 2001 can not diminish operation sense yet under these circumstances, can be easily and operating operation body 2 reliably, make and break contact is moved reliably.
The upper surface 3A of circuit board 3 is covered by flexure strip 16.The inner peripheral surface 16G Elastic Contact of the protuberance 16B of the bulkhead 11D that stretches out downwards from the lower surface 11G of shell 11 and the outer circumference end of flexure strip 16 forms waterproof construction.Thus, the liquid that can not that flows out from notch part 11C arrives circuit board 3, also can not arrive fixed contact 4A, 4B and travelling contact 5, and make and break contact can move reliably.
Fig. 3 is other the cutaway view of remote control transmitter 1002 of example 1.In Fig. 3, the part identical with remote control transmitter shown in Figure 1 1001 put on identical with reference to numbering, and omit its explanation.Remote control transmitter 1002 shown in Figure 3 has operating body 2 and the flexure strip 16 that flexure strip 12 replaces remote control transmitter shown in Figure 1 1001, has travelling contact 15 and replaces travelling contact 5.Flexure strip 12 is made of elastic insulating materials such as rubber or elastomers, and it has operating body 12A, be positioned at base portion 12B, attended operation body 12A on the upper surface 3A of circuit board 3 and the 12C of elastic thin-wall portion of base portion 12B.Lower surface 12D at operating body 12A is provided with the travelling contact 15 that is made of conductive members such as carbon.Travelling contact 15 is relative with fixed contact 4A, 4B.If to carrying out pressing operation from the outstanding operating body 12A of the open pore 11A of shell 11, then strain takes place the 12C of elastic thin-wall portion, travelling contact 15 contacts with fixed contact 4A, 4B, and fixed contact 4A, 4B are electrically connected, the make and break contact action.Remote control transmitter 1002 obtains the effect identical with remote control transmitter 1001 by the notch part 11C on the guide wall 11B that is arranged on shell 11.
(example 2)
Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are respectively the cutaway view of the remote control transmitter 1003 of example 2 of the present invention, the exploded perspective view of major part.Shell 111 is roughly box-shaped, is made of insulating resins such as ABS resin or polystyrene.Operating body 112 is made of insulating resin.Shell 111 has the lower surface 111G of upper surface 111F and upper surface 111F opposition side.The upper surface 111F of shell 111 is formed with open pore 111A, week end 111E in this open pore 111A has.Operating body 112 can insert in the open pore 111A up or down, and operating body 112 has the outstanding operating portion 112A from upper surface 111F.The side 112C of operating body 112 is relative with the interior week end 111E of open pore 111A.
In fact guide wall 11 1B that are the square tube shape stretch out from the position 111H that leaves week end 11 1E in the open pore 111A at the lower surface 111G of shell 111.The side 112C of guide wall 111B and operating body 112 leaves small gap 112F.On four faces of guide wall 111B, be formed with notch part 111C.Operating body 112 has the press section 112B that stretches out towards the below of shell 111.Shell 111 has the rake 111J that just extends towards guide wall 111B and below that extends to the lower end of guide wall 111B 111K from the interior week end 111E of open pore 111A.Rake 111J is relative with the side 112C of operating body 112.
It is dome-shaped that in fact travelling contact 105 is, and has the concave surface 105B of convex surface 105A and its opposition side, is made of conductive metal sheets such as copper alloys.The outer circumference end of travelling contact 105 is placed on the fixed contact 104B.The concave surface 105B of travelling contact 105 relative with fixed contact 104A with leaving specified gap, forms a plurality of make and break contacts.
On the upper surface 103A of circuit board 103 and lower surface 103B, be formed with the control part 108 that constitutes by semiconductor elements such as microcomputers that electronic components such as utilizing light-emitting diode is launched the emission part 107 of remote signal, linked to each other with fixed contact 104A, 104B by wiring pattern and emission part 107.
In fact the cap that is box-shaped 109 of insulating resin system cover the shell 111 that contains operating body 112 and circuit board 103 below, and be fixed on the shell 111, thereby constitute remote control transmitter 1003 by fixed components such as screws.
Action to remote control transmitter 1003 describes.Remote control transmitter 1003 towards electronic equipments such as television set or broadcast receivers, is carried out pressing operation to the operating portion 112A of operating body 112, and then press section 112B pushes travelling contact 105 by the thinner wall section 116A of flexure strip 116.Thus travelling contact 105 strains and under turn over, its concave surface 105B contacts with fixed contact 104A and fixed contact 104A, 104B is electrically connected, the make and break contact action.Be electrically connected in case the make and break contact action is fixed contact 104A, 104B, then control part 108 is launched from emission part 107 infrared remote-controlled signal to electronic equipment, for example carries out the connection/cut-out or the straighforward operations such as channel switching, volume increase and decrease of electronic equipment power source.
At this moment, because it is relative that the interior week end 111E and the side 112C of operating body 112 of the open pore 111A of shell 111 leave minim gap 112E ground, from the side 112C of operating body 112 outstanding flange part 112D and the lower end 111K butt of guide wall 111B, therefore can tilt and become flexible etc. under the less state operating body 112 is carried out pressing operation at operating body 112.Promptly, come pilot operationp body 112 by the small gap between the lower end 111K of small gap 112E, flange part 112D between the interior week end 111E of operating body 112 and open pore 111A and guide wall 111B, thereby operating body 112 is moved up and down in open pore 111A under inclination and loosening less state.
On four faces of guide wall 111B, be formed with notch part 111C.Even it is not when open pore 111A flowed into, liquid also can flow out between the lower surface 111G of flexure strip 116 and shell 111 from notch part 111C immediately at liquid, can be in the 112F of gap residual and solidify.Therefore, switching device 2003 can not diminish operation sense, can be easily and operating operation body 112 reliably, and make and break contact is moved reliably.
Shell 111 has from the interior week end 111E of open pore 111A downwards and the rake 111J that extends of guide wall 111B.If with bigger power pressing operation body 112, operating body 112 is positioned at the below of lower surface 111G of shell 111 and indentation shell 111 sometimes.Even under these circumstances, finish and relieving operating body 112 in case push, operating body 112 will slide with the state of its side 112C and rake 111J butt, and operating portion 112A returns to the top of the upper surface 111F of shell 111 from open pore 111A.Like this, the operating body 112 of switching device 2003 can indentation shell 111 in, can operate reliably.
The upper surface 103A of circuit board 103 is covered by flexure strip 116.The inner peripheral surface 116G Elastic Contact of the protuberance 116B of the bulkhead 111D that stretches out downwards from the lower surface 111G of shell 111 and the outer circumference end of flexure strip 116 forms waterproof construction.Thus, the liquid that can not that flows out from notch part 111C arrives circuit board 103, also can not arrive fixed contact 104A, 104B and travelling contact 105, thereby make and break contact can move reliably.
Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 are respectively other the cutaway views, the exploded perspective view of major part of remote control transmitter 1004 of example 2.In Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, the part identical with Fig. 4 and remote control transmitter shown in Figure 5 1003 put on identical with reference to numbering, and omit its explanation.Do not form notch part 111C on the guide wall 111B of the shell 111 of remote control transmitter 1004, guide wall 111B surrounds operating body 112 and open pore 111A.
At this moment, the interior week end 111E of the open pore 111A of shell 111 is relative with small gap 112E with the side 112C of operating body 112, from the side 112C of operating body 112 outstanding flange part 112D and the lower end 111K butt of guide wall 111B, thereby can be less state pressing operation body 112 such as to tilt and become flexible.Promptly, come pilot operationp body 112 by the small gap between the lower end 111K of small gap 112E, flange part 112D between the interior week end 111E of operating body 112 and open pore 111A and guide wall 111B, thereby operating body 112 is moved up and down in open pore 111A under inclination and loosening less state.
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1. a switching device is characterized in that, comprising:
Shell, it has the upper surface that is formed with open pore, and this open pore has interior Zhou Duan;
Operating body, it has the relative side of described interior week end with described open pore, and can be inserted in the described open pore up or down;
With described operating body move up and down and a plurality of make and break contacts of moving;
Guide wall, its described interior Zhou Duan from described open pore stretches out downwards and is relative with the described side of described operating body, is formed with notch part on described guide wall.
2. a remote control transmitter is characterized in that, comprising: the described switching device of claim 1; Described a plurality of make and break contacts of described switching device move the emission part of launching remote signal.
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