CN100446140C

CN100446140C - Shifting mechanism for detecting switch

Info

Publication number: CN100446140C
Application number: CNB2005100065967A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王茂昌
Original assignee: Asia Optical Co Inc
Current assignee: Asia Optical Co Inc
Priority date: 2005-02-24
Filing date: 2005-02-24
Publication date: 2008-12-24
Anticipated expiration: 2025-02-24
Also published as: CN1825511A

Abstract

The present invention provides a shifting mechanism for a detecting switch. The detecting switch is installed in electronic equipment, and is used for detecting open and closed states of a cover body of a battery house and/or a memory card house. The cover body is connected to a machine body of the electronic equipment through a connecting piece, the connecting piece can move along a slide way on the main body of the electronic equipment, and one end of the connecting piece passes through the slide way to approach to the detecting switch. The switching mechanism of the present invention is formed by the connecting piece. When the cover body is closed, the connecting piece can advance along the slide way to gradually butt against the detecting switch for switching states of the detecting switch; when the cover body is opened, the connecting piece can fall back along the slide way to gradually release the detecting switch and is separated from the detecting switch finally, so the detecting switch restores to an original state. The switching mechanism fully extends the functions of the original connecting piece, has the advantages of simple, solid and reliable structure and low manufacturing cost, and is not easy to break, so the present invention is suitable to be used widely.

Description

The toggle mechanism of sense switch

[technical field]

The present invention relates to a kind of sense switch device that is used for detected electrons equipment lid folding condition, refer to a kind of sense switch toggle mechanism that can the change detection on off state especially.

[background technology]

The electronic equipment of using always in the life, as digital camera, game machine, MP3 player etc., generally all provide its operate as normal required voltage by battery (AA battery or lithium battery etc.), thereby, on the body of these electronic equipments, all need to offer the battery compartment of accommodating battery.And battery compartment opening one end is provided with the battery cover of folding arbitrarily usually, and this battery cover generally is connected on the electronic equipment body by connector (as rotating shaft).When the user will use electronic equipment, the battery compartment of must earlier battery being packed into, then closed battery cover, the power supply of unlocking electronic equipment again; In the time of will taking out battery when finishing using, necessary first powered-down is then opened battery cover, takes out battery.Except that above-mentioned battery cover, on some electronic equipment, also comprise the other lid, accommodate storehouse lid etc. as the card of accommodating storage card in the digital camera.Certainly, in most cases, it is to be arranged under the same lid that battery compartment and card are accommodated the storehouse.Stability when using in order to ensure electronic equipment, a lot of electronic equipment internal all are provided with and are specifically designed to the sense switch that detects above-mentioned lid folding condition.The sense switch closure illustrates that lid builds, and this moment, electronic equipment can normally use; Sense switch is not closed, illustrates that then lid do not build, and this moment, electronic equipment can not normally use.

Above-mentioned sense switch can be a touch switch, drives its open and close by a toggle mechanism; Also can be non-contact switch, by be arranged on magnet on the lid approaching, leave and change its on off state; Wherein, the former uses more.As shown in Figures 1 and 2, with the digital camera be the toggle mechanism that example illustrates traditional contact sense switch.This digital camera comprises camera case 1, body 2, circuit board 3, be arranged at the sense switch 4 on the circuit board 3 and be connected in lid 5 on the body 2 by a connection piece 8 (referring to Fig. 3 A to 3C).Offer battery compartment 9 on the body 2, below lid 5, between battery compartment 9 and the circuit board 3, also be inserted with storage card 7.The lower surface of lid 5 is extruded with the grab 6 that is used for stirring sense switch 4 near under the side direction of circuit board 3, and is provided with the slotted eye 10c (referring to Fig. 2) that matches with grab 6 on body 2.See also Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 A to 3C, with the lid 5 of grab 6 relative sides and body 2 on be respectively equipped with locker 10a, the 10b of interlock mutually.In the process of closed lid 5, when lid 5 after connector 8 rotates to horizontal level, impose on the thrust of lid 5 one again towards connector 8 directions, then lid 5 can move right under this thrust, thereby makes grab 6 constantly near sense switches 4; When lid 5 moved to locker 10a and just contacts with 10b, grab 6 just touched sense switch 4; Further promote lid 5, grab 6 begins to exert pressure to sense switch 4, makes sense switch 4 be pressed and conducting; When locker 10a and the complete interlock of 10b, sense switch 4 is in stable conducting state.Utilize the toggle mechanism of above-mentioned grab 6, the precision that increases between the electronic equipment inner assembly is cooperated requirement, in manufacture process, be easy to generate defective products, and cause mould complicated as sense switch 4.And, because grab 6 needs direct contact detection switch 4, pass for grab 6 so must on body 2, offer slotted eye 10c, increased so again and made the complexity of body 2, and made digital camera not be sufficiently complete in appearance, influence attractive in appearance.In addition, because grab 6 protrudes in lid 5, be easy to fracture after long-time the use, thereby cause digital camera normally to use, it is more arranged very, in case grab 6 ruptures, the data that will cause storing or wait to store is lost and is damaged storage card 7 even.

In view of the foregoing, be necessary very much to provide a kind of simple in structure, low cost of manufacture, can not influence the electronic equipment outward appearance again complete, and most importantly reliability height, the sense switch toggle mechanism that can not cause electronic equipment normally to use because of fracture.

[summary of the invention]

Main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of simple in structure, low cost of manufacture and can not destroys the toggle mechanism of the complete sense switch of electronic equipment outward appearance.

Another object of the present invention is to provide the checkout gear of the high lid folding condition of a kind of reliability; this device is applied to contain in the electronic equipment of storage card; it can effectively avoid the generation of fortuitous events such as sudden power; can prevent that not only the data that has little time to store from losing, and can realize protection storage card.

According to above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, the invention provides a kind of toggle mechanism of sense switch, this sense switch is positioned at the body of electronic equipment, the folding condition that is used for detected electrons equipment lid, wherein the closing structure of lid includes a pair of pin and the slot that is arranged on body and the lid at least, by cooperating of pin and slot, can be with the lid closure.This toggle mechanism is formed by connecting lid a connection piece with body, is used for stirring sense switch, and it is consistent with the direction of pin insertion slot to stir direction, can switch sense switch in the lid closure by this.Above-mentioned lid can seal battery compartment and the storage card storehouse in the electronic equipment simultaneously.The sense switch conducting illustrates that lid is closed; Sense switch disconnects, and illustrates that lid is not closed.

Offer two chutes on the above-mentioned body, two chutes are stretched at the two ends of connector respectively, and wherein an end is also given prominence to chute and formed the directly touch part of contact detection switch.In the process that connector moves along chute, the touch part presses mutually with sense switch or separates, thus the state of change detection switch.

Compared with prior art; the toggle mechanism of sense switch of the present invention; by utilizing the connector on the electronic equipment lid to stir sense switch, thereby make the designs simplification of electronic equipment, mould used during manufacturing is simple; so can reduce manufacturing cost; and can not influence the complete of electronic equipment outward appearance, so this toggle mechanism difficult drop-off, reliability height in addition are sudden power can prevent that electronic equipment from using the time; thereby the data of preventing is lost, and helps the protection to storage card.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the part schematic perspective view of known digital camera, discloses the grab that sense switch, lid is arranged and be used for touching sense switch on it.

Fig. 2 is the part schematic perspective view of known digital camera, has mainly shown the slotted eye that can match with the grab among first figure on it.

Fig. 3 A to 3C is that the known grab that utilizes is stirred the start principle schematic of sense switch.

Fig. 4 is the part schematic perspective view and the partial enlarged drawing thereof of electronic equipment of the present invention, mainly shows sense switch, lid and is used for stirring the connector of sense switch.

Fig. 5 A to 5C is the start principle schematic of the toggle mechanism of sense switch of the present invention.

[embodiment]

Sense switch among the present invention is meant the sense switch that is used to detect the lid folding condition in the electronic equipment, and this electronic equipment can be the equipment that any needs such as digital camera, MP3 player, CD Player, game machine utilize powered battery and/or are equipped with memory card device.Please refer to shown in Figure 4, with the digital camera is that example is described preferred embodiment of the present invention, and this digital camera mainly includes: body 20, circuit board 30, be installed on push type sense switch 50 on the circuit board 30, be connected in lid 60 and memory card device 70 on the body 20.

Body 20 comprises the body 24 in shell 22 and the shell 22.Body 24 offers first along longitudinally and accommodates the storehouse, and promptly battery compartment 241, and this battery compartment 241 is used to accommodate battery (not shown).Body 24 comprise the first side wall 201, second sidewall 202, three sidewall (not shown) relative with the first side wall and between the first side wall 201 and the 3rd sidewall and with the 4th roughly concordant sidewall 203 of the opening of battery compartment 241.The 4th sidewall 203 upwards projection has two protuberances 242, wherein one of protuberance 242 is positioned at the intersection of the first side wall 201 and the 4th sidewall 203, two of protuberance 242 is positioned at close circuit board 30 places on the 4th sidewall 203, and along continuous straight runs offers two chutes 244 respectively on it.Body 24 position a little more than the opening of battery compartment 241 on the first side wall 201 is equipped with one

Font stopper section 246, its next door offers one

Font groove 245.Near the outside projection opening part of battery compartment 241 of second sidewall 202 has a bead 247, offers a group slot 248 on it.

Memory card device 70 comprises the storage card 72 that is fixed in the memory card socket 71 between body 24 and the circuit board 30 and is electrically connected at circuit board 30.Offer on the memory card socket 71 and accommodate second of storage card 72 and accommodate the storehouse, i.e. storage card storehouse (not label).

Lid 60 comprises folding portion 61, two rotating parts 62 that link to each other with the end of folding portion 61 and is arranged at least one connector 63 that also lid 60 can be articulated on two rotating parts 62 on the body 24.Closed lid 60 can seal first simultaneously and accommodate storehouse and second and accommodate the storehouse.In the present embodiment, described at least one connector 63 is a rotating shaft, and the longitudinally that axial (bearing of trend of connector 63) and the horizontal direction and first at chute 244 places of this rotating shaft are accommodated the place, storehouse is all vertical.The bottom surface of the bending end 610 that folding portion 61 and two rotating parts 62 are relative has some pins 249 (referring to Fig. 5 A to 5C), is used for matching with slot 248 on the bead 247 that is positioned at body 24.Folding portion 61 can stretch near having one on the side of the first side wall 201

In the font groove 245 Font latch part 612 (referring to Fig. 5 A to 5C) is used for matching with the stopper section 246 on the body 24.Offer through hole (not label) on two rotating parts 62 respectively for collecting company's fitting 63.The two ends of connector 63 are passed two through hole, chute 244 respectively, and connector 63 goes out chute 244 near a distal process of circuit boards 30, form the touch part 630 near sense switch 50.

Connector 63 not only can be so that lid 60 upset, and owing to has comprised and can touch the touch part 630 of sense switch 50 under certain condition and can offer sense switch 50 1 toggle mechanisms.The start process that connector 63 is stirred sense switch 50 please refer to shown in Fig. 5 A to 5C, when the closed lid 60 of desire, to apply a downward pressure to lid 60 earlier, make it rotate to horizontal level around connector 63, close battery compartment 241 and storage card storehouse, treat again folding portion 61 to be applied the thrust towards rotating shaft 63 directions behind the slot 248 on the pin 249 aligning bodies 24 on the lid 60, under this thrust, pin 249 inserts slot 248, and folding portion 61 drives connector 63 by two rotating parts 62 and moves to the direction near sense switch 50 along chute 244, and the latch part 612 of lid 60 is near stopper section 246 simultaneously.When connector 63 moved to touch part 630 and just touched sense switch 50, sense switch 50 was in critical conduction mode.Subsequently, further promote lid 60, connector 63 continues to move along chute 244, and the touch part 630 on it continues sense switch 50 is exerted pressure.Finally, pin 249 inserts slot 248 fully, and latch part 612 slips into groove 245, and is interlocked with stopper section 246, and at this moment, lid 60 is closed fully, and sense switch 50 is in stable conducting state.

The process of opening cover 60 is opposite with the process of above-mentioned closed lid 60, so repeat no more.In brief, in the process of opening cover 60, pin 249 withdraws from slot 248 gradually, and latch part 612 breaks away from stopper section 246 gradually, and connector 63 separates gradually with sense switch 50, finally makes sense switch 50 disconnect.By above-mentioned to lid 60 closure or openness (in other words, connecting and disconnecting to sense switch 50) description of process as can be known, the toggle mechanism of sense switch of the present invention stirs to sense switch 50 that direction and pin 249 inserts the direction of slots 248 and the direction that latch part 612 pushes groove 245 is consistent.

The toggle mechanism of sense switch of the present invention also can be applied in the electronic equipment except that digital camera.As long as contain the sense switch of lid and detection lid folding condition in this electronic equipment, just can on the connector of lid and body, the touch part be set, and stir sense switch with reference to above-mentioned execution mode of the present invention.

Claims

1. the toggle mechanism of a sense switch, this sense switch is positioned at the body of electronic equipment, the folding condition that is used for detected electrons equipment lid, wherein the closing structure of lid includes a pair of pin and the slot that is arranged on body and the lid at least, by cooperating of pin and slot, can be with the lid closure; It is characterized in that: this toggle mechanism is formed by connecting lid a connection piece with body, is used for stirring sense switch, and it is consistent with the direction of pin insertion slot to stir direction, can switch sense switch in the lid closure by this.

2. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described connector is a rotating shaft, it is axially perpendicular with the described direction of stirring.

3. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that: offer chute on the described body, connector can move along chute.

4. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that: a distal process of described connector goes out chute and forms the directly touch part of contact detection switch.

5. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described electronic equipment is a digital camera, and it comprises circuit board, described sense switch promptly is installed on this circuit board.

6. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that: described digital camera comprises the storage card that electrically connects with circuit board.

7. the checkout gear of an electronic equipment lid folding condition, comprising: the electronic equipment body offers chute on it; Lid has the connector that lid can be mounted to the electronic equipment body on it, this connector can move along chute, opens and closed action so that lid is finished; And sense switch, be used to detect the unlatching and the closure state of lid; It is characterized in that: when lid carried out closed action, described connector can advance and compresses sense switch gradually along chute, in order to the state of change detection switch; When lid carried out breakdown action, described connector can retreat and discharges sense switch gradually along chute, and finally separates with sense switch, thereby makes sense switch reply its original state.

8. the checkout gear of electronic equipment lid folding condition as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: described sense switch is a push switch.

9. the checkout gear of electronic equipment lid folding condition as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: described connector along chute advance or the direction that retreats perpendicular to the direction of connector extension.

10. the checkout gear of electronic equipment lid folding condition as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: described electronic equipment body comprises body and this external shell, and described chute is opened on the body.

11. the checkout gear of electronic equipment lid folding condition as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that: described lid is provided with pin, offers slot on the body, by cooperate the fixedly lid of pin with slot.

12. as the checkout gear of claim 10 or 11 described electronic equipment lid folding conditions, it is characterized in that: described body comprises the stopper section, and lid is provided with latch part, by the fixing lid of the fastening of latch part and stopper section.

13. the checkout gear of electronic equipment lid folding condition as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: described lid also comprises folding portion and two rotating parts that link to each other with folding portion, two rotating parts are all offered through hole, and the two ends of connector are passed described through hole respectively and inserted chute.

14. the checkout gear of electronic equipment lid folding condition as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that: a side of connector is exposed to outside the chute and the touch part that formation can directly press sense switch.

15. a toggle mechanism that is installed on the sense switch on the electronic equipment, this electronic equipment comprise body and by the mobilizable lid that is connected on the body of a connection piece, this sense switch is positioned at body, is used to detect the folding condition of lid; It is characterized in that: this toggle mechanism comprises the touch part of being located on the connector, connector can move between the primary importance and the second place with respect to body, and drive the touch part and touch mutually in the mode nonrotational or separate, thereby change the on off operating mode of sense switch with the sense switch relative displacement.

16. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that: described electronic equipment also comprises accommodates the storehouse, and lid is used for sealing and accommodates the storehouse.

17. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that: the described storehouse of accommodating is used to accommodate battery.

18. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that: the described storehouse of accommodating is used to accommodate storage card.

19. the toggle mechanism as claim 17 or 18 described sense switches is characterized in that: described sense switch is a push switch.

20. the toggle mechanism as claim 15 or 16 described sense switches is characterized in that: described body comprises body, and connector is connected on the body.

21. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that: described electronic equipment comprises circuit board, and sense switch is installed on the circuit board.

22. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that: offer chute on the described body, connector can move in non rotatable mode between the primary importance and the second place along chute.

23. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 22 is characterized in that: described touch part is positioned at an end of connector and is exposed to outside the chute.

24. the toggle mechanism of sense switch as claimed in claim 22 is characterized in that: described lid comprises two rotating parts, all offers through hole on two rotating parts, and the connector two ends are passed two through hole respectively and inserted chute.