CN100495596C

CN100495596C - Variable resistance adjusting button with push button on-off function

Info

Publication number: CN100495596C
Application number: CNB021057117A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 潘重华
Original assignee: FUXIANG INDUSTRIAL Co Ltd
Current assignee: FUXIANG INDUSTRIAL Co Ltd
Priority date: 2002-04-12
Filing date: 2002-04-12
Publication date: 2009-06-03
Anticipated expiration: 2022-04-12
Also published as: CN1452187A

Abstract

A regulating knob able to be used as presh-button switch for variable resistor is composed of a variable resistor and its holder, two opposite conductor plates, a jointer for jointing with the regulating rod of variable resistor, a cap, and a conducting body on the lower end of cap for connecting said conductor plates from each other.

Description

The variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently is adjusted button

Technical field

The present invention relates to variable resistor, especially a kind of variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently is adjusted button.

Background technology

Partly electronic circuit often makes apparatus adjust the electronic component of function when design at present, with usefulness as the selection of function, as utilize the product design of variable resistance, the size of current in may command loop, and then the action of control integrated circuit, as electronic products such as loudspeaker, broadcast receiver, light fixtures, all be provided with variable resistance, adjust volume, lamplight brightness etc. voluntarily for the user.

Development along with electronics industry and semi-conductor industry, all kinds of new, old improved products all have multi-functional, and operating key or the control knob on each products panel promptly increases relatively, button is provided with area though the many companies of industry design button small becomes more meticulous can dwindle, but press the difference of sincere mode for environment for use, user, it is also limited that the part button size is dwindled the space, and therefore various button or knob on the multi-functional Selection Floater should redesign to enlarge the design area of panel again.

Summary of the invention

For this reason, main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of variable resistance with keypress function, except that can normally adjusting the resistance value of variohm, also has the function of key switch, by installing this variable resistor, save the area of knob and button setting for the panel of electronic product.

Desire to reach above-mentioned purpose, a kind of variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently of the present invention is adjusted button, and it includes: a pedestal, and position forms a perforation that supplies variable resistance to pass in the middle of it, and the adjusting lever of variable resistance exposes on the pedestal; At least two conducting strips are arranged at the relative position on the pedestal respectively, and do not connect mutually; One connector, it is connected with the adjusting lever of variable resistance; One cap body, kink be in this connector outside, the removable longitudinally relation of relative with connector again formation, and cap body bottom contacts the electric conductor of conducting when being provided with a corresponding aforementioned conducting strip and downward pressure cap body at least with this two conducting strip; One is reciprocating answer element in order to provide between this cap body and pedestal, be arranged in this cap body.

Above-mentioned adjustment button structure links owing to the adjusting lever socket of connector and variable resistance and with the cap body, and the cap body is connected on the interlock body, so when cap axon during to turn, can drive connector and adjusting lever simultaneously rotates, by this resistance value of variable resistance is changed, again, do not drive at the cap body under the situation of connector and vertically move, can make the cap body corresponding to the relative electric conductor of conducting strip of two in the pedestal, contact with two conducting strips and make its mutual conduction, be with, this two conducting strip promptly can be considered two contacts of switch, and make the function of variable resistance with key switch, and when the pressure cap body, then can reach switching function; By being as can be known, this variable resistance is adjusted the design of button, can have the function of key switch concurrently.By the design of this variable resistance, be applied on the electronic product, for the panel designs of product, can effectively reduce the space that panel is provided with knob and key switch.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1: the exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 A, 2B: Fig. 1 combination section and action schematic diagram, the movement state diagram of its key switch.

Embodiment

The present invention can be socketed on the variable resistance, except that the resistance that can adjust variable resistance, also has the function of key switch concurrently.See also shown in Figure 1ly, be an exploded view of the present invention, wherein the adjustment button of this variable resistance includes:

One pedestal 11, can be arbitrary shape, it in present embodiment a circle, form an alcove 110 in the middle of it, form a perforation (not shown) in the middle of this alcove 110, can wear therebetween for the adjusting lever 101 of a variable resistance 10, that is adjusting lever 101 is positioned at 110 of alcoves, adjusting lever 101 exposes on the pedestal 11; This pedestal 11 can be independent component, so be integrally formed on the device that variable resistance of the present invention is installed; Aforementioned again alcove 110 rounded shapes, its opening part are formed with the recessed rank 111 of big external diameter;

At least two conducting strips are two conducting

strips

12,13 in present embodiment, and it is arranged at respectively on the recessed rank 111 of this pedestal 11, and are divided on 111 liang of relative positions, recessed rank, and are not connected mutually; In present embodiment, each conducting

strip

12,13 semicircular in shape shape;

One connector 14, be connected with adjusting lever 101, be the cylinder of a section for " ㄇ " shape, its inner top surface is formed with a sleeve pipe 141, the inner tubal wall of sleeve pipe 141 is a dentation, plug together wherein for this adjusting lever 101, it is inverted "L" shaped and can inside and outside flexible elasticity flange 142 that its outside forms several sections;

After this elasticity flange 142 extends upward a vertical side parallel with connector 14 axis directions by connector 14 bottoms again, extend a horizontal side by the top outside vertical of the vertical side other end in this vertical side again, so elasticity flange 142 only this bottom is connected with connector 14, other partly then separate with connector 14, constitute the flexible flange 142 of tool by this;

One cap body 15 is the center with the central point of inner top, outwards forms two coaxial interior ring 151 and outer shrouds 152 from the inside to the outside respectively in the inner top surface, and wherein the bottom of this cap body 15 is protruded in the bottom of this outer shroud 152, and is connected with an electric conductor 16 in its bottom;

Again, in ring 151 because of sheathed connector 14 in wherein, so relative connector 14 elasticity flanges 142 positions form the draw-in groove 153 of several depressions on its inwall, so the horizontal side clamping that the following cell wall of each draw-in groove 153 can make elasticity flange 142 thereon, and make

cap body

15 and 14 formation of connector vertically move relation, and can drive connector 14 and move axially; Set electric conductor 16 is collars that are made of conductor on these outer shroud 152 bottoms in present embodiment;

One replys element, is arranged at this cap body 15 inner spaces, pushes a restoring force between the back so that 15 pairs of pedestals 11 of this cap body to be provided, and is reciprocating motion in order to 11 of this cap body 15 and pedestals to be provided; This answer element is a spring 17 in present embodiment, and it is arranged between cap body 15 and the connector 14, also can be one group of relative magnet (not shown) of like pole and forms.

Above-mentioned variable resistance is adjusted in the button, because the adjusting lever 101 of variable resistance 10 is piercing in 111 of alcoves, so the sleeve pipe 141 of connector 14 can be aligned adjusting lever 101 and with its socket, cap body 15 is sheathed on the outside of connector 14 again, and when interior ring 151 contacts to connector 14 outer elastic flanges, each elasticity flange 142 can to connector 14 near, in ring 151 in smoothly connector 14 being sheathed with, and the vertical side of each elasticity flange 142 can be arranged on the following cell wall of draw-in groove 153 at this moment, to make connector 14 and cap body 15 clamping mutually; Because

connector

14 and 15 of cap bodies are provided with a spring 17, therefore when adjusting not start of button, the elasticity flange 142 of connector 14 is arranged on 153 times cell walls of draw-in groove, and the draw-in groove 153 of this cap body 15 promptly provides this elasticity flange 142 1 longitudinal sliding motion spaces, vertically move and make

cap body

15 and 14 of connectors be, simultaneously, because elasticity flange 142 is arranged in the draw-in groove 153 of interior ring 151, so can drive connector 14 simultaneously and rotate by by 15 axial motions of cap body.

More than be structure of the present invention explanation, below further specify the turn adjustment of variable resistance of the present invention and the operate condition of key switch function again:

1. the operate condition of variable resistor resistance is adjusted in turn:

See also shown in Fig. 2 A, profile when being failure to actuate for adjusting button, because the elasticity flange 142 of connector 14 is arranged on 153 times cell walls of draw-in groove of ring 151 in the cap body 15, and the sleeve pipe 141 of connector 14 plugs together on the adjusting lever 101 of variable resistance 10, so during axial rotation cap body 15, can be by rotating adjusting lever 101, to adjust the resistance of variable resistance 10 by driving connector 14.

2. button push action of the present invention:

See also shown in Fig. 2 B, be the state diagram of the present invention as switch use; Do not do at cap body 15 under the situation of axial rotation, downwards can make the elasticity flange 142 of connector 14 in relative draw-in groove 153, vertically move during cap presser 15, till relative conducting strip 1213 contacts of electric conductor 16 of outer shroud 152 bottoms, so by two conducting strips 1213 are electrically connected with two; Also make simultaneously spring 17 be packed in

cap body

15 and 14 of connectors, and when unclamping cap body 15, by the answer bounce by spring 17, make cap body 15 and the former relative card of connector 14 answers establish the position, promptly electric conductor 16 no longer is electrically connected with two conducting strips 1213; By as can be known aforementioned, two conducting strips 1213 promptly can be considered the pin of switch, even and push or unclamp 15 its conducting or the cut-outs of cap body, be can reach the function of switch.

From the above, the invention provides one has outside the variable resistor of turn adjustment resistance value, also utilize two contacts of two conducting strips as switch, and make the function of variable resistance with key switch, be with, by the design of this variable resistance, be applied on the electronic product, for the panel designs of product, can effectively reduce the space that panel is provided with knob and key switch, so the present invention has the usability on the enhancement industry really.

Therefore, design of the present invention meets the important document of novel patent, files an application in whence mere formality in accordance with the law.

Claims

1, a kind of variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently is adjusted button, and it is characterized in that: it includes:

One pedestal, position forms a perforation that supplies variable resistance to pass in the middle of it, and the adjusting lever of variable resistance exposes on the pedestal;

At least two conducting strips are arranged at the relative position on the pedestal respectively, and do not connect mutually;

One connector, it is connected with the adjusting lever of variable resistance;

One cap body, kink be in this connector outside, the removable longitudinally relation of relative with connector again formation, and cap body bottom contacts the electric conductor of conducting when being provided with a corresponding aforementioned conducting strip and downward pressure cap body at least with this two conducting strip;

One is reciprocating answer element in order to provide between this cap body and pedestal, be arranged in this cap body.

2, the variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently as claimed in claim 1 is adjusted button, it is characterized in that: this cap body is the center with the inner top central point, form interior ring and the outer shroud that two concentrics are nested with respectively in the inner top surface by this center direction radially, wherein corresponding two conducting strips in this outer shroud bottom connect this electric conductor, and interior ring then is sheathed on this connector wherein.

3, the variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently as claimed in claim 2 is adjusted button, it is characterized in that: the connector outside forms several elasticity flanges, each elasticity flange comprises a vertical side parallel with the connector axis direction, an and horizontal side that is vertically connected at the outside, this vertical side top, and the bottom of this vertical side is connected to the connector bottom, and constituting the vertical section is the elasticity flange of inverted "L" shaped; Again, the relative resilient flange forms several draw-in grooves on the inwall that encircles in the cap body, snaps in this draw-in groove for the elasticity flange.

4, the variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is adjusted button, it is characterized in that: this connector inner top surface is formed with a sleeve pipe in order to the adjusting lever that plugs together variable resistance.

5, the variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently as claimed in claim 2 is adjusted button, and it is characterized in that: the bottom of this outer shroud is arranged with this electric conductor, and outstanding than cap body bottom.

6, the variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently as claimed in claim 4 is adjusted button, it is characterized in that: the sleeve pipe inner tubal wall of this connector forms odontoid according to the dentation profile of adjusting lever.

7, the variable resistor that has the key switch function concurrently as claimed in claim 1 is adjusted button, and it is characterized in that: this answer element is a spring, and is located in the space of cap body and connector.