CN101243371A - Operating element with a central pushbutton - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention illustrates and describes an operating element having an actuation button (9), which is mounted in a housing (2), a console or the like and can move in a pivoting manner between an initial position and a plurality of switching or contact positions. In order to provide the operating element with a simple design, a central pushbutton (13), which fixes the switching point of the operating element and has a haptic function, is associated with the actuation button (9) and is actuated each time the actuation button (9) is pivoted out of its initial position in the direction of a switching or contact position about a predetermined angle.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of operating element that has action button, described action button is bearing in shell, control panel or the similar device, and can swing type motion between an initial position and a plurality of switch or contact position.
Background technology
The operating element of the lever-type of this type is known, and is applied to various fields in practice, is used for controlling machine, software program etc.Especially described operating element is applied in the automobile, with control navigator or automobile monitoring computing machine.In this case, described operating element is arranged on the control panel between operator's seat and the copilot's seat usually, thereby obtains the open-and-shut dirigibility for the driver.
DE 101 52 978 A1 disclose for example a kind of operating element, it is designed to flat and structure so, make that action button can be in four different position of the switch or contact position medium dip, wherein, a dome shaped cover that is arranged on the action button forms with the corresponding contact ball of printed circuit board (PCB) respectively and contacts and it is flexibly pressed down, thus the tactile feedback information that realizes giving the operator.
Known operating element guarantees that a contacting is only arranged respectively in each swing position of action button.But partly be regarded as expensive is to be each position of the switch contact element that has feeling function of attaching troops to a unit.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of operating element that starts described type, it has simple structure.
Above-mentioned purpose realizes like this according to the present invention, set a button switching point center, that determine operating element, that have feeling function to action button, when winding along the direction of a switch or contact position swing predetermined angular from its initial position action button, described button is operated once.
Thereby design of the present invention is that a center button that uses on all vergence directions is set, to determine sense of touch distribution and the switching point or the switching threshold of operating element.Thereby can guarantee that switching point and sense of touch distribution contacts for all or the position of the switch is all identical.Another advantage of the present invention is that switching function is separated by direction identification.Thereby, can use standardized component for button and contact element, thereby described operating element is simple in structure and help making.In addition, the contact switching point of described button and contact element connects the time-delay generation.The mode that conforms with purpose is that contact element is set like this, makes at the pitch angle of axle hour to carry out the identification of the position of the switch, as the switching function of button.This can guarantee the actual switch function of operating element.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when action button when its initial position swings to contact position, the restoring force that button overcomes spring element is pressed down.Mode as an alternative, described button can be depressed when the initial position of described action button, and is released when action button swings to contact position and lifts by the flexible member that is equipped on button.When action button was bearing on the shell by at least one flexible member and is forced into its initial position, described flexible member helped the tactile characteristics of operating element by produce pressing or draw characteristic (push away or draw function).Wherein, can action button be bearing on the shell, thereby action button be felt relieved by described spring by central spring.Mode also can be used for each vergence direction with a plurality of less springs as an alternative.
Set in other structures of the present invention, described action button is arranged on the free end of axle, and described axle is bearing in shell, control panel or the similar device swingably.In this case, described button can be provided on the end relative with action button of axle, and wherein, forming directly with described button in the mode that conforms with purpose with the opposed end of action button of described axle contacts.Mode as an alternative, described button can set a push rod of guiding in the vertical, an end of described push rod with by key contacts, the other end of push rod and axle effect in this wise are connected, thereby described oscillating motion are converted to the axially-movable of described push rod.For example a spheroid can be set between described button and push rod, described sphere supports is in the conical groove in described push rod distolateral.
Usually on the one hand on the axle and on the other hand shell is provided with interactional contact element pair, and wherein, acting in conjunction forms contact in each contact position of one of described contact element pair.At this, can use mechanical contact or optical sensor or Magnetic Sensor as contact element.Especially pressure sensitive film is formed that contact element or contact element be designed to conduct electricity, thereby when contact, be closed into a current return.
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Other decision design mode of the present invention is referring to dependent claims and following embodiment explanation about accompanying drawing.Accompanying drawing is:
Fig. 1 a to 1c is the synoptic diagram that is in initial position and two position of the switch according to second embodiment of operating element of the present invention;
Fig. 2 a to 2c is the synoptic diagram that is in initial position and two position of the switch according to second embodiment of operating element of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the zoomed-in view of the local Z among Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the schematic plan according to the contact region of the contact element of operating element of the present invention;
Fig. 5 a to 5c is the synoptic diagram that is in initial position and two position of the switch according to the 3rd embodiment of operating element of the present invention;
Fig. 6 a to 6c is the synoptic diagram that is in initial position and two position of the switch according to the 4th embodiment of operating element of the present invention;
Fig. 7 a to 7d is the synoptic diagram of the contact region of the contact element that is in initial position and two position of the switch and described operating element of the 5th embodiment according to operating element of the present invention.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 a to 1c shows first embodiment according to operating element 1 of the present invention, and it for example is used for vehicle with control navigational system, automobile monitoring computing machine or similar device.Wherein, Fig. 1 shows the initial position of operating element 1, and Fig. 1 b and 1c show two position of the switch of operating element 1.Described operating element 1 comprises shell 2, and this shell 2 has base plate 3, lateral wall piece 4 and is the cover plate 5 of printed circuit board (PCB) herein.Between base plate 3 and cover plate 5, be provided with intermediate plate 6.
In addition, an axle that is arranged in the shell 27 also belongs to operating element 1, and the upper end of described axle 7 is stretched out and carried an action button 9 from shell 2.Described axle 7 props up swingably and is carried in the shell 2, makes that described axle 7 can be at as shown in Figure 1a vertical initial position and (Fig. 1 b), (Fig. 1 c) and from drawing outwards and inwardly swing left to the right between four contacts or the position of the switch altogether.When its initial position, described axle 7 is pushed by center convolution pressure spring 8, and this spring-loaded is at intermediate plate 6 and be arranged between the contact plate 10 on the axle 7, thereby described contact plate 10 is pressed on the cover plate 5.
Four contact element pairs 11,12 that mutual 90 degree shift to install altogether are set on contact plate 10 and cover plate 5, wherein, attach troops to a unit respectively in four of the axle possible position of the switch one of a pair of contact element pair 11,12, and when arriving this position of the switch, form contact.
On the base plate 3 of shell 2, also be provided with a button 13, when described axle 7 is on the described button 13 during at its initial position.(see Fig. 1 a) when being swinging into its switch or contact position (seeing Fig. 1 b and 1c), described button 13 is pressed from its initial position when described axle 7.Described center button 13 has feeling function, and it determines that with central spring 8 sense of touch of described oscillating motion distributes, and it has also determined the switching point of described operating element 1.Described structure is specific as follows, promptly at the angle of inclination of described axle 7 hour and carried out the identification of the position of the switch thus before the connection of button 13.Thereby can guarantee that specific on-state is always only by being determined by button 13 definite switching points.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 a to 1c, described operating element 1 has so-called a pushing away-function, that is to say, swing to its contact position process from its initial position, must described axle 7 be pressed down by the restoring force that overcomes central spring 8 at the axle 7 that has action button 9.Push away when not expecting to have-during function, mode can realize drawing-function as an alternative.Realized this function in second embodiment of the operating element of the present invention 1 shown in Fig. 2 a to 2c, second embodiment has the basic structure similar to first embodiment.But in second embodiment, by center pressure spring 8 described axle 7 is pressed downwardly onto on the intermediate plate 6 that constitutes printed circuit board (PCB), described pressure spring 8 is bearing in the cover plate 5 of described shell 2 and is arranged between the contact plate 10 on the axle 7.At this, when the initial position that is in shown in Fig. 2 a, depress the described button 13 that is arranged on the base plate 3 by axle 7, and in case when axle 7 swings to its contact position or the position of the switch, described button 13 is released, thereby described button 13 lifts and connects from depressed position by an answer element that is arranged in the described button 13.Swing in the process of the position of the switch at described axle 7, the restoring force that must overcome central spring 8 lifts described contact plate 10, thereby realizes drawing-function.
In embodiment as illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, when coming in contact, contact element 11 on being arranged on contact plate 10 and the corresponding contact element 12 on printed circuit board (PCB) 5 or 6 (see a Fig. 1 b and a 2c left side, Fig. 1 c and the 2b right side), the switch direction is identified.For example described contact element 11 or 12 can constitute conductively, thus the contact process in the current return closure.Mode can be used for pressure-sensitive film contact element 11,12 (power inductive reactance FSR technology) as an alternative.
In order to realize accurate switching process, the contact element 11 of described contact plate 10 forms wedge shape section by an annular tab, described wedge shape section engages with the corresponding circle of printed circuit board (PCB) 5,6 and the groove 14 of V-arrangement, in described groove, four contact elements 12 of printed circuit board side are arranged on the suitable circumferential part section of printed circuit board (PCB) 5,6, and this can find out in Fig. 3 and 4 well.Can guarantee in each position of the switch between the V-shaped groove 14 of the wedge shape annular tab of described contact plate and printed circuit board (PCB) 5,6, a unique Mechanical Contact point only to be arranged by this structure, and the correspondingly clear vergence direction of having determined towards the switching point that limits by button 13, in addition, this structure provides following advantage, that is: when described axle 7 is in initial position, contact plate 10 is pressed on the printed circuit board (PCB) 5,6 by central spring 8, and described contact plate 10 and printed circuit board (PCB) 5,6 are just seamlessly adjusted always.Thereby described structure allows described operating rod to lead in conical bearing and avoids all bearing clearancees thus.
Mode as an alternative can be used the contact element of non-contact type work.In the 3rd embodiment shown in Fig. 5 a to 5b, for example the optical sensor of 12 forms is installed on the printed circuit board (PCB) 3 in order to discern direction V shape electrooptical device, when tilting to the position of the switch, the light path of described optical sensor is connected by the isolated component on the contact plate 10 that is arranged on axle 7 11, thus the direction of identifying.
Embodiment shown in Fig. 6 a to 6c corresponds essentially to first embodiment shown in Fig. 1 a to 1c.At this, described axle 7 is bearing on the shell 2 and by its bottom by bulb joint 15 swing types and is supported on the push rod 16, and described push rod longitudinal shift type guiding and its downside in described shell contact with button 13.Wherein, described axle 7 links to each other the conical space that the top that described spheroid 17 is arranged in described push rod 16 is distolateral with push rod 16 by spheroid 17.Be rocked to the process of the position of the switch shown in Fig. 6 b and 6c from the initial position shown in Fig. 6 a at described axle, described oscillating motion is transformed into the rectilinear motion of described push rod by spheroid 17, thereby depresses or lift described push rod and operate described button 13.
The 5th embodiment of operating element of the present invention has been shown in Fig. 7 a to 7d, and it is equally basically corresponding to first embodiment shown in Fig. 1 a to 1c.Only be with the difference of described first embodiment, described axle 7 is not or is not only to constitute a flexible supporting base (Lagerstumpf) 18 forms tab-likely, the upside of described supporting base 18 is bearing on the contact plate 10, and on described supporting base 18 direct fitting operation element 9.
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1. operating element that has action button (9), described action button is bearing in shell (2), control panel or the similar device and can swingingly moves between initial position and a plurality of switch or contact position, it is characterized in that: for action button (9) sets a button (13) with switching point center, that determine operating element of feeling function, when with action button (9) from its initial position along switch or during predetermined angular of the direction of contact position swing, described button is operated once.
2. operating element according to claim 1 is characterized in that: when action button (9) when its initial position swings to switch or contact position, described button (13) overcomes the restoring force of attaching troops to a unit in the flexible member of described button (13) and is depressed.
3. operating element according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described button (13) is depressed when the initial position of described action button (9), and when action button (9) swung in switch or the contact position, described button (13) was released and is lifted by the flexible member that is equipped on button (13).
4. require each described operating element according to aforesaid right, it is characterized in that: described action button (9) is bearing in shell (2) by at least one flexible member (8) and goes up and be pressed in the initial position of action button.
5. require each described operating element according to aforesaid right, it is characterized in that: described action button (9) is installed on the free end of axle (7), and described axle (7) is bearing in shell (2) or the similar device swingably.
6. operating element according to claim 5 is characterized in that: button (13) be equipped on the axle (7) with opposed that end of action button (9).
7. operating element according to claim 6 is characterized in that: being in directly with described button (13) with the opposed end of action button (9) of (7) of axle contacts.
8. operating element according to claim 6, it is characterized in that: set a push rod (16) of guiding along the longitudinal for described button (13), one end of described push rod (16) contacts with button (13), the other end of described push rod (16) acts in this wise with described axle (7) and being connected, and makes the oscillating motion of described axle (7) be converted into the axially-movable of described push rod (16).
9. require each described operating element according to aforesaid right, it is characterized in that: go up and on shell (2), be provided with on the other hand coefficient contact element pair (11,12) in axle (7)/action button (9) on the one hand, wherein, acting in conjunction when each contact position of one of described contact element pair (11,12) is so that form contact.
10. operating element according to claim 9 is characterized in that: described contact element (11,12) constitutes pressure sensitive film.
11. operating element according to claim 9 is characterized in that: described contact element (11,12) is designed to conduct electricity, current return closure when contact.
12. operating element according to claim 9 is characterized in that: described contact element (11,12) constitutes optical sensor or Magnetic Sensor.
13. according to each described operating element in the claim 9 to 12, it is characterized in that: described contact element (11,12) one side form with circle or V-shaped groove (14) on a carrying plane constitutes, and the cambridge ring (11) in being embedded into described groove (14) is gone up and constituted on the other hand.
14. each described operating element in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that: contact element (11,12) is set in this wise, makes at the pitch angle of action button (9) and hour to carry out the identification of the position of the switch, as the switching function of button (13).
15. require each described operating element according to aforesaid right, it is characterized in that: described axle (7) remains in the described shell (2) by ball bearing (15).
16. according to arbitrary described operating element in the claim 1 to 14, it is characterized in that: described action button (9) can be from its initial position axially-movable, to operate described button (13).
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