CN101454856A - Rotary type electric component - Google Patents
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Abstract
In a rotary type electric component, a click mechanism is composed of a coil spring (10); a holding member (11), which holds the coil spring (10) by being held by a bearing member (4) not to be rotated and has two rollers (12a, 12b) having a direction orthogonally intersecting with an axial line (S) as a rotating axis; and a rotating member (6) having a click engaging section (64) with which the two rollers (12a, 12b) of the holding member (11) engage and disengage. The click mechanism rolls while the two rollers (12a, 12b) of the holding member (11) engage and disengage with an uneven section (66) of a click engaging section (64) with the rotating motion of the rotating member (6).
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of spinning movement and give the rotary electrical unit of feeling with " click clatter " operating axis.
Background technology
Various rotary electrical units (for example, with reference to patent documentation 1) were proposed in the prior art.Figure 13 is the cutaway view of expression patent documentation 1 described rotary electrical unit, and Figure 14 and Figure 15 are the stereograms that expression constitutes each member of its part.In Figure 13～Figure 15, the installation base plate 300 that is made of the moulding product of synthetic resin has: diapire 300b, and it has circular hole 300a; Sidewall 300d, it forms columned recess 300c in the inboard; And jog 300c, it is at the back side of diapire 300b, be arranged on hole 300a around.In addition, the part of installation matrix 300 is exposed the upper surface at diapire 300b, and in addition, a part is to be embedded with a plurality of conductive plates 320 that are made of thin metallic plate from sidewall 300d to the outstanding mode in outside.The part that conductive plate 320 exposes at diapire 300b upper surface becomes contact 320a, in addition, constitutes the portion of terminal 320b of fore-end to the vertical lower bending from the outstanding part of sidewall 300d.
In addition, rotary body 340 is made of synthetic resin, has non-circular through hole 340e at central part.As shown in figure 15, rotary body 340 possess toroidal flange part 340a, have the 340c of tube portion of a pair of gap 340b of portion and be located at projection 340d in the flange part 340a at front end.And then, as shown in figure 13, be provided with stage portion 340f at the inwall of through hole 340e.In addition, as shown in figure 14, the sliding part 360 that is made of metallic plate has contact chip 360a and the hole 360b that has been cut and formed.Make the projection 340d of rotary body 340 pass hole 360b, and the front end of riveted joint projection 340d, thereby this sliding part 360 is installed on rotary body 340.And, in rotary body 340, make sliding part 360 opposed, and be contained at flange part 340a under the state of recess 300c with the contact 320a on the diapire 300b that matrix 300 is installed, make a 340c of portion pass the hole 300a that matrix 300 is installed.
In addition, as shown in figure 14, the leaf spring 380 of the ring-type that is made of metallic plate or plastics etc. is provided with the groove 380a of ring-type and forms outer portion 380b and internal ring portion 380c, and 380b is provided with protuberance 380d in its outer portion, and in the inner peripheral portion of the hole of internal ring portion 380c 380f a pair of kink 380c is set.And, make the kink 380e of this leaf spring 380 be positioned at the 340b of gap portion of rotary body 340, the 340c of tube portion of rotary body 340 is passed in the 380f of hole, and utilize the anchor clamps (omitting diagram) of heating to make expanding of the end of the 340c of portion to foreign side, be limited to the one side of internal ring portion 380c with the part of expansion, make the another side and the back side butt that matrix 300 is installed of internal ring portion 380c, matrix 300 is installed thereby leaf spring 380 and rotary body 340 are installed on.
And when installing, as shown in figure 13, the contact chip 360a of sliding part 360 contacts with the contact point 320a of conductive plate 320, and in addition, the protuberance 380d of leaf spring 380 is pressed to the jog 300e that is located at the back side that matrix 300 is installed and forms click portion by elastic force.Constitute pulse switch by the rotary body 340 that sliding part 360 is installed, the installation matrix 300 that is provided with conductive plate 320 and leaf spring 380 as a rotary electrical unit.In addition, this rotary electrical unit can be variable resistance etc.And, when making axle 390 rotations, follow this rotation to make rotary body 340 rotations, by the rotation of rotary body 340, sliding part 360 slides on the 320a of the contact of conductive plate 320, obtain required pulse signal, and, leaf spring 380 limits and the back side sliding contact that matrix 300 is installed, the limit is with rotary body 340 rotations, make protuberance 380d repeat engaging and break away from, thereby make the operator of axle 390 obtain " click clatter " sense with respect to jog 300e.
Patent documentation 1: Japanese kokai publication hei 10-154446 communique (prior art).
But, in above-mentioned existing rotary electrical unit, " click clatter " sensation when obtaining to make axle 390 rotations by the protuberance 380d of jog 300e that is located at the back side that matrix 300 is installed and leaf spring 380, but should structure existence be difficult to clearly degree of saving sense of acquisition.In addition, leaf spring has problem aspect durability, and exists owing to the problem that " click clatter " sensation is reduced.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of " click clatter " sense strong, and can obtain clearly degree of saving sense, also " click clatter " sensation that is caused by long-term use can be reduced being suppressed to minimum rotary electrical unit.
Rotary electrical unit of the present invention is characterized in that, possesses: operating axis; Framework, it has bearing components, and described bearing components is provided with and keeps described operating axis and make its rotatable through hole; Rotating member, it forms a plurality of jogs in the one side side, and follow described operating axis rotation and with the rotation of this operating axis one; Roller, jog with described rotating member is relative disposes for it, and follows the rotation of described rotating member to repeat to engage disengaging with described jog; Retaining member, it is retained as in described framework side removable along the operating axis axis direction, and maintenance is rotatable with the described roller of the relative configuration of jog of described rotating member; Helical spring, it passes through described retaining member to the jog elastic force-applying of described roller to described rotating member; And rotation testing agency, it detects the rotation of described rotating member.
According to this structure, move (rolling) because the roller that the spinning movement of accompanying rotation member keeps by retaining member engages with the jog of rotating member to break away to rotate on one side on one side, therefore, compare with the prior art of using leaf spring, " click clatter " sensation is strong, obtains clearly degree of saving sense.In addition, because helical spring than leaf spring good endurance, therefore, can be suppressed to the reduction that " the click clatter " that caused by long-term use felt lower.
In addition, the present invention is characterized in that based on above-mentioned rotary electrical unit, across the rotation of described operating axis and opposed position is provided with a pair of described roller.
Utilize this structure, be arranged on across the opposed position of the rotation of operating axis, and obtain the good click action of balance by the pair of rolls that retaining member is kept.
In addition, the present invention is based on above-mentioned rotary electrical unit, it is characterized in that, in described bearing components, described through hole is formed on central part, and open-ended in described rotating member side, and have and make described helical spring at least one one end side portion gap embed the cylindrical portion of periphery, this bearing components remains on the state of the described retaining member rotation of restriction.
Utilize this structure, helical spring can't because roughly whole exerting pressure is applied in to roller, therefore obtain certain all the time operation feeling in the direction distortion beyond the flexible direction.
In addition, the present invention is based on above-mentioned rotary electrical unit, it is characterized in that, be provided with to the outstanding protuberance of radial outside at the outer wall of described retaining member and the position different, be provided with the guide recess of described protuberance along the axis direction guiding of described operating axis at the inwall of described bearing components with the roller holding position.
Utilize this structure, keep the retaining member of roller to carry out smoothly, and obtain good " click clatter " sensation to the moving of axis direction of operating axis.
In addition, the present invention is based on above-mentioned rotary electrical unit, it is characterized in that, described operating axis is formed with protuberance, described protuberance is outstanding in the direction with respect to the axis direction quadrature near the insertion of the through hole that inserts described bearing components is distolateral, described rotating member with and described retaining member between across the mode of described roller and dispose relative with described bearing components, has the peristome that the described protuberance that can make described operating axis passes, and form the patchhole that described operating axis is passed from described peristome, make the operating axis that inserts described patchhole from described peristome move to first distance in the end along axis direction from described peristome, and restriction is with the rotation of this axis as the center, is the rotation at center from described first distance to carrying out with described axis the second distance of further insertion predetermined distance, in position described operating axis is retracted predetermined distance to the direction opposite with direction of insertion, retract direction and use the space to the confined rotation of the rotation of two direction of rotation thereby form this with the predetermined angular rotation.
Utilize this structure, make bearing components, helical spring, retaining member, roller and rotating member combination, the rotation that makes operating axis be passed in rotating member from bearing components side (front side) is rotated to the second distance from first distance with the space, retracts when the rotation predetermined angular.Thus, can be temporary fixed between bearing components and rotating member, keeping the state of helical spring, retaining member, roller, in assembling, helical spring and roller can not disperse, thus operating efficiency is good, realizes the raising of productivity ratio.
Based on above-mentioned rotary electrical unit, the rotation of preferred described rotating member has with the space: first convex shaped part, and it forms along the side of the direction of rotation side of a direction, and the end of the described peristome of distance is that the position of described first distance becomes the lower end; Second convex shaped part, it is along forming with opposed side, the side of this direction of rotation side, the end of the described peristome of distance is that the position of described second distance becomes the lower end, and form can with the bearing surface of the described protuberance butt of predetermined angular rotation; And snap-latch surface, it is between described first convex shaped part and described second convex shaped part, be formed on the position that falls into described peristome side than the bottom of described first convex shaped part more, and when the position from the rotation of described predetermined angular retracts described operating axis, but become the opposed bearing surface of described protuberance butt.Thus, can make packaging efficiency better, temporary fixed reliably helical spring and roller.
In addition, the present invention is characterized in that based on above-mentioned rotary electrical unit, and described rotation testing agency constitutes by the sliding contact of the another side side of being located at described rotating member with the conductive pattern of described sliding contact sliding contact.
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Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of the rotary electrical unit of an execution mode.
Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of the rotary electrical unit of an above-mentioned execution mode.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of the inner shafts of an above-mentioned execution mode.
Fig. 4 is the end view of the inner shafts of an above-mentioned execution mode.
Fig. 5 is the upward view of bottom of the inner shafts of the above-mentioned execution mode of expression.
Fig. 6 is the stereogram of bearing components, helical spring and the retaining member of an above-mentioned execution mode.
Fig. 7 is the vertical view of the rear side (one side side) of the rotating member of an above-mentioned execution mode.
Fig. 8 is the end view of the rotating member of an above-mentioned execution mode.
Fig. 9 is the upward view of rear side of the rotating member of the above-mentioned execution mode of expression.
Figure 10 is that the A-A alignment of presentation graphs 9 is looked cutaway view.
Figure 11 is that the B-B alignment of presentation graphs 9 is looked cutaway view.
Figure 12 is the stereogram of the rotating member of the above-mentioned execution mode seen from encoder contact casing side.
Figure 13 is the cutaway view of existing rotary electrical unit.
Figure 14 is the stereogram of rotary body, sliding part, installation matrix and the leaf spring of existing rotary electrical unit.
Figure 15 is the stereogram from the rotary body that the existing rotary electrical unit that the matrix side sees is installed.
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Below, with reference to accompanying drawing embodiments of the present invention are elaborated.In the present embodiment, carry out illustration as rotary electrical unit with the encoder switch, but also applicable a kind of variable resistance as rotary electrical unit.
Fig. 1 is the cutaway view of the rotary electrical unit of one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of the rotary electrical unit of present embodiment.The operating axis 3 that is made of outboard shafts 1 and inner shafts 2 can be rotation and pressing operation by the bearing components supporting.Pressing member 5 is pressed into an end of the inner shafts 2 that is fixed in the rear side that inserts bearing components 4.Be fixed with the sliding component 7 that the metallic plate by ring-type constitutes as sliding contact in the back of rotating member 6 (another side side).Rotating member 6 is retained as the recess 8a for the encoder contact casing 8 that constitutes first casing, rotates freely in the direction of rotation that with axis S is the center.
Be fixed on outboard shafts 1 in the other end that from the outstanding laterally front side of bearing components 4 is inner shafts 2 with high speed nut 9.Helical spring 10 is contained in the inside of bearing components 4 under the state that is held member 11 maintenances.Retaining member 11 is formed with pair of rolls support 111a, 111b in the opposed locations across the axis S of operating axis 3, in addition, with roller support 111a, 111b every 90 ° of differential seat angles, a pair of convex shaped part 112a, 112b is integrally formed at the retaining member main body with opposed position relation.Roller support 111a, 111b backing roll 12a, 12b, and make its rotation freely.
Discoideus and under two overlapping states, be arranged at pushing contact casing 14 as second casing by the leaf spring of metal constitutes and central portion is outstanding two moving contact 13a, 13b.Pushing contact casing 14 is configured in the back of encoder contact casing 8.Bearing components 4, encoder contact casing 8 and pushing contact casing 14 become the roughly the same rectangle of overall dimension, sandwich in the centre to utilize mounting panel 15 under the state of retaining member 11 and rotating member 6 and integrated.Constitute framework by bearing components 4, encoder contact casing 8 and pushing contact casing 14, but under the situation that does not have the push switch function, constitute framework by bearing components 4 and encoder contact casing 8.
Below, the structure of the each several part of above-mentioned rotary electrical unit is elaborated.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of inner shafts 2, and Fig. 4 is the end view of inner shafts 2, and Fig. 5 is the upward view of inner shafts 2.As Fig. 3～shown in Figure 5, be formed with the fitting portion 21 that the cross section is non-circular column in the upper end (the other end) of the inner shafts 2 that becomes front side, be formed with projection 22 at the end face of this fitting portion 21.In inner shafts 2, the zone line that is supported on the close upper end of bearing components 4 is formed with the cylindrical axle support 23 bigger than fitting portion 21 diameters rotatable and pressing operation.In addition, be formed with holding section 25 in the bottom of the cylindrical axle main part 24 littler than axle support 23 diameters.The assigned position of holding section 25 from the lower surface of axle main part 24 to shaft supporting part 23 directions is formed with pair of parallel plane 25c, 25d. Parallel plane 25c, 25d quantitatively form to axle central side cutting gauge by the outer peripheral face from axle main part 24.At the outer peripheral face of the axle main part of clamping by parallel plane 25c, 25d 24, and be formed with in the position of lower surface predetermined distance to the pair of flanges 25a as protuberance, the 25b that extend with the outside of axis direction quadrature apart from axle main part 24. Flange 25a, 25b have specific thickness, and leading section is circular-arc.Be provided with the jut 26 that is pressed into pressing member 5 in the lower surface of axle main part 24.
In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the outboard shafts 1 of operating axis 3 has the size that can hold inner shafts 2, become that an end of downside forms the cylindric of opening among the figure, the central portion that becomes the other end of upside among the figure is formed with the chimeric embedded hole 1a of fitting portion 21 that makes inner shafts 2.Insert under the state of this embedded hole 1a at the fitting portion 21 that makes inner shafts 2, be embedded in the projection 22 of the upper end formation of fitting portion 21 by making high speed nut 9, and make inner shafts 2 be fixed in outboard shafts 1.
Figure 6 illustrates the stereogram of seeing bearing components 4, helical spring 10 and retaining member 11 from encoder contact casing 8 sides.As Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 6, bearing components 4 end from upper side in Fig. 1 forms certain thickness tubular to central portion, and by the barrel bearing portion 41 of the taper of thickening and the casing mounting panel 42 that is integrally formed at the other end of barrel bearing portion 41 constitute gradually by forming thickness near from the central portion to the other end.The flat shape of casing mounting panel 42 is set at roughly the same shape and the size of flat shape with encoder contact casing 8 and pushing contact casing 14.Barrel bearing portion 41 is formed with through hole 43, and described through hole 43 has the periphery of the axle support 23 that is fit to supporting inner shafts 2 and makes its rotation and move freely diameter along axis S direction.At barrel bearing portion 41 places, being formed with through hole 43 near the inwall the other end from the central portion of wall thickness is the slot part 41a at center, utilizes remaining wall material cylindraceous between this slot part 41a and through hole 43 and forms cylindrical portion 41b.The periphery that helical spring 10 passes cylindrical portion 41b with gap embedding state.Slot part 41a does not change the external diameter of cylindrical portion 41b, in the zone suitable, form the internal diameter bigger slightly than the external diameter of helical spring 10 with the insertion of helical spring 10 distolateral (upper side among Fig. 1), with the zone of the insertion end opposition side of helical spring 10, add that with the external diameter of helical spring member 10 thickness setting of the upper end of retaining member 11 is an internal diameter.As shown in Figure 1, be filled with an one end side portion that is positioned at the helical spring 10 above the diagram in the coil insertion end zone of slot part 41a, be inserted with the other end part of helical spring 10 and the upper part of retaining member 11 at the remaining area of slot part 41a.
As shown in Figure 6, the internal face in the barrel bearing portion 41 that forms receiving space 41c is formed with guide recess 44a, 44b and guide recess 45a, 45b at interval with 90 degree.Convex shaped part 112a, 112b that guide recess 44a, 44b formed and be integrally formed at the side of retaining member 11 have minim gap and chimeric size, and roller support 111a, 111b that guide recess 45a, 45b formed and be integrally formed at the side of retaining member 11 have minim gap and chimeric size.Opposed both sides at casing mounting panel 42 are formed with recess 46a, 46b, and this recess 46a, 46b are used to make side surface part 153a that pin 151a, 151b and snap-fastener pin 152a by mounting panel 15 shown in Figure 2 constitute and are embedded by the side surface part 153b that pin 151c, 151d and snap-fastener pin 152b constitute.In addition, two bight 47a, 47b on the diagonal that is positioned at casing mounting panel 42 are provided with fixing protuberance 48a, the 48b of using of casing.
As Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 6, retaining member 11 becomes the short tubular with wall 11a of portion roughly cylindraceous, is formed with roller support 111a, 111b and convex shaped part 112a, 112b at its outer peripheral face.Be formed with along central axis direction in the inwall bottom of the retaining member 11 that is short tubular and extend the stage portion 11b that forms.Stage portion 11b is set at the opening diameter shorter than the external diameter of helical spring 10.Utilize the bottom (the other end) of stage portion 11b maintenance from the helical spring 10 of the upper end open insertion of retaining member 11.Helical spring 10 inserts and makes its other end and stage portion 11b butt from the upper end open of retaining member 11, make roller support 111a, 111b insert guide recess 45a, the 45b of bearing components 4, and make convex shaped part 112a, 112b insert guide recess 44a, 44b, thereby become the state of upper end (end) the insertion cylindrical portion 41b from helical spring 10.On the other hand, roller 12a, 12b can be made of wheel 12c and roll shaft 12d respectively, can use for example to utilize the cut metalwork and cut out wheel 12c and roll shaft 12d integratedly.But, also can use roll shaft 12d rotation to insert the structure of wheel 12c freely.The axis direction of roller bearing 12d is with respect to the axis S direction quadrature of operating axis 3. Roller support 111a, 111b are formed with the wheel resettlement section 111c that can make wheel 12c rotation and accommodate.In addition, be formed with the bearing groove 111d of the semicircle shape that roll shaft 12d uses respectively at the end face of rotating member 6 sides of roller support 111a, 111b, this bearing groove 111d passes through the central point of retaining member 11, and parallel with respect to the line segment that crosses roller support 111a, 111b.Each bearing groove 111d brings into play function as the bearing of each roll shaft 12d of roller 12a, the 12b of correspondence, pushes to rotating member 6 sides (jog 66) by pair roller 12a, 12b, and realizes the simplification of anticreep and assembling operation.
From Fig. 7 to Figure 12 is the structure chart of rotating member 6.Fig. 7 is a vertical view of seeing rotating member 6 from bearing components 4 sides, Fig. 8 is the end view of rotating member 6, Fig. 9 is a upward view of seeing rotating member 6 from encoder contact casing 8 sides, Figure 10 is that the A-A alignment of Fig. 9 is looked cutaway view, Figure 11 is that the B-B alignment of Fig. 9 is looked cutaway view, and Figure 12 is a stereogram of seeing rotating member 6 from encoder contact casing 8 sides.Rotating member 6 has: the cylindrical portion 62 and the click holding section 64 that is integrally formed at an end of cylindrical portion 62 that are formed with patchhole 61.As shown in Figure 7, the patchhole 61 of cylindrical portion 62 has the corresponding roughly the same shaped aperture 61a of portion of flat shape with the axle main part 24 and flange 25a, the 25b that comprise inner shafts 2, can insert flange 25a, 25b as protuberance at peristome 61a (patchhole 61).Clicking holding section 64, the protuberance 63 of semi-cylindrical form in the periphery of cylindrical portion 62 with radial formation.Clicking holding section 64, owing to become recess 65 between the protuberance 63 of adjacency, therefore, protuberance 63 and recess 65 are merged and be called jog 66.It is the one side side of rotating member 6 that this jog 66 is located at the face of bearing components 4 opposed sides.As shown in Figure 1,62 of cylindrical portion are supported on the opening of toroidal of the 11a of wall portion of the stage portion 11b that is provided with retaining member 11, and are set at the diameter that can not insert loosely.On the end face of cylindrical portion 62 with the bottom butt of cylindrical portion 41b.In addition, be disposed on the track of roller 12a, 12b in the click holding section 64 that the bottom of cylindrical portion 62 62 peripheries form.Constitute from the bearing groove 111d opposition side of semicircle shape and utilize jog 66 supporting wheel 12c, and this wheel 12c is by the bearing groove 111d supporting roller 12d of retaining member 11.Because roller 12a, 12b self utilizes helical spring 10 to the rotating member 6 side application of forces by retaining member 11, therefore, become the state that presses on jog 66 with the pressing force of regulation.Thereby, be constructed as follows and click mechanism, that is: along with the spinning movement of the rotating member 6 that is undertaken by operating axis 3, two the roller 12a, the 12b limit that are arranged at retaining member 11 repeat to engage disengaging with jog 66, and the limit is that the center rotates mobile (rolling) with roll shaft 12d.Roller 12a, 12b are under the state that is pressed on the jog 66 of clicking holding section 64 by exerting pressure of helical spring 10, engage with this jog 66 on one side to break away from one side and roll, therefore, compare with the prior art of using leaf spring, " click clatter " sensation is strong, and obtains clearly degree of saving sense.In addition, because helical spring 10 than leaf spring good endurance, therefore, can suppress the situation of using " click clatter " sensation reduction that causes owing to long-term.
In the present embodiment, peristome 61a insertion predetermined distance when the holding section 25 that makes an end of being located at inner shafts 2 from rotating member 6, then, in the inner space of rotating member 6 (space 67 is used in rotation), being the center with axis S revolves when retracting a little after turning 90 degrees along prescribed direction, the rotation of left and right sides both direction is limited, and retracts moving of direction simultaneously and also is limited.Concrete is, the patchhole 61 of rotating member 6 begins to predetermined distance L1 (with reference to Figure 10) from the end (end face of cylindrical portion 62) of the front side relative with bearing components 4 (cylindrical member 41b) of peristome 61a, and the cross section is the shape identical with peristome 61a.The inwall that extends to vertical lower from limit M1, M2 shown in Figure 7 is cut off as the distance L 2 (with reference to Figure 10) of first distance in the end of distance peristome 61a midway, as shown in Figure 7, at flange 25a, 25b during as limit M3, M4 direction, being formed with can be to the rotation that is rotated counterclockwise direction (clockwise direction among Fig. 9) rotation with space 67.Be formed with when inner shafts 2 with space 67 in rotation and revolve when turning 90 degrees to a direction, the rotation as bearing surface of the rotation of limit flange 25a, 25b limits face 67a.With the suitable zone of limit M1, M2 of the inwall of patchhole 61, form the first convex shaped part 67-1 from the end of peristome 61a respectively to distance L 2 (with reference to Figure 10), in the zone that is equivalent to limit M3, M4, the distance L 3 (with reference to Figure 10) from the end of peristome 61a at a distance of second distance forms the second convex shaped part 67-2 respectively.In the opposed faces of the second convex shaped part 67-2 and the first convex shaped part 67-1, be formed with rotation restriction face 67a.It is longer than first convex shaped part 67-1 (L2) size to be set at the second convex shaped part 67-2 (L3).In addition, be formed between the first convex shaped part 67-1 and the second convex shaped part 67-2 opposite each other, and the rotation that forms the upper side that is positioned at Fig. 1 (front side) that makes rotating member 6 becomes the recess shapes that more is absorbed in the upper end side (upper side of Fig. 1) of peristome 61a than the end of the first convex shaped part 67-1 with top (snap-latch surface) 67b in space 67.But rotation has with the top 67b in space 67 and the suitable depth of size of the opposed flange 25a in butt ground, 25b.
In the internal structure of above-mentioned rotating member 6, insert from the upper end side of the peristome 61a of the patchhole 61 of rotating member 6 the distolateral holding section 25 of insertion that will be positioned at inner shafts 2, and the leading section that the insertion of inner shafts 2 is distolateral is pressed into the lower end of the first convex shaped part 67-1 in the patchhole 61.When flange 25a, the 25b of the leading section of inner shafts 2 arrive the lower end of the first convex shaped part 67-1, become in this example and can in Fig. 7, counterclockwise rotate, by rotation with the guiding of the internal perisporium in space 67, and rotation predetermined angular (90 degree in this example) to rotation restriction face 67a butt.When the side of the direction of rotation of flange 25a, 25b during with rotation restriction face 67a butt, 67a is withdrawn into inner shafts 2 and the top 67b butt of using the bearing surface in space 67 as rotation along its rotation restriction face.Because first and second convex shaped part 67-1,67-2 are more outstanding than top 67b, therefore, even the either direction for turning clockwise and being rotated counterclockwise all becomes the fastening state of coming the side of limit flange 25a, 25b by first and second convex shaped part 67-1,67-2.At this moment, since the elastic force of helical spring 10 to bearing components 4 and retaining member 11 (and rotating member 6) to the detaching direction effect, therefore, insert at operating axis 3 under the state of through hole 43 of bearing components 4, flange 25a, 25b and rotation bear the power that engages direction with the top 67b in space 67 and fastness engage.As mentioned above, lower end at the inner shafts 2 of operating axis 3 forms holding section 25, in the patchhole 61 of rotating member 6, form above-mentioned lock structure, thereby can make bearing components 4, helical spring 10, retaining member 11, roller 12a, 12b and rotating member 6 easily integrated by inner shafts 2 (operating axis 3), can prevent helical spring 10 and roller 12a, 12b dispersion in the assembling process, realize the raising of packaging efficiency.In addition, can make after the assembling, fully improve the intensity that operating axis 3 is gone out from bearing components 4 drawings.
In addition, the recess 8a that is set at respect to the circle of encoder contact casing 8 of the click holding section 64 of rotating member 6 can not rotate the diameter of embedding loosely.Around the peristome 68 of the lower face side of encoder contact casing 8 sides of clicking holding section 64, be formed with ring-type slot part 69.As shown in figure 12, in ring-type slot part 69, along the circumferential direction form four juts 70 at interval with 90 degree, by these juts 70, sliding component 7 (with reference to Fig. 1) riveted and fixed is at the ring-type slot part 69 of the another side side of being located at rotating member 5.The sliding part 71 that has a plurality of (in this example being four) as the sliding component 7 of sliding contact.Each sliding part 71 and the conductive pattern sliding contact that forms in the bottom surface of encoder described later contact casing 8.
As shown in Figure 2, in encoder contact casing 8, the through hole 81 that pressing member 5 passes forms in the central.And be formed with circular encirclement through hole 81 around bottom 82, on this circular bottom 82, be formed with above-mentioned conductive pattern 82a.Constitute rotation testing agency by sliding component 7 and conductive pattern 82a, make terminal 82b shown in Figure 1 outstanding to the outside from wall box.Thereby conductive pattern 82a is connected with terminal 82b conducting.Around circular bottom 82, form 82 inwalls 83 to the vertical direction extension from the bottom.Inwall 83 is set at the roughly the same height of thickness of promptly clicking holding section 64 with the large-diameter portion of rotating member 6, the loosening and rotation maintenance freely at the rotating member 6 of circular bottom 82 configurations.Encoder contact casing 8 is roughly rectangle, and four bights of upper surface form hole 84a～84d.In addition, opposed both sides at encoder contact casing 8 are formed with recess 85b, 85a, and this recess 85b, 85a are used to make side surface part 153a that pin 151a, 151b and the snap-fastener pin 152a by mounting panel 15 constitute and are embedded by the side surface part 153b that pin 151c, 151d and snap-fastener pin 152b constitute.In when assembling, two holes (for example, hole 84a and hole 84d) on the fixing diagonal that is pressed into a side that is arranged in four hole 84a～84d with protuberance 48a, 48b of two casings that the lower surface of bearing components 4 forms.
As shown in Figure 2, the upper surface at pushing contact casing 14 is formed with the circular depressions 141 that moving contact 13a, 13b are set.Central portion and circumference in circular depressions 141 are provided with fixed contact 142,143.By making moving contact 13a, 13b be arranged on circular depressions 141, as shown in Figure 1, the circumference of moving contact 13a, 13b contacts with fixed contact 143 conductings.Opposed both sides at pushing contact casing 14 are formed with recess 144b, 144a, and this recess 144b, 144a are used to make side surface part 153a that pin 151a, 151b and the snap-fastener pin 152a by mounting panel 15 constitute and are embedded by the side surface part 153b that pin 151c, 151d and snap-fastener pin 152b constitute.
Two bights at the upper surface that pushes contact casing 14 are formed with jut 145a, 145b.This jut 145a, 145b are pressed into two hole 84a, 84b of encoder contact casing 8, make encoder contact casing 8 and casing 14 location, pushing contact and fixing.In addition, terminal 147a, 147b are fetched into the outside from the side 146 that pushes contact casing 14.Each terminal 147a, 147b and be formed on fixed contact 142,143 conductings of the circular depressions 141 of pushing contact casing 14.
As shown in Figure 2, mounting panel 15 has the peristome 154 bigger and shorter than one side of casing mounting panel 42 than the diameter of the barrel bearing portion 41 of bearing components 4 at central portion.Snap-fastener pin 152a, the 152b of pin 151a～151b and fore-end bending to the inside extends downwards from opposed two side surface part 153a, the 153b of mounting panel 15.Mounting panel 15 is fastened on above the casing mounting panel 42, and make the barrel bearing portion 41 of bearing components 4 pass through its peristome 154, be assembled with in the back of bearing components 4 under the state of encoder contact casing 8 and pushing contact casing 14, make side surface part 153a, pin 151a～151d of 151 lateral buckling and make whole integrated below pushing contact casing 14.Like this, by utilizing mounting panel 15 will constitute bearing components 4, the encoder contact casing 8 of framework and pushing contact casing 14, can eliminate becoming flexible between parts from clamping securely up and down.
In said structure, be the center when any direction rotates when making operating axis 3 with axis S, rotating member 6 rotations that engage with the holding section 25 of inner shafts 2.Jog 66 with respect to the click holding section 64 of rotating member 6, under the confined state of bearing components 4 sideway swivels, roller 12a, the 12b of axle supporting utilize helical spring 10 to be pushed by elasticity by retaining member 11 on the retaining member 11 that can keep movably along axis S direction.Thereby when rotating member 6 rotation, the roller 12a, the 12b that bear from certain pressing force of helical spring 10 rotates mobile (rolling) on jog 66.Jog 66 by carrying out roller 12a, 12b and rotating member 6 repeatedly engage disengaging, pass operating axis 3 with change in torque as " click clatter " propagated sensation.
By making rotating member 6 rotation, each sliding part 71 and the conductive pattern 82a sliding contact that is formed on the bottom surface 82 of encoder contact casing 8, and detect from terminal 82b output detection signal and rotation.
In addition, when operating axis 3 was carried out bulldozing operation, operating axis 3 was under the state that is kept by bearing components 4 and rotating member 6, and move the below in Fig. 1, makes pressing member 5 push moving contact 13a, 13b.When contact with fixed contact 142 when moving contact 13a, 13b distortion, fixed contact 142,143 is by moving contact 13a, 13b and conducting is exported connection signal from terminal 147a, 147b.
According to present embodiment, the roller 12a, the 12b that bear certain pressing force from helical spring 10 are in jog 66 rollings and mobile, therefore, the click mechanism that moves with the jog sliding contact time with the jut of being located at leaf spring compares, spinning movement more smoothly and big " click clatter " sense can be realized simultaneously, clearly degree of saving sense can also be obtained.And, in the click mechanism that uses leaf spring, make the distortion quantitative change of leaf spring big if obtain big " click clatter " sense, then can not use for a long time, but, if for the structure that utilizes helical spring 10 pair roller 12a, 12b effect pressing force then compare with leaf spring and can significantly improve endurance quality.
In addition, inner wall part formation cylindrical portion 41b at bearing components 4 passes helical spring 10, and supporting is pushed direction from the retaining member of exerting pressure 11 of helical spring 10 along roller and is moved for making to bear, and the restriction direction of rotation is mobile, therefore, helical spring 10 can't be to the direction distortion beyond the flexible direction, and roughly whole exerting pressure imposed on roller 12a, 12b by retaining member 11, thereby obtains certain all the time operation feeling.
In addition, in retaining member 11, the positions different with the part that keeps roller 12a, 12b are promptly across the opposed position of axis, be provided with to radial outside outstanding convex shaped part 112a, 112b, because guiding this convex shaped part 112a, movably guide recess 44a, 44b are located at bearing components 4 to 112b along axis S direction, therefore, keep the retaining member 11 of roller 12a, 12b to carry out smoothly, obtain good " click clatter " sensation to moving of axis S direction.
In addition, in retaining member 11,, therefore, can realize the click action that balance is good pair of rolls 12a, 12b being arranged across the opposed position configuration of the axis S of operating axis 3.
In addition, make the holding section 25 of an end of being located at inner shafts 2 insert predetermined distance from the end of the peristome 61a of rotating member 6, then, if in the inner space of rotating member 6 is that the center retracts after prescribed direction is rotated with 90 degree a little with axis S, then the rotation of clockwise direction and anticlockwise both direction is limited, and retracting moving of direction also is limited, therefore, when assembling, helical spring 10 and two roller 12a can kept, temporary fixed under the state of 12b, in assembling, helical spring 10 and roller 12a, 12b can't disperse, operating efficiency is good, thereby realizes the raising of productivity ratio.
In addition, in the above-described embodiment, roller 12a, 12b become one wheel 12c and roll shaft 12d, but also can be independent member.
In addition, in the above-described embodiment, be provided with two convex shaped part 112a, 112b, but be not limited to this quantity at retaining member 11, also can be for more than one or three.In addition, in the same manner pair of rolls 12a, 12b are provided with one group, but also can be set to more than two groups.At this moment, certainly, need the consistent group number that increases roller support 111a, 111b with roller group number.
In addition, in the above description, possess the push switch function, but the push switch function is not necessary to element.
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1. rotary electrical unit is characterized in that possessing:
Operating axis;
Framework, it has bearing components, and described bearing components is provided with the through hole that keeps described operating axis and can make this operating axis rotation;
Rotating member, it forms a plurality of jogs in the one side side, and follow described operating axis rotation and with the rotation of this operating axis one;
Roller, jog with described rotating member is relative disposes for it, and follows the rotation of described rotating member and repeat the disengaging that engages with described jog;
Retaining member, it is maintained at described framework side and can moves along the axis direction of operating axis, and the described roller of maintenance and the relative configuration of jog of described rotating member, and described roller can be rotated;
Helical spring, it passes through described retaining member to the jog elastic force-applying of described roller to described rotating member; And
Rotation testing agency, it detects the rotation of described rotating member.
2. rotary electrical unit according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
Across the rotation of described operating axis and opposed position is provided with a pair of described roller.
3. rotary electrical unit according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that,
In described bearing components, described through hole is formed on central part, and have the open-ended of described rotating member side and make described helical spring at least one one end side portion gap embed the cylindrical portion of periphery, described bearing components keeps described retaining member with the state of restriction rotation.
4. rotary electrical unit according to claim 3 is characterized in that,
Be provided with to the outstanding protuberance of radial outside at the outer wall of described retaining member and the position different with the roller holding position, be provided with guide recess at the inwall of described bearing components, this guide recess guides described protuberance along the axis direction of described operating axis.
5. according to each described rotary electrical unit in the claim 1～4, it is characterized in that,
Described operating axis is formed with protuberance near the distolateral end of the insertion of the through hole that inserts described bearing components, this protuberance is outstanding in the direction with respect to the axis direction quadrature,
Described rotating member with and described retaining member between across the mode of described roller and dispose relative with described bearing components, and has the peristome that the described protuberance that can make described operating axis passes, and be formed with the patchhole that described operating axis passes from described peristome, thereby form rotation and use the space, this rotation makes the operating axis that inserts described patchhole from described peristome move to first distance in the end along axis direction from described peristome with the space, and restriction is with the rotation of this axis as the center, and then be the rotation at center to carrying out with described axis the second distance that inserts predetermined distance from described first distance, and the position at the rotation predetermined angular retracts predetermined distance with described operating axis to the direction opposite with direction of insertion, and restriction retracts the rotation of direction and two direction of rotation to this.
6. rotary electrical unit according to claim 5 is characterized in that,
The rotation of described rotating member has with the space: first convex shaped part, and it forms along the side of the direction of rotation side of a direction, and is that the position of described first distance is as the lower end with the end apart from described peristome;
Second convex shaped part, it is along forming with opposed side, the side of this direction of rotation side, and with the end apart from described peristome be the position of described second distance as the lower end, and form the bearing surface that described protuberance behind the rotation predetermined angular can butt; And
Snap-latch surface, it is formed between described first convex shaped part and described second convex shaped part, and fall into the position of described peristome side more than the bottom of described first convex shaped part, and when retracting described operating axis, become the opposed bearing surface that described protuberance can butt in position from the rotation of described predetermined angular.
7. according to each described rotary electrical unit in the claim 1～6, it is characterized in that,
Described rotation testing agency is made of the sliding contact of the another side side of being located at described rotating member and the conductive pattern of described sliding contact sliding contact.
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