CN106158491B - A kind of dial type press-key structure - Google Patents

A kind of dial type press-key structure Download PDF

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CN106158491B
CN106158491B CN201510146710.XA CN201510146710A CN106158491B CN 106158491 B CN106158491 B CN 106158491B CN 201510146710 A CN201510146710 A CN 201510146710A CN 106158491 B CN106158491 B CN 106158491B
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The present invention relates to a kind of novel dial type press-key structures.It includes panel, the button cap being arranged in above panel and the circuit board for being arranged in parallel in panel back, touch-switch there are two being vertically arranged on circuit board, it further include the swing rod for running through panel, the top of swing rod and the back connection of button cap, tail end are arranged between two touch-switch, button cap is stirred along a horizontal direction to push the top of swing rod to move, the tail end of swing rod, which is then taken advantage of a situation, to be swung towards opposite direction, is extremely inconsistent with touch-switch, and two touch-switch can sequentially be triggered by back and forth stirring button cap in the horizontal direction.Novel dial type press-key structure of the invention, it is ingenious in design, it is structurally reasonable, can one-way operation, can also bidirectional operation, so that it is had more the market competitiveness.

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A kind of dial type press-key structure
Technical field
The present invention relates to vehicle electronics product technical field more particularly to a kind of dial type press-key structures.
Background technique
At present on on-board air conditioner controller, key usually vertically does and moves straight up and down, dials once in a while The key of dynamic formula, designer, which is frequently utilized that, to stir to control resistance variations, presses switch to open or closes using resistance variations triggering;Or Person controls pulse change using stirring, and presses switch to open or closes using pulse change triggering.Such structure was both complicated, at This is again high, and precision is low, and sensitivity is low, and button operation is too fast, and software is easy to cause bug occur.And key stirs stroke It is dead by limitation, once design is completed and is opened, it can not just change key and stir stroke, design concept is not flexible.Resistance and pulse Also particular design is needed to make, it is at high cost.
There are many toggle switches in the market, but be only suitable for being used alone, is not suitable for doing inside automotive air-conditioning controller Configuration switches, and this toggle switch, purposes are limited to very much, and no matter how line connects, and is that one end is opened always, the other end closes It closes, being unable to satisfy both ends and stirring all is to open trigger switch.
There is remote-control lever toggle switch in the market, but is not suitable for doing automotive air-conditioning controller internal structure switch, front and back Left and right can stir, and function is too many, and cost is high.Cost is 10 times of rubber trigger switch or more.Because in remote-control lever Face structure is also that perhaps this case of spring trigger switch structure directly uses rubber or spring trigger switch to rubber.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of dial type press-key structures.
A kind of dial type press-key structure comprising panel, the button cap being arranged in above panel and be arranged in parallel in institute State the circuit board at panel back, there are two touch-switch towards being vertically arranged in the one side of panel for the circuit board, described two The contact of touch-switch is oppositely arranged and in same horizontal line, further includes the swing rod for running through the panel, the pendulum The top of bar and the connection of the back of the button cap, tail end are arranged between described two touch-switch;It is dialled along a horizontal direction The button cap is moved to push the top of the swing rod mobile, the tail end of the swing rod is then taken advantage of a situation to be swung, extremely towards opposite direction It is inconsistent with touch-switch described in one of them, back and forth stir in the horizontal direction the button cap can sequentially trigger it is described two light Touching switch.
In a preferred embodiment, a rectangular mounting groove towards the circuit board, institute are formed on the panel State support plate there are two being vertically set side by side in mounting groove;It respectively corresponds and is formed on two opposite inner sidewalls of the mounting groove The positioning runner of the mounting groove is vertically inserted into for the support plate;The middle part of the mounting groove slot bottom forms useful In the rectangular through slot that the swing rod passes through, the lower position of the slot bottom of the mounting groove and the corresponding support plate is formed with more A location hole;The edge-perpendicular of the two side walls opposite along the through slot integrally extend to form downwards two with the support plate simultaneously The supporting block of setting is arranged, is respectively formed on the opposite face of described two supporting blocks in the horizontal direction and in same center line First Rotational Cylindrical.
In a preferred embodiment, the sliding groove of a horizontal direction is formed through on the side wall of the support plate, it is described The bottom of support plate is formed with the positioning column to match with the location hole of the panel.
In a preferred embodiment, one is formed at the center back of the button cap vertically downward to install towards the panel First positioning plate of slot and the parallel support plate, is also formed with two and is disposed in parallel in first positioning plate two sides respectively And the second positioning plate that be parallel to first positioning plate;Described two second positioning plates are arranged at described two supports Between plate;It is respectively formed on the side wall of first positioning plate two sides in the horizontal direction and with two second rotations of center line Column is respectively facing the support plate on the lateral wall of second positioning plate and is formed in the horizontal direction and in same horizontal line Sliding shoe, the sliding shoe respectively penetrates in the sliding groove in the support plate, and the sliding can be made by stirring the button cap Block is moved back and forth along sliding groove direction.
In a preferred embodiment, the tail end of the swing rod forms the length being arranged between the contact of two touch-switch The touch part of cube is respectively formed a touch block towards the touch-switch, edge in the opposite two side walls in the touch part The top edges of the opposite side wall of another two, which are respectively perpendicular, integrally extends to form a swing arm upwards, and described two swing arms are arranged at Between the panel support block, each swing arm is respectively formed with for first turn of the panel on one end of touch part The rotation hole of dynamic column insertion, the swing rod can distinguish shape around the first Rotational Cylindrical swinging rotary, the top of described two swing arms Cheng Youyi U-shaped promotion slot, the second Rotational Cylindrical on the button cap can be respectively embedded into the promotion slot, the promotion slot packet Include one in arc-shaped slot bottom and the two extension sides to be formed respectively symmetrically are upwardly extended along two ends of arc-shaped slot bottom Wall, stirring the button cap can be such that second Rotational Cylindrical moves along the slot bottom for pushing slot towards side wall is extended.
Dial type press-key structure of the invention comprising panel, the button cap being arranged in above panel and be arranged in parallel Circuit board at panel back, being vertically arranged on circuit board further includes the swing rod for running through panel, pendulum there are two touch-switch The top of bar and the back connection of button cap, tail end are arranged between two touch-switch, stir button cap along a horizontal direction To push the top of swing rod mobile, the tail end of swing rod, which is then taken advantage of a situation, to be swung towards opposite direction, is extremely inconsistent with touch-switch, along water Square to back and forth stirring button cap and can sequentially trigger two touch-switch.Dial type press-key structure of the invention, ingenious in design, knot Structure is reasonable, utilize diagonal triangle principle, one-way operation can be realized, can also bidirectional operation, so that it is had more market competition Power.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the stereoscopic schematic diagram of the dial type press-key structure of an embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the stereogram exploded view of the dial type press-key structure of an embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the perspective view of another angle of panel in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the side schematic view of button cap in Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is the perspective view of swing rod in Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is the key trigger action schematic diagram of the dial type press-key structure of an embodiment.
Fig. 7 is that the dial type press-key structure of an embodiment stirs schematic illustration.
Specific embodiment
Dial type press-key structure of the present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with specific embodiments and drawings.
A kind of dial type press-key structure, is mainly used on the panel of vehicle electronics product, by way of back and forth stirring with Trigger the touch-switch at panel back.For convenient for elaboration, hereinafter so-called " vertical direction " and vertical direction shown by Fig. 1 Consistent, resulting "upper", "lower", " horizontal direction " are also consistent with the upper, lower, horizontal direction of Fig. 1 itself, but not right Structure of the invention plays restriction effect.
Referring to Figure 1 and Fig. 2, dial type press-key structure of the invention comprising only illustrate the office of panel in panel 20(figure Portion), the button cap 10 that the top of panel 20 is set and the circuit board 60 for being arranged in parallel in 20 back of panel, in circuit board 60 It is vertically arranged on towards the one side of panel 20 there are two touch-switch 40, which touches at vertical welding, two Point is oppositely arranged and in same horizontal line.
Preferably, the dial type press-key structure further include one run through panel 20 swing rod 30, the top of the swing rod 30 with The back connection of button cap 10, tail end are arranged between two touch-switch 40.Button cap 10 is stirred along a horizontal direction to push away The top of movable pendulum bar 30 is mobile, the tail end of swing rod 30 then take advantage of a situation swung towards opposite direction, to one of touch-switch 40 Inconsistent, two touch-switch 40 can sequentially be triggered by back and forth stirring button cap 10 in the horizontal direction.
Please referring also to Fig. 3 is formed with an installation in a rectangular parallelepiped shape being recessed towards 60 direction of circuit board on panel 20 Slot 21, button cap 10 are arranged in the top of mounting groove 21 and block mounting groove 21 completely;It is the cooperation present invention claimed group Dynamic formula press-key structure is also vertically set side by side there are two support plate 50 in mounting groove 21, and the support plate 50 is separable along vertical Histogram is to 21 inside of insertion mounting groove and fixes, and respectively corresponds and is formed with for making on two opposite inner sidewalls of mounting groove 21 The edges of boards of support plate 50 are vertically inserted into the positioning runner 211 of mounting groove 21;It is formed in the middle part of 21 slot bottom of mounting groove Rectangular through slot 212 for passing through swing rod 30 vertically;Slot bottom and corresponding two support plates 50 in mounting groove 21 Lower position be respectively formed with multiple location holes 213;The edge-perpendicular of the two side walls opposite along through slot 212 is integrated downwards Two supporting blocks being set side by side with support plate 50 22 are extended to form, are respectively formed with edge on the opposite side wall of two supporting blocks 22 Horizontal direction and the first Rotational Cylindrical 23 for being in same center line.
It is formed through a sliding groove 51 in horizontal direction on the side wall of support plate 50, is formed in the bottom of support plate 50 There is the positioning column 52 to match with the location hole 213 inside 20 mounting groove 21 of panel, when the edges of boards of support plate 50 are respectively along panel Positioning runner 211 on 20 slides vertically downward towards the slot bottom direction of mounting groove 21, when its positioning column 52 is each passed through positioning Hole 213 to it is external when stop, support plate 50 is vertically fixed on inside mounting groove 21 at this time, for guarantee support plate 50 will not along hang down Histogram upward displacement can be made positioning column 52 pass through location hole 213 by spot welding and melt to external a part and weld with panel Together.
Please referring also to Fig. 4 forms a mounting groove towards panel 20 vertically downward at the center back of button cap 10 21 and first positioning plate 11 parallel with support plate 50, it is also set side by side with respectively in the two sides of the first positioning plate 11 flat Row is in the second positioning plate 12 of the first positioning plate 11;First positioning plate 11 and two the second positioning plates 12 are arranged on two branch Between fagging 50;Be respectively formed on the side wall of first positioning plate, 11 two sides in the horizontal direction and with center line second rotation Column 111 is respectively facing 50 direction of support plate on the lateral wall of two the second positioning plates 12 and is formed in the horizontal direction and is in It is same as horizontal sliding shoe 121, which can respectively penetrate in the sliding groove 51 in support plate 50, in the horizontal direction Stirring button cap 10 can be such that sliding shoe 121 moves back and forth along 51 direction of sliding groove.
Please referring also to Fig. 5, the tail end of swing rod 30 form a cuboid that may be disposed between two touch-switch 40 Touch part 31, be respectively formed a touch block 311 towards 40 direction of touch-switch, edge in the opposite two side walls in touch part 31 A swing arm 32 is integrally extended to form vertically upward respectively at the top edges of the opposite side wall of 31 another two of touch part, this two pendulum Arm 32 is arranged between the supporting block 22 of panel 20;It is respectively formed on one end of touch part 31 in each swing arm 32 useful In the rotation hole 321 for being inserted into the first Rotational Cylindrical 23 of panel 20, swing rod 30 can be around 23 swinging rotary of the first Rotational Cylindrical;Two The top of swing arm 32 is respectively formed with a U-shaped promotion slot 322, and the second Rotational Cylindrical 111 of button cap 10 can be respectively embedded into this and push away In dynamic slot 322;The promotion slot 322 include one in arc-shaped slot bottom and along two ends of arc-shaped slot bottom respectively symmetrically The two extension side walls to be formed are upwardly extended, stirring button cap 10 in the horizontal direction can make the second Rotational Cylindrical 111 along promotion slot 322 Slot bottom it is mobile towards sidewall direction is extended.
When actual assembled, two support plates 50 are separately mounted on the second positioning plate 12 of button cap 10 and are made first The sliding shoe 121 of second positioning plate 12 is inserted into the sliding groove 51 of support plate 50, then by the support plate 50 combined and by Keycap 10 is vertically inserted into simultaneously in the mounting groove 21 of panel 20, when the positioning column 52 in support plate 50 is each passed through installation Location hole 213 in slot 21 to it is external when stop, then weld together positioning column with panel by spot welding mode, then will pendulum Bar 30 is inserted upwardly between supporting block 22 from the downward vertical of panel 20, makes the second Rotational Cylindrical 111 of button cap 10 can be embedding respectively Enter the promotion slot 322 at 30 top of swing rod, then keeps the first Rotational Cylindrical 23 in supporting block 22 and the rotation hole 321 on swing rod 30 mutual Grafting, then fixing circuit board 60, and be arranged on circuit board 60 two touch-switch 40 is made to be located at the touching of swing rod 30 The two sides of motion block 311, so far, assembling finishes.
Please referring also to Fig. 6, when reality stirs button cap 10 in the horizontal direction, the second Rotational Cylindrical 111 certainly will be along level side To movement in the same direction, at this point, the second Rotational Cylindrical 111 is pushing the top for pushing swing rod 30 inside slot 322 in the horizontal direction, due to pendulum Rotation hole 321 on bar 30 is mutually inserted fixation with the first Rotational Cylindrical 23 of panel 20 simultaneously, thus swing rod 30 then around this first Rotational Cylindrical 23 generates swinging rotary, at this point, the tail end of swing rod 30 is then moved along the opposite direction for stirring direction of button cap 10, it is mobile During contradict touch-switch 40 make its triggering.
Please referring also to Fig. 7, if the part on swing rod above rotation hole 321 is a, along the part of 321 lower section of rotation hole For b, the top of a is P1, and when swing rod is swung along rotation hole 321, P1 is moved to P2, generates track L, and the tail end of b reversely moves Dynamic, generation track L1 can be the same oscillating stroke in track L1 design portion, it is assumed that a:b=2 according to the principle of diagonal triangle: 1, according to diagonal triangle principle, learn L:L1=2:1, therefore, therefore L1=L*b/a need to only correspond to adjustment rotation hole 321 Position makes the ratio which control a on swing rod and b.
To sum up, it when button cap in the horizontal direction stir back and forth by left and right, is limited by the elasticity of the contact switch of touch-switch Position processed makes to stir swing rod position in centre.It turns left and stirs, swing rod is made to squeeze touch-switch, after movement is completed, contact switch Bounce pressure force stir swing rod and button cap playback.It turns right and stirs, swing rod is made to squeeze touch-switch, after movement is completed, The bounce pressure of contact switch, which forces, stirs swing rod and button cap playback, so that the Trigger Function to touch-switch can be realized.? In other embodiments, it can be realized by reducing the touch-switch on a direction, and the length by changing sliding groove 51 to list The triggering of side key, therefore, dial type press-key structure of the invention is not only able to achieve the triggering of single key, moreover it is possible to realization pair The triggering of the right and left key.
Dial type press-key structure of the invention comprising panel, the button cap being arranged in above panel and be arranged in parallel Circuit board at panel back, being vertically arranged on circuit board further includes the swing rod for running through panel, pendulum there are two touch-switch The top of bar and the back connection of button cap, tail end are arranged between two touch-switch, stir button cap along a horizontal direction To push the top of swing rod mobile, the tail end of swing rod, which is then taken advantage of a situation, to be swung towards opposite direction, is extremely inconsistent with touch-switch, along water Square to back and forth stirring button cap and can sequentially trigger two touch-switch.Dial type press-key structure of the invention, ingenious in design, knot Structure is reasonable, utilize diagonal triangle principle, one-way operation can be realized, can also bidirectional operation, so that it is had more market competition Power.
Although description of this invention combination embodiments above carries out, those skilled in the art Member can carry out many replacements based on the above contents, modifications and variations, be obvious.Therefore, all such substitutions, Improvements and changes are included in the spirit and scope of appended claims.

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1. a kind of dial type press-key structure comprising panel, the button cap being arranged in above panel and be arranged in parallel in described The circuit board at panel back, there are two touch-switch towards being vertically arranged in the one side of panel for the circuit board, described two light The contact of touching switch is oppositely arranged and in same horizontal line, which is characterized in that further includes the pendulum for running through the panel The back connection of bar, the top of the swing rod and the button cap, tail end are arranged between described two touch-switch;Along a water Square to the button cap is stirred to push the top of the swing rod mobile, the tail end of the swing rod is then taken advantage of a situation towards opposite direction It swings, is extremely inconsistent with touch-switch described in one of them, institute can sequentially be triggered by back and forth stirring the button cap in the horizontal direction State two touch-switch;A rectangular mounting groove towards the circuit board is formed on the panel, in the mounting groove Support plate there are two being vertically set side by side;It respectively corresponds and is formed with for the branch on two opposite inner sidewalls of the mounting groove Fagging is vertically inserted into the positioning runner of the mounting groove;It is formed in the middle part of the mounting groove slot bottom for the swing rod The lower position of the rectangular through slot passed through, the slot bottom of the mounting groove and the corresponding support plate is formed with multiple location holes; The edge-perpendicular of the two side walls opposite along the through slot integrally extends to form downwards two and is set side by side with the support plate Supporting block is respectively formed with the first rotation in the horizontal direction and in same center line on the opposite face of described two supporting blocks Column.
2. dial type press-key structure according to claim 1, which is characterized in that be formed there through on the side wall of the support plate There is the sliding groove of a horizontal direction, the bottom of the support plate is formed with the positioning column to match with the location hole of the panel.
3. dial type press-key structure according to claim 2, which is characterized in that vertical at the center back of the button cap One is formed down towards the panel mounting groove and is parallel to the first positioning plate of the support plate, is also formed with two difference Be disposed in parallel in first positioning plate two sides and it is parallel to the second positioning plate of first positioning plate;Described two Two positioning plates are arranged between described two support plates;It is respectively formed on the side wall of first positioning plate two sides along level Direction and two the second Rotational Cylindricals with center line are respectively facing the support plate on the lateral wall of second positioning plate and are formed There is in the horizontal direction and is in the sliding shoe of same horizontal line, the sliding shoe respectively penetrates the sliding groove in the support plate Interior, stirring the button cap can be such that the sliding shoe moves back and forth along sliding groove direction.
4. dial type press-key structure according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the tail end of the swing rod forms a setting and exists The touch part of cuboid between the contact of two touch-switch is respectively formed a court in the opposite two side walls in the touch part To the touch block of the touch-switch, the top edges of the side wall opposite along another two are respectively perpendicular integrally extends to form one upwards Swing arm, described two swing arms are arranged between the panel support block, and each swing arm divides on one end of touch part It is not formed with the rotation hole for first Rotational Cylindrical of panel insertion, the swing rod can be waved around first Rotational Cylindrical to be turned Dynamic, the top of described two swing arms is respectively formed with a U-shaped promotion slot, and the second Rotational Cylindrical on the button cap can be embedding respectively Enter in the promotion slot, the promotion slot includes that a slot bottom in arc-shaped and two ends along arc-shaped slot bottom are distinguished The two extension side walls to be formed symmetrically are upwardly extended, stirring the button cap can make second Rotational Cylindrical along the promotion slot Slot bottom is mobile towards side wall is extended.
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