CN1162826A - Sliding electric component - Google Patents

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CN1162826A
CN1162826A CN97103601A CN97103601A CN1162826A CN 1162826 A CN1162826 A CN 1162826A CN 97103601 A CN97103601 A CN 97103601A CN 97103601 A CN97103601 A CN 97103601A CN 1162826 A CN1162826 A CN 1162826A
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The invention aims to provide a slip-type electric part which is thin, low in cost and stable in motion. The slip-type electric part of the invention is structured by a substrate, a pressure plate and an operation body, wherein, the pressure plate is combined on the operation body; the substrate is arranged between the pressure plate and the operation body. A passive element is formed on one side of the substrate and a terminal is formed on the lengthwise end. A sliding contact is formed in an integrative way on the pressure plate and slides on the passive element of the substrate.

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Sliding electric component
The present invention relates to the sliding electric component of gliding rheostat or slipping switch etc., particularly slim sliding electric component.
Fig. 7 is the plane graph of the gliding rheostat of one of existing sliding electric component of expression.Fig. 8 is its skiagraph.Existing gliding rheostat shown in Fig. 7, Fig. 8 is made of substrate 1, resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3, several terminals 4, sliding contact supporting base 7 and sliding contact 10.Substrate 1 is made by materials such as glass epoxy resins.Resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3 are to be formed on banded passive device on the substrate 1 with methods such as printings.Several terminals 4 are fixed on the length direction two ends of substrate 1 by cringle 5.Sliding contact supporting base 7 is made by synthetic resin, slightly is tubular, and on its one side, (bar) 7a of portion that handles knob is formed on foreign side.Sliding contact 10 is made by metallic plate, is fixed in the sliding contact supporting base 7 with methods such as inlaying shaping.
Sliding contact supporting base 7 has the wall 7b that seizes substrate 1 on both sides by the arms.Before being installed on the substrate 1, earlier substrate 1 is run through sliding contact supporting base 7 to terminal 4 with cringle 5.The sliding contacts 10 that are fixed in the sliding contact supporting base 7 can slide on substrate 1, and with substrate 1 on the state of the passive device maintenance Elastic Contact that constitutes by resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3.
Wait with finger and to pinch (bar) 7a of portion that handles knob that protrudes in sliding contact supporting base 7 foreign sides when supporting base 7 is slided, sliding contact supporting base 7 just moves back and forth along substrate 1 length direction, sliding contact 10 slides on resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3 thereupon, and resistance value is changed.When the batter portion butt of the bottom wall portion of sliding contact supporting base 7 and terminal 4, it moves back and forth and is limited.In other words, terminal 4 has the function of backstop, makes sliding contact supporting base 7 always be positioned at preset range.In the above-mentioned gliding rheostat, terminal 4 is connected in the circuit diagram (figure does not show), is installed on the circuit diagram substrate 9, bring into play its function with modes such as solderings.
But, above-mentioned gliding rheostat, since terminal 4 on the substrate 1 resistive element 2 and the formation face of electric conductor 3 stretch out in substrate 1, so, when being installed to terminal 4 on the circuit diagram substrate 9, the face of substrate 1 is perpendicular to circuit diagram substrate 9, and resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3 are away from circuit diagram substrate 9 and expose, and adheres to dirt easily.
In addition, the substrate 1 of gliding rheostat should have thermal endurance, so make with glass epoxy resin etc.General glass epoxy resin be white or grey, this variable resistance is enclosed in e-machine (equipment) when interior, can see machine intimate from the machine peristome that exposes gliding rheostat pinch hand 7a.Machine intimate that this quilt is seen part is black preferably.Therefore, when substrate 1 is made by white or grey resin material, in order to see machine intimate clearly, need the coverage parts of making at the peristome configuration black cloth of machine etc. from pinch hand.
In addition, the sliding contact supporting base 7 of gliding rheostat, it moves the restriction that is subjected to terminal 4, and this moment, terminal 4 double as were backstopping assembly, so terminal 4 should have higher installation strength.
Moreover above-mentioned gliding rheostat when it is assembled, run through affixed the sliding contact supporting base 7 of sliding contact 10 to substrate 1, runs through in the operation at this, and sliding contact 10 can distortion sometimes, thereby has strengthened cost.
Sliding contact supporting base 7 be slightly be tubular and hold passive device under the arm into substrate 1, so the thickness of whole electric parts correspondingly will increase the thickness that is equivalent to hold under the arm into wall 7 b of the sliding contact supporting base 7 of substrate 1, is unfavorable for slimming.
Therefore, the shortcoming of above-mentioned gliding rheostat is: be unfavorable for slimming; When being assembled into e-machine inside, need the coverage parts of topped this gliding rheostat of configuration; In addition, dirt is easily attached to above the resistive element on the substrate etc. and the stability of influence action.
In order to address the above problem, the invention provides the sliding electric component of following 7 kinds of structures.
The 1st kind is made of substrate, pressing plate and operating body, and pressing plate is combined on the operating body, and substrate is folded between pressing plate and the operating body; Form passive device and form terminal in the end of length direction on the one side of substrate, form the slip contact on pressing plate, this slip contact slides on the passive device of substrate.
The 2nd kind of box body by substrate, pressing plate, operating body and maintenance substrate constitutes, and pressing plate is combined on the operating body, and substrate and box body are folded between pressing plate and the operating body; Form passive device and form terminal in the end of length direction on the one side of substrate, form the slip contact on pressing plate, this slip contact slides on the passive device of substrate.
The 3rd kind is on the 2nd kind basis, in the end of box body teat is set, and limits the sliding scale of operating body by the butt of this teat and operating body.
The 4th kind is on the 2nd or 3 basis, and box body is made by black shaping resin material.
The 5th kind is on the 1st, 2,3 or 4 basis, and the direction that terminal is given prominence to from substrate is the passive device formation face towards substrate.
The 6th kind is on the 1st, 2,3,4 or 5 basis, and when terminal being installed on the circuit diagram substrate, the passive device of substrate is towards the circuit diagram real estate.
The 7th kind is made of substrate and the operating body that is provided with the slip contact, on the one side of substrate, form passive device and form terminal in the end of length direction, the projected direction that is formed on the terminal on the substrate is the formation face of substrate passive device, when being installed in above-mentioned terminal on the circuit diagram substrate, the passive device of substrate is towards the circuit diagram real estate.
Fig. 1 is the exploded perspective view of the sliding electric component of expression the present invention the 1st embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the plane graph of the sliding electric component of expression the present invention the 1st embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the cross-sectional view of the sliding electric component of expression the present invention the 1st embodiment.
Fig. 4 is the skiagraph of the sliding electric component of expression the present invention the 1st embodiment when being arranged on the circuit diagram substrate.
Fig. 5 is the stereogram of operating body of the sliding electric component of expression another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the cross-sectional view of expression sliding electric component shown in Figure 5.
Fig. 7 is the plane graph of expression existing glide formula electric parts.
Fig. 8 is the skiagraph of expression existing glide formula electric parts.
Below, describe embodiments of the invention in detail.
Fig. 1 is in the sliding electric component of one embodiment of the invention, the exploded perspective view of gliding rheostat.Fig. 2 is the plane graph of gliding rheostat shown in Figure 1.Fig. 3 is the cross-sectional view of gliding rheostat shown in Figure 1.Fig. 4 is the skiagraph of gliding rheostat shown in Figure 1.
Among Fig. 1, substrate 1 has stable on heating material by the phenolic resins of lamination, glass epoxy resin etc. to be made, and on the one side of substrate 1, forms banded resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3 with methods such as printings, as passive device.In each end of this resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3, disposing respectively by cringle 5 and be fixed in 4 terminals 4 on the substrate 1.The leading section 4a of these 4 terminals 4 towards the face bending that is formed with resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3, protrudes in substrate 1 from substrate 1.The leading section 4a of this terminal 4 is again along the length direction of substrate 1 then, and parallel circuit face 9a ground with aftermentioned circuit diagram substrate 9 bends.
Box body 6 is made by the glass reinforced nylon of good heat resistance, glass reinforced polyhenylene sulphite etc., slightly is the コ font, so that hold the resistive element 2 and the electric conductor 3 of substrate 1.This box body 6 has body 6a, teat 6c, a pair of through hole 6b, location projection 6d and stage portion 6e.Body 6a has sidewall 6a '.Teat 6c is formed on the length direction two ends of box body 6, is used for the end of topped substrate 1, and this substrate 1 end is provided with the cringle 5 of terminal 4.A pair of through hole 6b is formed on the diapire of teat 6c, is communicated with the through hole 5a of a cringle 5.The location is located on the sidewall of teat 6c with projection 6d, is used for the location (see figure 3) of variable resistance on circuit diagram substrate 9.Stage portion 6e and circuit diagram substrate 9 butts.In addition, when this sliding electric component of assembling described later, the through hole 6b of box body 6 is as the guide hole of assembling tool.
On operating body 7, form outstanding operation knob 7a and the maintaining part 7b that slightly is the コ font that links to each other with operation knob 7a.Bottom wall portion at this maintaining part 7b forms the 1st contact site 7c, forms the 2nd contact site 7d at side wall portion.The 1st contact site 7c is with the body 6a of box body 6, promptly keeping the bottom of the face opposition side of substrate 1 to contact.The 2nd contact site 7d contacts with the sidewall 6a ' of the body 6a of box body 6, and two kinds of above-mentioned contacts can make operating body 7 successfully slide.In the end that slightly is コ font maintaining part 7b, form 4 Fixed Division 7e.
Form square hole in above-mentioned bottom wall portion, this square hole is hole required with metal die ester moulding the 2nd contact site 7d the time.
Moulding materials such as the glass reinforced nylon of box body 6 usefulness and be that the black moulding material is made.Operating body 7 is also made with same material.
Pressing plate 8 is made of flat part and slip contact 8a, for example makes with metal materials such as packfong or phosphor bronzes.On the flat part of this pressing plate 8, form 4 installing hole 8b and a pair of slip contact 8a.4 installing hole 8b supply the Fixed Division 7e of operating body 7 to pass usefulness; Slip contact 8a flexibly contacts with electric conductor 3 with the resistive element 2 of band shape respectively.This slip contact 8a forms with continuous cutting, bending process when forming pressing plate 8.
This is die-cut, bending process is with metal stamping and pressing banded packfong or phosphor bronze to be die-cut into tabular earlier, again this has been die-cut into the slide part bending process of contact 8a of dull and stereotyped being equivalent to, inboard overlapping with itself and flat part, so as with the resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3 Elastic Contact of substrate 1.And then to bending process banded packfong or phosphor bronze carry out Punching Technology, form pressing plate 8.
At the flat part of pressing plate 8, form 4 installing hole 8b and teat 8c.Installing hole 8b be formed on respectively with operating body 7 on 4 positions that Fixed Division 7e is corresponding; Teat 8c is formed between the installing hole 8b, is used to strengthen the bending strength of pressing plate 8.
In the above-described embodiments, the electric parts that is made of substrate 1, box body 6, operating body 7 and pressing plate 8 is described, still, also can constitutes the present invention even without box body 6.
Below, the assembling procedure of present embodiment is described.
First handle is formed with the substrate 1 of establishing 4 terminals (this terminal is being fixed by cringle 5) ribbon resistance body 2 and electric conductor 3, prominent and is placed on the body 6a of box body 6.Operating body 7 is entrenched on the box body 6, makes its maintaining part 7b encase the foreign side of body 6a.At this moment, the hole is used as the assembling tool location in the hole of the cringle 5 of the through hole 6b of box body 6 and substrate 1.Then, place pressing plate 8, make 4 Fixed Division 7e of operating body 7 pass the installing hole 8b of pressing plate 8, these 4 Fixed Division 7e are added thermal deformation, hold substrate 1 and box body 6 under the arm by operating body 7 and pressing plate 8.
The gliding rheostat that is assembled into like this, above-mentioned location inserted in the predetermined hole on the circuit diagram substrate 9 with projection 6d position, and 4 terminals are positioned in bonding land on the foregoing circuit figure substrate 9 (figure does not show), with the soldering of soft heat stove etc. terminal 4 is fixed on the circuit diagram substrate 9.At this moment resistive element 2 on the substrate 1 and electric conductor 3 and slip contact 8a and circuit diagram substrate 9 dispose in opposite directions.
The following describes the operation of present embodiment gliding rheostat.
Wait the operation knob 7a that pinches operating body 7 that operating body 7 is slided with finger, at this moment, the slip contact 8a that is fixed in the pressing plate 8 on the operating body 7 moves back and forth (slip) along substrate 1 length direction, slides on resistive element 2 and electric conductor 3 and makes resistance change thereupon the contact 8a that slides.
The operation knob 7a of maintaining part 7b and operating body 7 is being connected with, and forms the 1st contact site 7c on the bottom wall portion of this maintaining part 7b, forms the 2nd contact site 7d on side wall portion.The 1st contact site 7c is with the body 6a of box body 6, promptly keeping the face opposition side bottom of substrate 1 to contact, and the 2nd contact site 7d contacts with the sidewall 6a ' of the body 6a of box body 6, and these two contact site 7c, 7d play the effect of track.
In addition in the present invention, the sliding scale of the operation knob 7a of operating body 7 is by the teat 6c of box body 6 restriction, so terminal 4 needn't have the function of backstop concurrently.
Below, with reference to Fig. 5, Fig. 6 another embodiment of the present invention is described.Fig. 5 is the stereogram of operating body of the sliding electric component of expression another embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 6 is the cross-sectional view of sliding electric component shown in Figure 5.Among this embodiment, the projected direction of the operation knob 7a ' that forms as one with the maintaining part 7b of operating body 7 is perpendicular to the bottom wall portion face of maintaining part 7b.Therefore, when being assembled in operating body 7 on the substrate 1, operation knob 7a ' is perpendicular to the resistive element 2 and the electric conductor 3 formation faces of substrate 1.
Other structure is same as the previously described embodiments.Therefore, the operation of the electric parts after its assembling procedure and the assembling is also identical, and its explanation is omitted.
Among the present invention, because substrate is folded between pressing plate and the operating body, pressing plate is combined on the operating body, the slip contact is formed on the pressing plate, when this gliding rheostat of assembling, as long as in turn on the substrate stacked operating body, pressing plate is stacked on the substrate and can assembles, therefore assembling is very easy.
Among the present invention, because substrate and box body are folded between pressing plate and the operating body, pressing plate is bonded on the operating body, the slip contact is formed on the pressing plate, when this gliding rheostat of assembling, as long as in turn box body be stacked on the operating body, substrate stacked on the box body, pressing plate is stacked on the substrate and can assembles, therefore, it is very easy to assemble.Simultaneously, because box body is being protected substrate, operating body remains on the box body, so operating body is stably operated.
In addition, among the present invention, owing to be the sliding scale that the butt of tip protrusion by box body and operating body limits operating body, so the biconditional operation body is compared with the structure of terminal butt, this operating body stop mechanism is more stable.Like this, needn't be very high to terminal with respect to the constant intensity requirement of substrate.
In addition, among the present invention, because box body is to make with the shaping resin material of black, so, when being assembled in sliding electric component of the present invention in the e-machine equipment, needn't dispose the coverage parts that are used to prevent to see clearly inside from the moving part interdigit crack of operation knob portion.
In addition, among the present invention, because the direction that terminal is given prominence to from substrate is the passive device formation face towards substrate, so when being installed to this sliding electric component on the circuit diagram substrate, the passive device of substrate is towards the circuit diagram real estate.Therefore, the passive device of electric conductor and resistive element etc. is subjected to the protection of circuit diagram substrate, not influenced by the environmental change of dirt or sulfuration etc., can keep the stability of sliding electric component.

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1. a sliding electric component is characterized in that, is made of substrate, pressing plate and operating body, and pressing plate is combined on the operating body, and substrate is folded between pressing plate and the operating body; Form passive device and form terminal in the end of length direction on the one side of substrate, form the slip contact on pressing plate, this slip contact slides on the passive device of substrate.
2. a sliding electric component is characterized in that, is made of the box body of substrate, pressing plate, operating body and maintenance substrate, and pressing plate is combined on the operating body, and substrate and box body are folded between pressing plate and the operating body; Form passive device and form terminal in the end of length direction on the one side of substrate, form the slip contact on pressing plate, this slip contact slides on the passive device of substrate.
3. sliding electric component as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, is provided with teat in the end of box body, limits the sliding scale of operating body by the butt of this teat and operating body.
4. as claim 2 or 3 described sliding electric components, it is characterized in that box body is made with black shaping resin material.
5. as claim 1,2,3 or 4 described sliding electric components, it is characterized in that the direction that terminal is given prominence to from substrate is the passive device formation face towards substrate.
6. as claim 1,2,3,4 or 5 described sliding electric components, it is characterized in that when terminal being installed on the circuit diagram substrate, the passive device of substrate is towards the circuit diagram real estate.
7. sliding electric component, it is characterized in that, constitute by substrate and the operating body that is provided with the slip contact, on the one side of substrate, form passive device and form terminal in the end of length direction, the projected direction that is formed on the terminal on the substrate is the passive device formation face towards substrate, when being installed in above-mentioned terminal on the circuit diagram substrate, the passive device of substrate is towards the circuit diagram real estate.
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