CN1205632C - Multiple direction operational and controlled key button - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a multiple direction operational and controlled key button which is arranged on a small-sized electron device which is provided with an upper cover. The multiple direction operational and controlled key button can absorb the tolerance of assembly and manufacture, comprises a microrod switch and a movable guiding knob, wherein the movable guiding knob is used for finely adjust the upper and lower relative position of the multiple direction operational and controlled key button and the upper cover of the small-sized electron device, leas the multiple direction operational and controlled key button to placed in a breach of the upper cover in a sealing mode, wherein the movable guiding knob adopts the double component type design that a body is collocated with a shaft sleeve; one end above the shaft sleeve is connected with the body in a movable mode; the other end below the shaft sleeve is tightly sheathed on the microrod switch, is collocated on an elastic component between the body and the shaft sleeve, and is downwards butted with the body. In addition, the multiple direction operational and controlled key button also comprises an elastic supporting component which is used for supporting the movable guiding knob to lead the movable guiding knob to maintain the horizontal position.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of button design, particularly relate to the multiple direction operational and controlled key button of a kind of use on compact electronic device.
Background technology
Along with making rapid progress of the fast development of high-tech industry, technology, many electronic products are weeded out the old and bring forth the new.The function of portable product diversification day by day in recent years provides the user not all can apply in a flexible way in handling individual's work every day or individual affair by the restriction of occasion and time, also can make the human finger can access information and information band away.For example (Personal Digital Assistance, PDA), no matter at commerce or personal use, its distinctive light and handy portability and succinct user's interface day by day extensively are subjected to liking of consumer to personal digital assistant.In order to allow portable product more meet hommization, to have more the convenience on carrying, its profile constantly develops towards light, thin, short, little direction, and not only inner body must design precision, and outside mechanism design is more stressed exquisite attractive in appearance.
The microbot switch (Micro Stick Switch) of multi-directionally operation is a kind of design that can save the space, four-way microbot switch comprises the front, rear, left and right four direction, and five to the microbot switch except aforementioned four direction, still comprise downward execute key (Action); Because the characteristic that it saves the space makes the microbot switch be widely used on the compact electronic devices such as personal digital assistant, digital camera or mobile phone.
Please refer to Fig. 1, it illustrates the stereogram that a kind of multiple direction operational and controlled key button is applied to compact electronic device.As shown in Figure 1, compact electronic device 100 is an example with the personal digital assistant, and loam cake 120 has a perforate 122, and multiple direction operational and controlled key button 110 is inserted in the perforate 122.
Please refer to Fig. 2, illustrate the structure cutaway view of multiple direction operational and controlled key button traditionally.Multiple direction operational and controlled key button comprises guiding button 210 and microbot switch 230.Microbot switch 230 is welded on printed circuit board (PCB) (PrintedCircuit Boafd; PCB) on 232, and guiding button 210 is socketed on the microbot switch 230.As shown in Figure 2, multiple direction operational and controlled key button traditionally has gap (gap) between the loam cake 220 of its guiding button 210 and small-sized electronic product, and is from product appearance formation obvious gaps, quite not attractive in appearance.Especially product is when making and assemble, the manufacturing tolerance of each assembly itself is added each inter-module because of the formed assembling tolerance of skew on the assembling relative position, more make the both sides gap length differ, d1 is much larger than d2, the phenomenon that this gap size is unequal, stress small-sized electronic product exquisite attractive in appearance for appearance design, seem especially coarse and shortage texture.
Generally speaking, in the mechanism for the calculating of tolerance be with " bar " as unit, and one be equivalent to 0.01mm.Because three assembly elements that loam cake 220, guiding button 210, microbot switch 230 separate, itself has five manufacturing tolerance approximately, and assembling therebetween more produces about tens assembling tolerance, for example: when microbot switch 230 is welded on the PCB 232, specification because of the position of location hole and microbot switch 230 itself is welded on microbot switch 230 and promptly produces more than ten tolerance on the PCB 232 approximately.Therefore when gap length was 0.2mm, in case produce ten tolerances, the gap of the right and left was 20 tolerances, and the situation of deviation is quite obvious.Generally solving the unequal phenomenon of this gap size, can take to utilize the mode of visual blind spot, strengthen the gap between guiding button 210 and the loam cake 220, for example make button and loam cake keep the gap of 1mm, allow under tens tolerance phase shapes that produced comparatively not obvious, yet this kind strengthens the practice in gap and more highlight and fail the slit of driving fit between product component, and be exquisite inadequately on the product appearance.
In addition, when the user comes indirect operation to control the microbot switch 230 of its below by pressing guiding button 210, the sense of touch that the design meeting of guiding button 210 directly influences the user reaches problems such as whether being convenient to operation, as shown in Figure 2, guiding button 210 traditionally adopts the design of single-piece, only for being socketed in the extended structure on the microbot switch 230, when manufacturing tolerance produces, often will cause or produce the phenomenon of card key, because of directly transmitting the strength of microbot switch, lack flexibility ratio and seem stiff when pressing simultaneously.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of multiple direction operational and controlled key button, the tolerance that it can absorb assembling and make makes between multiple direction operational and controlled key button and the loam cake very close to each otherly, allows the whole outward appearance of mechanism seem exquisite attractive in appearance.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this, and a kind of multiple direction operational and controlled key button promptly is provided, and is installed on the compact electronic device with a loam cake, and multiple direction operational and controlled key button comprises microbot switch and movable guiding button; Microbot switch (Micro Stick Switch) is configured on the printed circuit board (PCB), wherein this printed circuit board (PCB) is positioned at this compact electronic device, and movable guiding button (Navigation Button) is in order to the relative position up and down of fine setting multiple direction operational and controlled key button and loam cake, make this multiple direction operational and controlled key button driving fit insert the perforate of loam cake, wherein, movable guiding button also comprises body, axle sleeve (Shaft Cover) and elastic component, one end extended structure movable be connected movable of axle sleeve top with body, and the other end of axle sleeve below closely is socketed on the microbot switch, and upwards prop up body by the elastic component that is disposed at body and shaft room, make that driving fit contacts between body and the loam cake.
In addition, multiple direction operational and controlled key button also comprises elastic supporting member for supporting optical member, places the inboard outer rim of this body, in order to support movable guiding button, makes this movable guiding button keep horizontal level.
The present invention also provides the movable guiding button (NavigationButton) of a kind of use on multiple direction operational and controlled key button, relative position up and down in order to the loam cake of finely tuning this multiple direction operational and controlled key button and a compact electronic device, make this multiple direction operational and controlled key button driving fit insert a perforate of this loam cake, this movable guiding button also comprises: a body has an extended structure; One axle sleeve (Shaft Cover), an end of top is connected with this extended structure is movable, and the other end of below closely is socketed on the microbot switch (Micro Stick Switch); And an elastic component, be disposed at this body and this shaft room, in order to upwards to prop up this body, make that driving fit contacts between this body and this loam cake.
The advantage of apparatus of the present invention is, it is the two pieces type design of movable guiding button: the tolerance that can absorb assembling and make, even there are ten several manufacturing tolerance and the assembling tolerances of having an appointment, can guarantee that still driving fit contacts between movable guiding button and the loam cake, make originally to be revealed in apparent tolerance and can to guide and absorb, with the exquisite inadequately problem attractive in appearance of solution mechanism's outward appearance by internal structure; Increase the design of elastic supporting member for supporting optical member: this elastic supporting member for supporting optical member is in order to the movable guiding button of upper support, make movable guiding button keep horizontal level, avoid movable guiding button to produce card key phenomenon because of inclination, the selection of its material simultaneously can be used to adjust the support force size that is provided and increases flexibility ratio when pressing, and makes sense of touch when using better and be convenient to operation.
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Fig. 1 is disposed at the stereogram of personal digital assistant for existing a kind of multiple direction operational and controlled key button;
Fig. 2 is the structure cutaway view of existing multiple direction operational and controlled key button;
Fig. 3 is the structure cutaway view of a kind of multiple direction operational and controlled key button of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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Please refer to Fig. 3, it illustrates the structure cutaway view according to a kind of multiple direction operational and controlled key button of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, multiple direction operational and controlled key button be installed in compact electronic device on cover.Compact electronic device preferably can be personal digital assistant, digital camera or mobile phone, yet is not limited to this, and any compact electronic device that has loam cake and adopt button to control all is applicable to the present invention.Multiple direction operational and controlled key button comprises: microbot switch (Micro Stick Switch) 330, movable guiding button (NavigationButton) 310; Microbot switch 330 is welded on the PCB 332, and PCB 332 is positioned at compact electronic device, and movable guiding button 310 contacts with loam cake 320 driving fits of compact electronic device.Movable guiding button 310 is in order to the relative position of above-below direction between fine setting multiple direction operational and controlled key button and the loam cake 320, make the multiple direction operational and controlled key button driving fit insert a perforate of loam cake, movable guiding button 310 of the present invention is the two pieces type structure, except body 312, still comprise axle sleeve (Shaft Cover) 314, the structure of axle sleeve 314 can be for cylindrical or be up-narrow and down-wide or wide at the top and narrow at the bottom etc. column.One end of axle sleeve 314 tops and 313 movable connections of the extended structure of body 312, and the other end of axle sleeve 314 belows closely is socketed on the microbot switch 330, in addition, elastic component 316 of configuration between body 312 and the axle sleeve 314, upwards prop up body 312 by elastic component 316, body 312 is contacted with loam cake 320 driving fits, for example shown in Figure 3, the end face of axle sleeve 314 contacts with elastic component 316, elastic component 316 can be a spring, and the end face of axle sleeve 314 can be recess or for the plane or have a protrusion and fix spring.Therefore by manufacturing that is produced between movable guiding button body 312, loam cake 320 and the microbot switch 330 and assembling tolerance, can utilize the two pieces type design of movable guiding button 310, absorb and originally can be revealed in apparent tolerance, guarantee that driving fit contacts between movable guiding button and the loam cake, make mechanism's outward appearance exquisite more attractive in appearance.
As shown in Figure 3, multiple direction operational and controlled key button also comprises elastic supporting member for supporting optical member 340, its lower end is fixed on other interior elements of compact electronic device, and the body 312 of the last movable guiding button 310 of end in contact, because elastic supporting member for supporting optical member 340 places the inboard outer rim of body 312, therefore can support movable guiding button 310, make movable guiding button 310 keep horizontal level, avoid this movable guiding button 310 to produce the phenomenon of card key because of inclination, the material of elastic supporting member for supporting optical member 340 can preferably be rubber-like rubber (rubber), in addition, the selection of elastic supporting member for supporting optical member 340 materials can be used to adjust the support force size that is provided and makes the sense of touch when using better.And axle sleeve 314 can be preferably made of plastic, and by fastening structure 318 and body 312 movable snappings, for example in Fig. 3, fastening structure 318 is trips, utilize grab and card place be combined into, yet fastening structure 318 is not limited to trip, also can be elastic connection structure, gets final product so long as can reach the structure of movable snapping.
In sum; though abovely disclosed the present invention in conjunction with preferred embodiment; yet it is not in order to limit the present invention; any those skilled in the art; do not break away from essence of the present invention look with scope in; can be used for a variety of modifications and variations, so protection scope of the present invention being as the criterion of should being considered as that claim defines.
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1. a multiple direction operational and controlled key button is installed on the compact electronic device with a loam cake, and this multiple direction operational and controlled key button comprises:
One microbot switch is configured on the printed circuit board (PCB), and wherein this printed circuit board (PCB) is positioned at this compact electronic device; And
One movable guiding button in order to finely tune the relative position up and down of this multiple direction operational and controlled key button and this loam cake, makes this multiple direction operational and controlled key button driving fit insert a perforate of this loam cake, and this movable guiding button comprises:
One body, it has an extended structure;
One axle sleeve, an end of top is connected with this extended structure is movable, and the other end of below closely is socketed on this microbot switch; And
One elastic component is disposed at this body and this shaft room, in order to upwards to prop up this body, makes that driving fit contacts between this body and this loam cake.
2. multiple direction operational and controlled key button as claimed in claim 1 also comprises an elastic supporting member for supporting optical member, places the inboard outer rim of this body, in order to support this movable guiding button, makes this movable guiding button keep horizontal level.
3. multiple direction operational and controlled key button as claimed in claim 2, wherein the material of this elastic supporting member for supporting optical member is a rubber.
4. multiple direction operational and controlled key button as claimed in claim 1, wherein this axle sleeve is by a fastening structure and the movable snapping of this extended structure.
5. multiple direction operational and controlled key button as claimed in claim 4, wherein this fastening structure is a trip.
6. multiple direction operational and controlled key button as claimed in claim 1, wherein this microbot switch is welded on this printed circuit board (PCB).
7. multiple direction operational and controlled key button as claimed in claim 1, wherein this compact electronic device is a personal digital assistant.
8. multiple direction operational and controlled key button as claimed in claim 1, wherein this compact electronic device is a digital camera.
9. multiple direction operational and controlled key button as claimed in claim 1, wherein this compact electronic device is a mobile phone.
10. the movable guiding button of a use on multiple direction operational and controlled key button, relative position up and down in order to the loam cake of finely tuning this multiple direction operational and controlled key button and a compact electronic device, make this multiple direction operational and controlled key button driving fit insert a perforate of this loam cake, this movable guiding button also comprises:
One body has an extended structure;
One axle sleeve, an end of top is connected with this extended structure is movable, and the other end of below closely is socketed on the microbot switch; And
One elastic component is disposed at this body and this shaft room, in order to upwards to prop up this body, makes that driving fit contacts between this body and this loam cake.
11. movable guiding button as claimed in claim 10, wherein this multiple direction operational and controlled key button also comprises an elastic supporting member for supporting optical member, places the inboard outer rim of this body, in order to support this movable guiding button, makes this movable guiding button keep horizontal level.
12. movable guiding button as claimed in claim 11, wherein the material of this elastic supporting member for supporting optical member is a rubber.
13. movable guiding button as claimed in claim 10, wherein this axle sleeve is connected with this body is movable by a fastening structure.
14. movable guiding button as claimed in claim 13, wherein this fastening structure is a trip.
15. movable guiding button as claimed in claim 10, wherein this microbot switch is welded on this printed circuit board (PCB).
16. movable guiding button as claimed in claim 10, wherein this compact electronic device is a personal digital assistant.
17. movable guiding button as claimed in claim 10, wherein this compact electronic device is a digital camera.
18. movable guiding button as claimed in claim 10, wherein this compact electronic device is a mobile phone.
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