CN217612861U - Electric control damping feedback device and game machine handle - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an electric control damping feedback device and a game machine handle, which comprises a shell, an operating piece, a FPC contact switch, a transmission gear set and a motor; the outer wall of the shell is provided with a PCB; the middle part of the operating part is rotationally connected with the shell, one end of the operating part is suitable for pressing operation, and the other end of the operating part extends into the shell and is provided with a sector gear; the FPC contact switch is arranged on the shell and connected with the PCB, and the contact of the FPC contact switch is positioned below the operating end of the operating piece; the transmission gear group is arranged in the shell, and the output end of the transmission gear group is meshed with the sector gear; the motor is fixedly connected to the shell and connected with the FPC contact switch, and the output end of the motor is connected with the input end of the transmission gear set and used for applying reverse damping force to the operating piece through the transmission gear set. The utility model provides an automatically controlled damping feedback device and game machine handle can improve game machine handle's damping feel, satisfies the diversified demand of damping, promotes game experience.

Description

Electric control damping feedback device and game machine handle

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the recreation is equipped, concretely relates to automatically controlled damping feedback device and game machine handle.

Background

In recent years, home gaming activities have become more popular than the limitations of outdoor play, and as a result the customer base of gaming machines has risen dramatically, with the attendant increased demands on the gaming experience from players.

At present, most of traditional game machine control devices such as game machine handles, game gun triggers and the like use spring damping and vibration feedback functions to improve game experience, but because the damping effect provided by the springs lacks texture, even if corresponding vibration feedback is matched, the attention of players to the damping feedback is only dispersed, the players cannot feel the real control damping effect, and the damping mode cannot adjust the force, so that the simulation experience also gradually begins to fail to meet the diversified requirements of the players, and the development of new products is urgently needed to improve the competitiveness of product markets at present.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the utility model provides an automatically controlled damping feedback device and game machine handle aims at improving the damping feel of game machine handle, satisfies the diversified demand of damping, promotes recreation experience.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the technical proposal that: in a first aspect, an electrically controlled damping feedback device is provided, comprising:

the outer wall of the shell is provided with a PCB suitable for being electrically connected with a host circuit;

the middle part of the operating part is rotationally connected with the shell, one end of the operating part is positioned outside the shell and is suitable for pressing operation, the other end of the operating part extends into the shell, and the extending end is provided with a sector gear taking the rotating center of the operating part as the center of a circle;

the FPC contact switch is arranged on the shell and is connected and conducted with a corresponding circuit on the PCB, and a contact of the FPC contact switch is positioned below the operating end of the operating part;

the transmission gear set is arranged in the shell, and the output end of the transmission gear set is meshed with the sector gear;

the motor is fixedly connected to the shell, the output end of the motor penetrates into the shell and is connected with the input end of the transmission gear set, and the motor is electrically connected with the FPC contact switch;

the motor is used for starting when the operating end of the operating part abuts against and opens the FPC contact switch, and applies reverse damping force to the operating part through the transmission gear set in a starting state.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the outer shell has an avoiding groove suitable for the middle part of the operating element to pass through, a fixing shaft suitable for being connected with the operating element is arranged outside the outer shell on the side of the avoiding groove, an elastic element is sleeved on the fixing shaft, and the elastic element is used for elastically pushing the operating end of the operating element to swing towards a direction away from the FPC contact switch.

In some embodiments, the operating member comprises:

one end of the swing arm is rotatably sleeved on the fixed shaft, the other end of the swing arm penetrates through the avoiding groove and extends into the shell, and a sector gear is integrally formed at the extending end of the swing arm;

and one end of the key is rotatably sleeved on the fixed shaft, the other end of the key extends to the position right above the FPC contact switch, and the extending end of the key is connected with the swing arm.

Exemplarily, one end of the key is provided with two connecting lugs at intervals, the two connecting lugs are respectively suitable for being sleeved on the fixed shaft, the two connecting lugs are respectively positioned on two sides of the swing arm, one of the connecting lugs is integrally formed with a pressing part, and the pressing part is abutted to the contact of the FPC contact switch.

For example, a limit groove is formed in one side, facing the extending end of the key, of the swing arm, the limit groove and the avoidance groove are arranged in a crossed mode, a limit pin is arranged inside the shell, the swing arm can swing to the state that the groove wall on one side of the limit groove is abutted to the limit pin under the elastic action of the elastic piece, and when the key is pressed to be abutted to open the FPC contact switch, the groove wall on the other side of the limit groove is abutted to the outer wall of the shell.

Specifically, the elastic element is a torsion spring, one end of the torsion arm is connected with the shell, and the other end of the torsion arm is abutted against the wall surface of the key, facing the FPC contact switch, of the FPC contact switch.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the transmission gear set includes:

the single gear is positioned in the shell and sleeved at the output end of the motor;

the double gears are rotationally connected inside the shell and comprise two gear parts with different diameters, wherein the large gear part is in meshing connection with the single gear, and the small gear part is in meshing connection with the sector gear.

In some embodiments, the double gear has a gear shaft adapted to be rotatably connected to the wall of the housing, and the gear shaft is sleeved with a potentiometer type sensor, and the potentiometer type sensor is connected and conducted with a corresponding circuit on the PCB board.

Illustratively, the housing is a split snap-fit structure.

The utility model provides an automatically controlled damping feedback device's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses automatically controlled damping feedback device, the operation end of pressing the operating parts can support FPC contact switch and press, thereby make FPC contact switch closed, and then make the motor start begin to pass through transmission gear group to sector gear on the reverse damping power, the damping feel that provides in the spring is better relatively, and only need the input voltage or the power of accommodate motor to adjust the size of reverse damping power, thereby adjust the damping dynamics of pressing of operating parts, satisfy the diversified demand of player to the damping power, can promote player gaming experience, improve product market competitiveness.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a handle for a game console, including the above-mentioned electronic control damping feedback device, which has the same beneficial effects as the above-mentioned electronic control damping feedback device, and is not repeated herein.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an elevation structure of an electronic control damping feedback device (partially cut away) provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an electric control damping feedback device (with a detached housing) according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of an explosion structure of an electronic control damping feedback device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a rear view structure of the electronic control damping feedback device (with the housing disassembled) in an off state of the FPC contact switch provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a rear view structure of the electronic control damping feedback device (with the housing disassembled) in a closed state of the FPC contact switch provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a portion A of the structure of FIG. 1;

fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of an operating element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 10. a housing; 11. a PCB board; 12. an avoidance groove; 13. a fixed shaft; 14. an elastic member; 15. a spacing pin; 20. an operating member; 201. a sector gear; 21. swinging arms; 211. a limiting groove; 22. pressing a key; 221. connecting lugs; 2211. a pressing part; 30. an FPC contact switch; 40. a drive gear set; 41. a single gear; 42. a double gear; 50. a motor; 60. a potentiometer type sensor.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problem, technical solution and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly understood, the following description is given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments to illustrate the present invention in further detail. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the invention.

It should be noted that, the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is an integrated Circuit that connects the FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit Board) contact switch and the motor, and on the other hand, is a transition element that is electrically connected to a control Circuit of a host Circuit such as a game machine handle, and it has been realized that the driving voltage of the motor can be input when the FPC contact switch is closed through the game machine handle, so as to realize the adjustment of the magnitude of the reverse damping force.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the electrically controlled damping feedback device of the present invention will now be described. The electric control damping feedback device comprises a shell 10, an operating part 20, an FPC contact switch 30, a transmission gear set 40 and a motor 50; the outer wall of the shell 10 is provided with a PCB 11 which is suitable for being electrically connected with a host circuit; the middle part of the operating element 20 is rotationally connected with the housing 10, one end of the operating element 20 is positioned outside the housing 10 and is suitable for pressing operation, the other end of the operating element 20 extends into the housing 10, and the extending end is provided with a sector gear 201 taking the rotation center of the operating element 20 as the center of circle; the FPC contact switch 30 is arranged on the shell 10 and is connected and conducted with a corresponding circuit on the PCB 11, and the contact of the FPC contact switch 30 is positioned below the operating end of the operating element 20; the transmission gear set 40 is arranged in the shell 10, and the output end of the transmission gear set is meshed with the sector gear 201; the motor 50 is fixedly connected to the outer shell 10, the output end penetrates into the outer shell 10 and is connected with the input end of the transmission gear set 40, and the motor 50 is electrically connected with the FPC contact switch 30; the motor 50 is configured to be activated when the operating end of the operating element 20 abuts against the FPC contact switch 30, and to apply a reverse damping force to the operating element 20 through the transmission gear set 40 in an activated state.

The working principle of the electronic control damping feedback device provided by the embodiment is as follows: it should be understood that the operating end of the operating member 20 corresponds to a button or a trigger of a handle of a game machine, and as can be understood by referring to fig. 4 and 5, in the process of pressing the operating member 20, the sector gear 201 swings counterclockwise around the rotation center thereof, so that the motor 50 is driven to rotate in the reverse direction through the transmission gear set 40, when the operating end of the operating member 20 presses the contact of the FPC contact switch 30 to close the FPC contact switch 30, the motor 50 is powered on to output torque, the torque provides reverse damping force to the sector gear 201 through the transmission gear set 40, so that the damping of the pressing operation of the operating member 20 is increased (although the motor 50 outputs forward torque, the motor 50 still rotates in the reverse direction), when the pressing force applied to the operating member 20 is removed, the forward torque of the motor 50 drives the sector gear 201 to rotate clockwise through the transmission gear set 40, so that the operating end of the operating member 20 is far from the FPC contact switch 30, and the motor 50 is powered off after the FPC contact switch 30 is turned off, since the driving voltage of the motor 50 can directly affect the magnitude of the output torque, when the driving voltage input to the operating member 50 is changed, the damping sensing speed of the operating member 20 is changed, and the operating member 20 is reset accordingly.

The automatically controlled damping feedback device that this embodiment provided, compare with prior art, the operation end of pressing operating parts 20 can support FPC contact switch 30 and press, thereby make FPC contact switch 30 closed, and then make motor 50 start to pass through transmission gear group 40 and transmit reverse damping force on to sector gear 201, the damping feel that provides in the spring is better relatively, and only need adjust motor 50's input voltage or power can adjust the size of reverse damping force, thereby adjust operating parts 20's the damping dynamics of pressing, satisfy the diversified demand of player to the damping force, can promote player gaming experience, improve product market competition.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2 to 5, the housing 10 has an avoiding groove 12 adapted to pass through a middle portion of the operating element 20, a fixing shaft 13 adapted to be connected to the operating element 20 is disposed outside the housing 10 at a side of the avoiding groove 12, an elastic element 14 is sleeved on the fixing shaft 13, and the elastic element 14 is used for elastically pushing an operating end of the operating element 20 to swing in a direction away from the FPC contact switch 30.

Through setting up elastic component 14 can provide elastic damping force to operating element 20 at the initial stage (before FPC contact switch 30 is not closed) of pressing operating element 20, and produce damping force with the reverse torque fit of motor 50 after FPC contact switch 30 is pressed closed, can produce the damping effect that the dynamics is different in operating element 20's whole stroke of pressing, thereby improve emulation experience, simultaneously can also be when withdrawing the pressing force to operating element 20, utilize elastic component 14's resilience effort and supplementary operating element 20 to reset fast, and avoid operating element 20 to produce the pressure of offsetting to FPC contact switch 30 under the non-state of pressing and lead to FPC contact switch 30 to open by mistake, thereby improve the operating stability of equipment.

As an embodiment of the operating element 20, please refer to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the operating element 20 includes a swing arm 21 and a button 22, wherein one end of the swing arm 21 is rotatably sleeved on the fixed shaft 13, the other end of the swing arm passes through the avoiding groove 12 and extends into the housing 10, and an extending end of the swing arm 21 is integrally formed with a sector gear 201; one end of the key 22 is rotatably sleeved on the fixed shaft 13, the other end extends to the position right above the FPC contact switch 30, and the extending end is connected with the swing arm 21.

It should be noted that, the swing arm 21 needs to penetrate into the housing 10, and therefore, a sheet-type structure may be preferably adopted, specifically, the swing arm 21 may be integrally formed with the sector gear 201, and the thickness of the swing arm is consistent with that of the sector gear 201, while the key 22 may be designed to meet the ergonomic shape, and the specific shape is not limited, but the operating element 20 should have a portion connected to a position of the swing arm 21 away from the fixed shaft 13, and here, the operating element 20 adopts a split-type structure composed of the swing arm 21 and the key 22, which can facilitate processing and assembling, and reduce the manufacturing cost.

In some possible implementations, referring to fig. 5 to 7, two connecting lugs 221 adapted to be sleeved on the fixed shaft 13 are disposed at an interval at one end of the key 22, and the two connecting lugs 221 are respectively located at two sides of the swing arm 21, wherein a pressing portion 2211 is integrally formed on one connecting lug 221, and the pressing portion 2211 abuts against a contact of the FPC contact switch 30. The two connecting lugs 221 and one point connected to the swing arm 21 are adopted to form a triangular supporting structure for the key 22, and meanwhile, the swing arm 21 is arranged between the two connecting lugs 221, so that the balance of the pressing force transmitted from the key 22 to the swing arm 21 can be ensured, and the stability of pressing operation is improved; the pressing portion 2211 may be a convex structure, and the pressing portion 2211 presses the contact of the FPC contact switch 30 in the pressing and swinging process of the key 22, so that the structure is compact and stable.

Specifically, in this embodiment, referring to fig. 3 to 5, a limiting groove 211 is disposed on one side of the swing arm 21 facing the extending end of the key 22, the limiting groove 211 and the avoiding groove 12 are disposed in an intersecting manner, a limiting pin 15 is disposed inside the housing 10, the swing arm 21 can swing under the elastic force of the elastic member 14 until one side groove wall of the limiting groove 211 abuts against the limiting pin 15, and when the key 22 is pressed to open the FPC contact switch 30, the other side groove wall of the limiting groove 211 abuts against the outer wall of the housing 10.

It should be understood that the crossing arrangement of the limit groove 211 and the avoiding groove 12 can be regarded as that the notch of the limit groove 211 crosses over one side groove wall of the avoiding groove 12, that is, one side groove wall of the limit groove 211 is located outside the shell 10, the other side groove wall is located inside the shell 10, the size of the avoiding groove 12 can be reduced by arranging the limit groove 211 on the swing arm 21, so that the strength and the closure of the shell 10 are ensured, the two side groove walls of the limit groove 211 are actually equivalent to two limit parts, the swing limit angle of the swing arm 21 can be limited by the abutting of the two groove walls with the outer walls of the limit pin 15 and the shell 10 respectively, so that the key 22 is prevented from being pressed or rebounded, and the operation stability is improved.

Alternatively, the elastic member 14 in this embodiment is a torsion spring, one end of which is connected to the housing 10, and the other end of which abuts against the wall of the key 22 facing the FPC contact switch 30. The torsion spring is convenient to install, space is saved, stable elastic force can be directly provided for the key 22, and practicability is high.

In some embodiments, the transmission gear set 40 is configured as shown in fig. 3, and the transmission gear set 40 includes a single gear 41 and a double gear 42; the single gear 41 is positioned inside the shell 10 and sleeved at the output end of the motor 50; the double gear 42 is rotatably connected inside the housing 10 and includes two gear parts having different diameters, wherein the large gear part is in meshing connection with the single gear 41, and the small gear part is in meshing connection with the sector gear 201. The transmission gear set 40 is mainly used for amplifying the torque of the motor 50, and the transmission fit of the single gear 41, the double gears 42 and the sector gear 201 is equivalent to a two-stage small and large gear transmission mode, so that the motor 50 can provide sufficient reverse damping force, and the pressing operation texture is improved.

In some possible implementations, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the dual gear 42 has a gear shaft adapted to be rotatably connected to the wall of the housing 10, the gear shaft is sleeved with a potentiometer type sensor 60, and the potentiometer type sensor 60 is electrically connected to a corresponding circuit on the PCB 11.

The potentiometer type sensor 60 is a sensor which converts a mechanical angle or displacement into a resistance or voltage output in a certain functional relationship with the mechanical angle or displacement through a potentiometer, the potentiometer type sensor 60 is arranged on the gear shaft, the adjustment of the voltage of the motor 50 can be realized according to the rotation angle of the double gear 42 and an algorithm in the prior art, specifically, the larger the pressing degree of the operating part 20 is, the larger the rotation angle of the double gear 42 is, and then the smaller or larger the voltage input to the motor 50 is, so that the damping adjustment can be realized without depending on the correlation between a game program and the driving voltage input to the motor 50, the damping force with different sizes can be sensed along with the change of the pressing degree in the pressing process, the adjustment response is sensitive and efficient, and the simulation experience can be further improved.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the housing 10 is a split-type snap structure. Both made things convenient for processing preparation, by convenient equipment, it is concrete, can adopt sticky or wear to establish the mode that the screw connects soon to fix it behind split type shell 10 lock to improve shell 10's structural reliability.

Based on the same inventive concept, with reference to fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of the present application further provides a game console handle, which includes a handle body and the above-mentioned electronic control damping feedback device disposed on the handle body.

The game machine handle that this embodiment provided, adopted above-mentioned automatically controlled damping feedback device, the operation end of pressing operating parts 20 can support FPC contact switch 30 and press, thereby make FPC contact switch 30 open, and then make motor 50 start to pass reverse damping force on to sector gear 201 through drive gear group 40, the damping feel who provides in comparison with the spring is better, and only need adjust motor 50's input voltage to obtain power can adjust reverse damping force's size, thereby adjust operating parts 20's the damping dynamics of pressing, satisfy the diversified demand of player to damping force, can promote player's gaming experience, improve product market competition.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. Automatically controlled damping feedback device, its characterized in that includes:

the outer wall of the shell is provided with a PCB suitable for being electrically connected with a host circuit;

the middle part of the operating part is rotationally connected with the shell, one end of the operating part is positioned outside the shell and is suitable for pressing operation, the other end of the operating part extends into the shell, and a sector gear taking the rotation center of the operating part as the circle center is arranged at the extending end of the operating part;

the FPC contact switch is arranged on the shell and is connected and conducted with a corresponding circuit on the PCB, and a contact of the FPC contact switch is positioned below the operating end of the operating part;

the transmission gear set is arranged in the shell, and the output end of the transmission gear set is meshed with the sector gear;

the motor is fixedly connected to the shell, an output end of the motor penetrates into the shell and is connected with an input end of the transmission gear set, and the motor is electrically connected with the FPC contact switch;

the motor is used for starting when the operating end of the operating part is pressed to open the FPC contact switch, and applies reverse damping force to the operating part through the transmission gear set in a starting state.

2. An electronic control damping feedback device according to claim 1, wherein the housing has an avoiding groove adapted to pass through the middle of the operating element, a fixing shaft adapted to be connected to the operating element is provided outside the housing on a side of the avoiding groove, an elastic member is sleeved on the fixing shaft, and the elastic member is used for elastically pushing the operating end of the operating element to swing towards a direction away from the FPC contact switch.

3. An electrically controlled damped feedback device according to claim 2 wherein said operator comprises:

one end of the swing arm is rotatably sleeved on the fixed shaft, the other end of the swing arm penetrates through the avoidance groove and extends into the shell, and the extending end of the swing arm is integrally provided with the sector gear;

and one end of the key is rotatably sleeved on the fixed shaft, the other end of the key extends to the position right above the FPC contact switch, and the extending end of the key is connected with the swing arm.

4. An electrically controlled damping feedback device according to claim 3, wherein two engaging lugs are provided at an interval at one end of the key for being respectively adapted to be sleeved on the stationary shaft, and the two engaging lugs are respectively located at two sides of the swing arm, wherein a pressing portion is integrally formed on one of the engaging lugs, and the pressing portion abuts against the contact of the FPC contact switch.

5. An electrically controlled damping feedback device according to claim 3, wherein a limiting groove is formed in one side of the swing arm facing the extending end of the key, the limiting groove and the avoiding groove are arranged in a crossed manner, a limiting pin is arranged inside the housing, the swing arm can swing to a state that a groove wall on one side of the limiting groove abuts against the limiting pin under the elastic force of the elastic member, and when the key is pressed to abut against and open the FPC contact switch, a groove wall on the other side of the limiting groove abuts against the outer wall of the housing.

6. An electrically controlled damped feedback device according to claim 3 wherein said resilient member is a torsion spring having one torsion arm connected to said housing and the other torsion arm abutting a wall of said key facing said FPC contact switch.

7. An electrically controlled damped feedback device according to claim 1 wherein said drive gear set comprises:

the single gear is positioned in the shell and sleeved at the output end of the motor;

and the double gears are rotationally connected inside the shell and comprise two gear parts with different diameters, wherein the large gear part is in meshing connection with the single gear, and the small gear part is in meshing connection with the fan-shaped gear.

8. An electrically controlled damping feedback device according to claim 7, wherein said dual gear comprises a gear shaft adapted to be rotatably coupled to a wall of said housing, said gear shaft having a potentiometer type sensor mounted thereon, said potentiometer type sensor being in electrical communication with a corresponding electrical circuit on said PCB.

9. An electrically controlled damped feedback device according to any one of claims 1-8 wherein said housing is a split snap fit arrangement.

10. Gamepad, characterised in that it comprises an electrically controlled damped feedback device according to any one of claims 1-9.

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