CN218889261U

CN218889261U - Multidirectional control switch and electronic atomizer with same

Info

Publication number: CN218889261U
Application number: CN202222856944.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张万文
Original assignee: Comax Electronics Huizhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Comax Electronics Huizhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-28
Filing date: 2022-10-28
Publication date: 2023-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-28

Abstract

The application provides a multidirectional control switch and an electronic atomizer adopting the same. The application provides that the multidirectional control switch includes: the base is internally provided with a fixed terminal, a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal; the sliding cover is provided with a first through hole in the middle; the operation handle is movably communicated with the first through hole and is configured to vertically move along the first through hole or transversely slide synchronously with the sliding cover; a conductive spring plate; two sliding spring plates; two sliding return springs. The multi-directional control switch integrates a plurality of switch control modes into one switch device, has various operation modes and has a false triggering prevention function; the electronic atomizer adopts the multidirectional control switch and has a small structure.

Description

Multidirectional control switch and electronic atomizer with same

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of small switches, in particular to a multidirectional control switch capable of conducting sliding operation or pressing operation and an electronic atomizer with the multidirectional control switch.

Background

For electronic atomizer products such as electronic cigarettes, the electronic atomizer has a small size and a compact structure, so that high requirements are put on the size of parts. Since the electronic atomizer product needs to perform various control operations, the switch module needs to be capable of providing various control modes. At present, a switch module of an electronic atomizer is usually combined through a plurality of switch elements to meet various control requirements, so that the volume is difficult to meet the miniaturization requirement of an electronic atomizer product, and operation buttons are scattered, so that the operation is complicated.

Although a plurality of multidirectional control switch products are available in the market at present, the products have the problems of easy false touch, inaccurate reset, poor waterproof effect and the like.

Therefore, research on a multidirectional control switch with small size, simple operation and stable function is a problem to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the application provides a multidirectional control switch and an electronic atomizer adopting the multidirectional control switch, so as to provide stable multidirectional control, and the multidirectional control switch is small in size and stable in structure.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a multi-directional control switch comprising:

the base is hollow and is opened at the upper end, a fixed terminal, a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal are arranged in the base, and the fixed terminal, the first terminal, the second terminal and the third terminal are not contacted with each other;

the sliding cover is movably covered on the upper opening of the base, and a first through hole is formed in the middle of the sliding cover;

the operation handle is movably communicated with the first through hole and is configured to vertically move along the first through hole or transversely slide synchronously with the sliding cover;

the conductive elastic sheet is contacted with the fixed terminal and is positioned above the first terminal; the conductive spring piece is configured to be kept in contact with the fixed terminal and is contacted with the first terminal under the action of vertical downward movement of the operating handle or separated from the first terminal when the operating handle is vertically upward moved;

the sliding elastic pieces are respectively and fixedly arranged on the lower surface of the sliding cover and are configured to synchronously and transversely slide with the sliding cover;

the sliding cover is configured to be selectively located at least three working positions, and when the sliding cover is located at a first position, the operating handle is located right above the conductive elastic piece, so that the conductive elastic piece is caused to conduct the fixed terminal and the first terminal; when the sliding cover transversely slides to a second position relative to the base, one sliding elastic sheet of the sliding cover conducts the fixed terminal and the second terminal; when the sliding cover transversely slides to a third position relative to the base, the other sliding elastic piece conducts the fixed terminal and the third terminal;

and the sliding return springs are respectively arranged at the two transverse ends of the sliding cover and are abutted to the base, so that return elastic force is provided to enable the sliding cover to return to the first position.

In an alternative implementation manner, the multidirectional control switch includes a middle plate for limiting the vertical movement of the operating handle at a preset position, where the middle plate is fixedly arranged on the base and located between the conductive elastic sheet and the sliding piece, and the middle plate is provided with a middle plane for blocking the vertical movement of the operating handle, and the middle plane is parallel to the transverse direction of the sliding cover; the middle plate further comprises a second through hole for the operation handle to vertically pass through, and the second through hole is arranged above the conductive elastic sheet.

According to the middle plate of the implementation mode, the operation handle can be limited to move vertically only at the second through hole, when the operation handle moves horizontally under the action of external force, the middle plane can be used for limiting vertical movement of the operation handle when the operation handle leaves the upper part of the second through hole, the situation that the vertical pressing switch is triggered by mistake during transverse movement is avoided, functional confusion is avoided, and meanwhile, the middle plate also provides a supporting auxiliary effect for transverse movement.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an electronic nebulizer comprising a nebulizer body and a multidirectional control switch as described above.

According to the technical scheme provided by the implementation mode, the multidirectional control switch integrates a plurality of switch control modes into one switch device, so that the volume is greatly reduced, the design space is saved, and the multidirectional control switch is multifunctional and suitable for various electronic atomizers and other products with higher requirements on a small-volume switch; the multidirectional control switch only needs one operation handle, so that one-key operation is realized, simplicity, convenience and rapidness are realized, various operation modes are realized, and operation experience is improved; and the multi-directional control switch has a false triggering prevention function.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a multi-directional control switch provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a multi-directional control switch according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a multi-directional control switch provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a central control assembly of a multi-directional control switch provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a central control assembly of a multi-directional control switch according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an internal schematic diagram of a multi-directional control switch according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a sliding cover and other connection components of a multidirectional control switch according to one embodiment of the present utility model.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. a base; 101. fixing the column; 102. a spring groove; 103. a clamping block; 2. a sliding cover; 201. a first through hole; 202. a clamping column; 203. a clamping block; 204. a buckle; 205. a light-transmitting region; 3. an operation handle; 301. sealing grooves; 302. a seal ring; 303. a central cavity; 304. a center spring; 305. a round bead; 306. a clamping claw part; 307. a stop bar; 4. a conductive spring plate; 5. a sliding spring plate; 6. a sliding return spring; 700. a fixed terminal; 701. a first terminal; 702. a second terminal; 703. a third terminal; 8. an intermediate plate; 801. a second through hole; 802. a mid-plane; 803. a fixing hole; 9. a button member; 10. an LED lamp.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms "first," "second," and the like herein are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

Furthermore, herein, the terms "upper," "lower," and the like, are defined with respect to the orientation in which the structure is schematically disposed in the drawings, and it should be understood that these directional terms are relative concepts, which are used for descriptive and clarity with respect thereto and which may be varied accordingly with respect to the orientation in which the structure is disposed.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of the present application provides a multi-directional control switch to provide stable multi-directional control, and has a small size and a stable structure.

Specifically, the multidirectional control switch includes:

the base 1, the inside of the base 1 is hollow and the upper end is open, the base 1 is internally provided with a fixed terminal 700, a first terminal 701, a second terminal 702 and a third terminal 703, and the fixed terminal 700, the first terminal 701, the second terminal 702 and the third terminal 703 are not contacted with each other;

the sliding cover 2 is movably covered on the upper opening of the base 1, and a first through hole 201 is formed in the middle of the sliding cover 2;

a handle 3, wherein the handle 3 is movably penetrating the first through hole 201, and the handle 3 is configured to be vertically movable along the first through hole 201 or horizontally slidable synchronously with the sliding cover 2;

a conductive spring piece 4, where the conductive spring piece 4 contacts the fixed terminal 700 and is located above the first terminal 701; the conductive spring piece 4 is configured to be held in contact with the fixed terminal 700 and to be brought into contact with the first terminal 701 by the vertical downward movement of the operation handle 3 or to be separated from the first terminal 701 when the operation handle 3 is vertically moved upward;

the sliding elastic pieces 5 are respectively and fixedly arranged on the lower surface of the sliding cover 2 and are configured to synchronously and transversely slide with the sliding cover 2;

the sliding cover 2 is configured to be selectively located in at least three working positions, and when the sliding cover 2 is located in the first position, the operating handle 3 is located right above the conductive elastic sheet 4, so that the conductive elastic sheet 4 is caused to conduct the fixed terminal 700 and the first terminal 701; when the sliding cover 2 slides transversely to the second position relative to the base 1, one of the sliding spring plates 5 conducts the fixed terminal 700 and the second terminal 702; when the sliding cover 2 slides transversely to a third position relative to the base 1, the other sliding spring 5 conducts the fixed terminal 700 and the third terminal 703;

and two sliding return springs 6, wherein the sliding return springs 6 are respectively arranged at two lateral ends of the sliding cover 2 and are abutted against the base 1, so as to provide a restoring elastic force to enable the sliding cover 2 to return to the first position.

In practical applications, the multi-directional control switch may be set to at least two operation modes: a pressing mode and a sliding mode. When the pressing mode is adopted, a user presses the operation handle 3, so that the operation handle 3 drives the conductive elastic sheet 4 to move downwards, and the fixed terminal 700 and the first terminal 701 are conducted, so that the purpose of controlling the switch is achieved; when the sliding mode is adopted, the user selectively pushes the operating handle 3 towards the second position or the third position, so as to drive the sliding cover 2 to synchronously move transversely and slide to the second position or the third position, so that the sliding spring 5 conducts the fixed terminal 700 and the second terminal 702 or conducts the fixed terminal 700 and the third terminal 703, and the purpose of controlling the two or three switches is achieved.

For example, if the multi-directional control switch is applied to an electronically heated atomizer product, a user may set the switch control purpose of the pressing mode to control the on-off of the product power supply, set the switch control purpose of the sliding cover 2 in the second position in the sliding mode to be the first heating mode of the electronic atomizer, and set the switch control purpose of the sliding cover 2 in the third position in the sliding mode to be the second heating mode of the electronic atomizer.

The conductive spring piece 4 not only has the function of conducting a terminal, but also can provide elastic force for upward resetting of the operating handle 3, so that the operating handle 3 can rebound and reset after being pressed.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3 to fig. 5, the multidirectional control switch includes an intermediate plate 8 for limiting the vertical movement of the operating handle 3 at a preset position, the intermediate plate 8 is fixedly disposed on the base 1 and located between the conductive elastic sheet 4 and the sliding member, the intermediate plate 8 is provided with an intermediate plane 802 for blocking the vertical movement of the operating handle 3, and the intermediate plane 802 is parallel to the lateral direction of the sliding cover 2; the middle plate 8 further comprises a second through hole 801 for the operation handle 3 to vertically pass through, and the second through hole 801 is arranged above the conductive elastic sheet 4.

The middle plate 8 may be fixedly connected to the base 1 by means of clamping, riveting, bolting, etc. In this embodiment, the intermediate plate 8 is provided with a plurality of fixing holes 803, the base 1 is provided with fixing columns 101 that are matched with the fixing holes 803, and the fixing columns 101 are riveted and fixed with the fixing holes 803, so that the intermediate plate 8 is fixedly arranged on the base 1.

The intermediate plate 8 can restrict the operation handle 3 can only carry out vertical removal in second through hole 801 department, works as the operation handle 3 sideslip under the exogenic action, makes when operation handle 3 leaves the top of second through hole 801, the intermediate plane 802 can be right the operation handle 3 plays restriction vertical removal's effect, has avoided the mistake to trigger vertical push switch when lateral shifting, has avoided the function confusion, and intermediate plate 8 still provides lateral shifting's support auxiliary role simultaneously.

In order to improve the waterproof effect, as shown in fig. 4, in this embodiment, the operating handle 3 is provided with a sealing groove 301, the sealing groove 301 is sleeved with a sealing ring 302, and the sealing ring 302 abuts against the inner wall of the first through hole 201.

The sealing ring 302 is in interference fit with the first through hole 201 and the operating handle 3, so as to prevent the product from being damaged due to water entering the gap between the operating handle 3 and the first through hole 201.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 5, in order to ensure the stability and accuracy of the pressing operation and match with the design of the misoperation structure of the operation handle 3, a button piece 9 is disposed between the operation handle 3 and the conductive elastic sheet 4, and the button piece 9 abuts against the operation handle 3 and the conductive elastic sheet 4. In this embodiment, the button member 9 is slidably filled in the second through hole 801, and the operating handle 3 controls the conductive spring 4 by driving the button member 9.

In order to improve the reliability of resetting and the feel of resetting, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the operating handle 3 is vertically provided with a central cavity 303, the opening of the central cavity 303 is downward, a central spring 304 and a ball 305 are disposed in the central cavity 303, and the central spring 304 is abutted to the inside of the central cavity 303 and abuts to the ball 305.

During operation, a user presses the operation handle 3, the operation handle 3 drives the button piece 9 to enable the conductive spring piece 4 to deform downwards, so that the conductive spring piece 4 is connected with the inner positioning terminal 700 and the first terminal 701 of the base 1, and the switch is turned on; when the pressing force is removed, the operation handle 3 is automatically reset through the conductive elastic sheet 4 and the central spring 304.

Specifically, in order to improve the elastic restoring force, the conductive elastic sheet 4 is a dome elastic sheet, and includes an upwardly arched dome and elastic sheet edges disposed along the periphery of the dome; the shrapnel edge contacts the fixed terminal 700, and the dome is located above the first terminal 701. In this embodiment, the dome is a circular bowl-shaped structure, and the elastic piece edge strip is a circular ring. In other embodiments, the dome and the dome rim may be square or other configurations.

In order to improve the elastic restoring force, the conductive spring pieces 4 may be arranged in 2 or more pieces, and each conductive spring piece 4 is overlapped.

In order to prevent the ball 305 from falling, in this embodiment, a claw portion 306 is disposed at the bottom of the operating handle 3, the claw portion 306 is disposed along the outer periphery of the switch of the central cavity 303, and a stop strip 307 for stopping the ball 305 from falling is disposed on the inner wall of the claw portion 306.

Specifically, in order to fix one end of the sliding return spring 6, as shown in fig. 7, in this embodiment, the sliding cover 2 includes two clamping posts 202, and one end of the sliding return spring 6 is connected to the clamping posts 202. Specifically, the sliding return spring 6 includes a first sliding return spring 6a and a second sliding return spring 6b, and the first sliding return spring 6a and the second sliding return spring 6b are respectively disposed at two ends of the sliding cover 2.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the base 1 is further provided with two spring grooves 102 for accommodating and abutting the sliding return spring 6, and the sliding return spring 6 is partially accommodated in the spring grooves 102 and one end of the sliding return spring abuts against the spring grooves 102.

In this embodiment, the sliding cover 2 further includes two clamping blocks 203, and one end of the sliding elastic piece 5 is connected to the clamping blocks 203.

In this embodiment, the sliding spring 5 is a "7" spring structure, and includes a transverse plate and a contact plate connected to one end of the transverse plate and forming an inclined angle. In this embodiment, the contact piece includes two branch pieces, so that the ends of the branch pieces can be respectively contacted with two different terminals, such as the fixed terminal 700 and the second terminal 702, for conducting. In other embodiments, the contact tab may not be provided with a branching tab.

In this embodiment, the sliding spring 5 includes a first sliding spring 5a and a second sliding spring 5b.

For example, the user can toggle the operating handle 3 leftwards or rightwards, and the operating handle 3 drives the sliding cover 2 to slide to the second position or the third position, so as to drive the sliding spring pieces 5 to synchronously displace, and different sliding spring pieces 5 are connected with the terminals in the base 1. When in the second position, the first sliding spring 5a connects the fixed terminal 700 and the second terminal 702, so as to realize the sliding switch control; when in the third position, the second sliding spring 5b connects the fixed terminal 700 and the third terminal 703, so as to realize another sliding switch control.

When the handle 3 moves laterally to the left or right, the handle 3 is not pushed down any more because the handle 3 leaves above the second through hole 801 of the intermediate plate 8 and interferes with the intermediate plane 802 of the intermediate plate 8. When the sliding cover 2 is reset to the first position, the operating handle 3 is positioned above the second through hole 801, and a downward pressing operation can be performed at this time; when the operation lever 3 is pushed down, the operation lever 3 partially penetrates the second through hole 801 to drive the button member 9, and at this time, the operation lever 3 interferes with the second through hole 801 of the intermediate plate 8, so that the operation lever 3 cannot perform the lateral movement operation. Through the design, the double false touch preventing effect of pressing and transversely moving the operating handle 3 is realized.

Since the sliding cover 2 and the base 1 need to move relatively, the sliding cover 2 and the base 1 are movably connected in order to have a certain movable space therebetween and not to be released and dropped. Specifically, in this embodiment, the sliding cover 2 and the base 1 are assembled by using a clamping pair, the clamping pair includes a clamping block 103 and a clamping buckle 204, the size of the buckling position of the clamping buckle 204 is larger than that of the clamping block 103, so that the clamping block 103 can move limitedly in the clamping buckle 204, and specifically, a movable space is reserved in a transverse direction for the clamping block 103 to move only transversely, so that the sliding cover 2 is limited to move only transversely relative to the base 1.

In order to improve the waterproof effect, the sliding cover 2 and the base 1 are in micro-clearance fit, and waterproof grease is matched for improving the waterproof performance.

In order to improve the functionality of the multidirectional control switch, the base 1 is further provided with a plurality of LED lamps 10 for indicating the functionality, such as power on, remaining power, etc. In this embodiment, the base 1 is provided with 2 LED lamps 10, and the LED lamps 10 are electrically connected with the stator 700; and the sliding cover 2 is provided with a light-transmitting area 205 for transmitting light of the LED lamp 10.

Specifically, when the conductive spring 4 conducts the fixed terminal 700 and the first terminal 701 under the pressing action, the LED lamp 10 is powered on, and the conductive condition and the electric quantity condition can be indicated by the voltage and current change passing through.

In another embodiment, there is also provided an electronic atomizer comprising an atomizer body and a multidirectional control switch as described above.

The multidirectional control switch integrates a plurality of switch control modes into one switch device, so that the volume is greatly reduced, the design space is saved, the functions are complete, and the multidirectional control switch is suitable for various electronic atomizers and other products with high requirements on a small-volume switch; the multidirectional control switch only needs one operation handle 3, so that one-key operation is realized, simplicity, convenience and rapidness are realized, various operation modes are realized, and operation experience is improved; and the multi-directional control switch has a false triggering prevention function.

The multi-directional control switch and the electronic atomizer provided by the embodiment of the application are described in detail, and specific examples are applied to explain the principle and the embodiment of the application, and the description is only used for helping to understand the method and the core mechanism of the application; meanwhile, as those skilled in the art will have modifications in specific embodiments and application scope in accordance with the ideas of the present application, the present disclosure should not be construed as limiting the present application in view of the above description.

Claims

1. A multi-directional control switch, the multi-directional control switch comprising:

2. The multi-directional control switch of claim 1 wherein: the multidirectional control switch comprises a middle plate for limiting the operation handle to vertically move at a preset position, the middle plate is fixedly arranged on the base and positioned between the conductive elastic sheet and the sliding, the middle plate is provided with a middle plane for blocking the operation handle from vertically moving, and the middle plane is parallel to the transverse direction of the sliding cover;

the middle plate further comprises a second through hole for the operation handle to vertically pass through, and the second through hole is arranged above the conductive elastic sheet.

3. The multi-directional control switch of claim 1 wherein: the operating handle is provided with a seal groove, the seal groove cover is equipped with the sealing washer, the sealing washer butt the inner wall of first through-hole.

4. The multi-directional control switch of claim 1 wherein: a button piece is arranged between the operating handle and the conductive elastic piece, and the button piece is abutted to the operating handle and the conductive elastic piece.

5. The multi-directional control switch of claim 1 wherein: the operating handle is vertically provided with a central cavity, the opening of the central cavity faces downwards, a central spring and a ball are arranged in the central cavity, and the central spring is abutted to the inside of the central cavity and abutted to the ball.

6. The multi-directional control switch of claim 5 wherein: the bottom of operation handle is provided with the claw portion, claw portion is followed the switch periphery setting in center chamber, the inner wall of claw portion is equipped with the stop strip that stops the ball drops.

7. The multi-directional control switch of claim 1 wherein: the sliding cover comprises two clamping columns, and one end of the sliding return spring is connected with the clamping columns; the sliding cover further comprises two clamping blocks, and one end of the sliding elastic piece is connected with the clamping blocks.

8. The multi-directional control switch of claim 1 wherein: the conductive elastic sheet is a dome elastic sheet and comprises an upward arched dome and elastic sheet edge strips arranged along the periphery of the dome; the elastic piece edge strip is contacted with the fixed terminal, and the dome is positioned above the first terminal.

9. The multi-directional control switch of claim 1 wherein: the sliding cover and the base are spliced by adopting a clamping pair, the clamping pair comprises a clamping block and a clamping buckle, and the buckling position of the clamping buckle is larger than the clamping block in size, so that the clamping block can move in the clamping buckle in a limiting manner.

10. An electronic atomizer, characterized in that: the electronic nebulizer comprising a nebulizer body and a multidirectional control switch according to any one of claims 1-9.