CN219246467U

CN219246467U - Non-contact optical rocker potentiometer

Info

Publication number: CN219246467U
Application number: CN202320805552.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 涂星
Original assignee: Shenzhen Yisen Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Yisen Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-12
Filing date: 2023-04-12
Publication date: 2023-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-12

Abstract

The utility model discloses a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer which comprises a shell, a rocker and a rocker mechanism, wherein the rocker mechanism is arranged in the shell and connected with one end of the rocker, the other end of the rocker extends out of the shell, the rocker mechanism is provided with at least two steering output ends, a light blocking part is arranged on each steering output end, a light emitting element and a light sensitive element are respectively arranged on two sides of each light blocking part, and the light emitting element and the light sensitive element are connected with a PCB (printed circuit board). Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that: the utility model adopts a non-contact mode by utilizing an optical principle, judges the swinging direction of the rocker by the cooperation of the light-emitting element and the photosensitive element, avoids the problems of abrasion, fracture, poor contact and the like of accessories easily generated by a contact type potential regulating module, enhances the stability of the potentiometer and prolongs the service life of the potentiometer.

Description

Non-contact optical rocker potentiometer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a potentiometer, in particular to a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer.

Background

At present, the existing contact rocker potentiometer structure comprises a shell, a rocker mechanism and a potential regulating module, wherein the rocker outputs steering actions through two rotating shaft output ends of the rocker mechanism and drives conductive reeds in the potential regulating module in two directions to rotate, so that the contact position of a conductive terminal on a resistor disc on the conductive reeds is changed, the output resistance value is changed, and the swing direction of the rocker is judged. For example, the utility model patent with the name of CN 210073523U and CN 211858297U is an improved rocker potentiometer structure, the utility model patent with the name of CN 210052601U is a low-abrasion rocker potentiometer, and the utility model patent with the name of CN 5734 is a contact rocker potentiometer structure. Because the potential regulating module of the contact rocker potentiometer adopts a contact structure, after the contact rocker potentiometer is used for a period of time, the problems of accessory abrasion, breakage, poor contact and the like easily occur, and the normal use and the service life of the potentiometer are further affected. The utility model patent with the patent publication number of CN 115631911A discloses a non-contact optical potentiometer module, however, the utility model is only applicable to 'keys', but not applicable to a joystick rocker. Therefore, developing a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer is a problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer for solving the defects.

The above object of the present utility model is achieved by the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer, includes casing, rocker and rocker mechanism, rocker mechanism installs in the casing to be connected with rocker one end, the rocker other end extends outside the casing, rocker mechanism is equipped with two at least and turns to the output, turn to and be equipped with the portion of blocking light on the output, the portion both sides of blocking light are equipped with light emitting component and photosensitive element respectively, and light emitting component and photosensitive element connect the PCB board.

Further, the light shielding part is in an initial state, rotates clockwise to a limit position and rotates anticlockwise to the limit position, and the sizes of the shielded light areas are different. Preferably, in the initial state, the light blocking part blocks half of the light, and the light blocking part is respectively non-blocked light and fully blocked light when in the clockwise and anticlockwise extreme positions, or is respectively fully blocked light and non-blocked light when in the clockwise and anticlockwise extreme positions.

Further, the light-emitting element, the photosensitive element, the PCB and the light blocking part are enclosed in a housing, and the housing is buckled on the outer wall of the shell.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that: the utility model adopts a non-contact mode by utilizing an optical principle, judges the swinging direction of the rocker by the cooperation of the light-emitting element and the photosensitive element, avoids the problems of abrasion, fracture, poor contact and the like of accessories easily generated by a contact type potential regulating module, enhances the stability of the potentiometer and prolongs the service life of the potentiometer.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic exploded view of a first embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of a second embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 3 is a schematic overall structure of a second embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 4 is a schematic overall structure of a second embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the internal structure of a housing in a second embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the working principle in the present utility model.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a first embodiment of the light blocking portion in the present utility model.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a second embodiment of the light blocking portion in the present utility model.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a third embodiment of the light blocking portion in the present utility model.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a fourth embodiment of the light blocking portion in the present utility model.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a fifth embodiment of the light blocking portion in the present utility model.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram showing the relative positions of the light blocking portion, the light emitting element and the photosensitive element according to the fifth embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the light blocking portion in the present utility model.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of a further embodiment of the light blocking portion in the present utility model.

Detailed Description

The utility model is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example 1: as shown in fig. 1, a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer comprises a shell 1, a rocker 2 and a rocker mechanism 3, wherein the rocker mechanism 3 is installed in the shell 1 and is connected with one end of the rocker 2, the other end of the rocker 2 extends out of the shell 1, the rocker mechanism 3 is provided with at least two steering output ends 4, a light blocking part 5 is arranged on the steering output ends 4, the light blocking part 5 is in a cylindrical shape and is eccentrically arranged on the end face of the steering output ends 4 (fig. 7), in an initial state, the light blocking part 5 blocks half of light, in clockwise and anticlockwise limit positions, the light blocking part 5 respectively blocks light and fully blocks light, or in clockwise and anticlockwise limit positions, the light blocking part 5 respectively blocks light and does not block light, two sides of the light blocking part 5 are respectively provided with a light emitting element 6 and a photosensitive element 7, the light emitting element 6 and the photosensitive element 7 are connected with a PCB 8, the light emitting element 6, the photosensitive element 7 and the PCB 8 are installed in a device housing (not shown in the figure) outside the shell 1, such as a game handle housing), and the light blocking part 8 is connected with a main board in the device housing.

As shown in fig. 6, when the rocker 2 swings, the rocker mechanism 3 drives the steering output end 4 to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise within a range of 45 degrees, so as to drive the light blocking part 5 to rotate, when the rocker 2 swings to a certain direction/angle, the corresponding steering output end 4 can generate a certain rotation angle, and the light blocking part 5 rotates along with the steering output end, so that the light blocking part 5 correspondingly blocks light rays 10 in different ranges (when more light is blocked, the light quantity received by the photosensitive element 7 is less, otherwise, when less light is blocked, the light quantity received by the photosensitive element 7 is more). The single chip microcomputer on the PCB 8 analyzes and judges the swing angle/azimuth of the rocker through the light values received by the photosensitive elements 7 at two angles.

Example 2: as shown in fig. 2 and 3, a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer comprises a shell 1, a rocker 2 and a rocker mechanism 3, wherein the rocker mechanism 3 is installed in the shell 1 and is connected with one end of the rocker 2, the other end of the rocker 2 extends out of the shell 1, the rocker mechanism 3 is provided with at least two steering output ends 4, a light blocking part 5 is arranged on the steering output ends 4, the light blocking part 5 is cylindrical, the end face of the steering output ends 4 is eccentrically arranged (fig. 7), in an initial state, the light blocking part 5 blocks half of light, in the clockwise and anticlockwise limit positions, the light blocking part 5 respectively blocks light and fully blocks light, or in the clockwise and anticlockwise limit positions, the light blocking part 5 respectively blocks light and fully blocks light, a light emitting element 6 and a photosensitive element 7 are respectively arranged on two sides of the light blocking part 5, the light emitting element 6 and the photosensitive element 7 are connected with a PCB 8, the light emitting element 6, the photosensitive element 7, the PCB 8 and the housing 5 are buckled in a housing 9, and the housing 9 is buckled on the outer wall of the shell 1.

Example 3: as shown in fig. 4 and 5, a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer comprises a shell 1, a rocker 2 and a rocker mechanism 3, wherein the rocker mechanism 3 is arranged on a rocker mechanism mounting seat 11 in the shell 1 and is connected with one end of the rocker 2, the other end of the rocker 2 extends out of the shell 1, the rocker mechanism 3 is provided with at least two steering output ends 4, the steering output ends 4 are provided with a light blocking part 5, the light blocking part 5 is cylindrical, the end face of the steering output end 4 is eccentrically arranged (fig. 7), in an initial state, the light blocking part 5 blocks half of light, in clockwise and anticlockwise limit positions, the light blocking part 5 is respectively not blocked for light and fully blocked for light, or in clockwise and anticlockwise limit positions, the light blocking part 5 is respectively fully blocked for light, both sides of the light blocking part 5 are respectively provided with a light emitting element 6 and a photosensitive element 7, the light emitting element 6 and the photosensitive element 7 are connected with a PCB 8, and are arranged on a circuit board mounting seat 12 in the shell 1 together with the PCB 8.

Example 4: as shown in fig. 8, the light blocking part 5 is an arcuate column, is eccentrically arranged on the end face of the steering output end 4, and is integrally connected to the end face edge of the steering output end 4. The present embodiment is the same as embodiment 1 or embodiment 2 or embodiment 3 except for the light blocking portion 5.

Example 5: as shown in fig. 9, the light blocking portion 5 is in the form of a plate and is eccentrically provided on the end face of the steering output end 4. The present embodiment is the same as embodiment 1 or embodiment 2 or embodiment except for the light blocking portion 5.

Example 6: as shown in fig. 10, the light blocking portion 5 is formed in a cam shape and is connected to an end surface of the steering output end 4. The present embodiment is the same as embodiment 1 or embodiment 2 or embodiment except for the light blocking portion 5.

Example 7: as shown in fig. 11 and 12, the light blocking portion 5 is in an elliptical cylindrical shape and is concentrically disposed on the end face of the steering output end 4, but the photosensitive element 7 needs to be displaced with respect to the light emitting element 6, so that the condition that the sizes of the blocked light regions are different when the light blocking portion 5 rotates clockwise to the limit position and counterclockwise to the limit position in the initial state can be satisfied. The present embodiment is the same as embodiment 1 or embodiment 2 or embodiment except for the light blocking portion 5.

The specific shape of the light blocking portion 5 is not limited to the range of the foregoing embodiments, and may be in various other forms, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, and it is only necessary to satisfy "the sizes of the light blocking regions are different when the light blocking portion 5 rotates clockwise to the limit position and rotates counterclockwise to the limit position in the initial state".

The foregoing description is only illustrative of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a non-contact optical rocker potentiometer, includes casing, rocker and rocker mechanism, rocker mechanism installs in the casing to be connected with rocker one end, the rocker other end extends outside the casing, rocker mechanism is equipped with two at least and turns to output, its characterized in that: the steering output end is provided with a light blocking part, two sides of the light blocking part are respectively provided with a light emitting element and a photosensitive element, and the light emitting element and the photosensitive element are connected with the PCB.

2. A non-contact optical rocker potentiometer according to claim 1, wherein: the light-blocking parts are different in size from each other in the light-blocking areas when the light-blocking parts rotate clockwise to the limit positions and rotate anticlockwise to the limit positions in the initial state.

3. A non-contact optical rocker potentiometer according to claim 1, wherein: in the initial state, the light blocking part blocks half of light, and the light blocking part is respectively not used for blocking light and fully blocking light when the light blocking part is at the clockwise and anticlockwise limit positions, or is respectively used for blocking fully and not used for blocking light when the light blocking part is at the clockwise and anticlockwise limit positions.

4. A non-contact optical rocker potentiometer according to claim 1, wherein: the PCB board is mounted inside the device housing outside the casing together with the light emitting element and the light sensitive element.

5. A non-contact optical rocker potentiometer according to claim 1, wherein: the luminous element, the photosensitive element and the PCB are enclosed in a housing, and the housing is buckled on the outer wall of the shell.

6. A non-contact optical rocker potentiometer according to claim 1, wherein: the PCB board is mounted in the housing together with the light emitting element and the light sensitive element.