EP0410146B1 - Sliding resistance - Google Patents

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EP0410146B1
EP0410146B1 EP90112044A EP90112044A EP0410146B1 EP 0410146 B1 EP0410146 B1 EP 0410146B1 EP 90112044 A EP90112044 A EP 90112044A EP 90112044 A EP90112044 A EP 90112044A EP 0410146 B1 EP0410146 B1 EP 0410146B1
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    • H01C10/30Adjustable resistors the contact sliding along resistive element
    • H01C10/38Adjustable resistors the contact sliding along resistive element the contact moving along a straight path

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  • the invention relates to a sliding resistor according to the preamble of claim 1, as is known for example from US-A-4 005 381.
  • sliding resistors are generally known and commercially available.
  • the electrical properties of the known sliding resistors such as linearity, limit values of the electrical resistance in the two end positions of the slide, freedom from hysteresis, etc. depend to a large extent on dimensional tolerances of the individual mechanical components of the sliding resistor.
  • An important influencing variable is the exact positioning of the resistance carrier in the housing.
  • it is known to rivet the resistance carrier in the housing, which is complex to manufacture and presupposes that the corresponding holes for the rivets both on the resistance carrier and are also precisely positioned on the housing.
  • the resistance carrier is only inserted into a frame of the housing from above. Due to the play required for this, the resistance carrier can still be moved slightly within the housing even after the final assembly, so that the electrical properties mentioned above are not obtained to the desired extent.
  • the main advantage is a significantly simplified assembly.
  • the resistance carrier and the wiper carrier with wiper spring are inserted into the housing from one end without, above all, the resistance carrier having to be positioned exactly.
  • the housing is then closed by the housing cover, which snaps into the housing with a snap lock. Due to the resilient web attached to the housing, the resistance carrier is also clearly positioned in the insertion direction and held there. Additional operations for positioning and / or fastening the resistance carrier in the housing are not required.
  • the precise execution of the assembly steps is irrelevant to the precision of the electrical properties of the sliding resistor.
  • the housing and the housing cover are each plastic injection molded parts, in particular the guide rails and the resilient web are each formed in one piece with the associated part. This results in a better dimensional accuracy of the mechanical parts, since primarily only the dimensional accuracy of the plastic injection mold is decisive. This also increases functional reliability, since no separate parts for guide rails and springs are required, which could otherwise lead to failures due to the way they are fastened.
  • One end of the housing can be closed by the housing cover, both the guide rails in the housing and the slot for guiding the wiper carrier to this side are open, so that these parts can be mounted from one side with an insertion direction.
  • the resistance carrier is held even more precisely in the housing.
  • the T-shaped snap hooks on the housing cover ensure that the housing cover is securely attached to the housing, so that it cannot come loose even when vibrated. Functional safety is promoted as a whole.
  • the chamfer on the guide rails simplifies assembly.
  • the sliding resistance has a housing 1 with a substantially cuboid outer contour.
  • One end face of the housing 1 is open and can be closed by an essentially rectangular housing cover 2 become.
  • a rectangular resistance carrier 3 is arranged in the interior of the housing, on the upper side of which one or more resistance tracks 4 are applied.
  • the top of the housing 1 has an elongated hole-shaped opening 5, through which a grinder support 6 extends and is displaceably guided there.
  • a wiper spring 7 is fastened on the side of the wiper carrier facing the resistance carrier 3 and has a plurality of wiper arms 8 (cf. FIG. 3), each of which touches an associated resistance path 4.
  • the individual arms 8 are made of electrically conductive, resilient material and attached to a common strip 9, so that they lie in electrical parallel connection to each other.
  • contact lugs 9 are attached, which are in electrical contact with the ends of the resistance tracks 4 or a conductor track 10.
  • the contact lugs 9 protrude through openings 11 in the end face 12 of the housing 1 facing away from the housing cover 2.
  • latching hooks projecting beyond the end face 12 are integrally attached to the housing 1. With this locking hook 13, the sliding resistance to another object, such as. B. a circuit board.
  • two mutually opposite guide rails 14 are present in the interior of the housing 1, which have guide grooves 15 directed towards one another and extend essentially through the entire length of the housing.
  • the resistance carrier is held in these guide rails 14 and can be inserted from the open end face of the housing 1.
  • bevels 16 are provided on the ends of the guide rails facing the open end of the housing 1.
  • the resistance carrier 3 is pushed in from the open end face of the housing 1 until the front side 17 lying in the insertion direction comes to a stop against stops 18 on the inside of the end wall 12.
  • the resistance carrier 3 is thus clearly and reproducibly fixed in the insertion direction.
  • the two axes perpendicular to the direction of insertion are fixed by the guide rails 14.
  • a fixation against the direction of insertion is carried out by the housing cover 2, specifically by a resilient web 19 present there, which is made of the material of the housing cover 2 through two parallel incisions 20 and 21 is formed.
  • the resilient web 18 presses against the rear edge of the resistance carrier 3, as seen in the insertion direction, and presses it permanently against the stops 18.
  • the guide rails 14 of the housing 1 are briefly aligned with the interior of the housing 1 protruding guide sections 22 are provided which fix the rear end of the resistance carrier in relation to the housing cover 2.
  • these guide sections also have chamfers 23.
  • the rear ends of the guide rails 14 also have chamfers 24 which facilitate insertion of the resistance carrier.
  • the housing cover 2 has integrally molded locking tongues 25 which are T-shaped in plan view.
  • the outer sides of the housing have corresponding T-shaped recesses, behind which the locking tongues snap into place.
  • the locking tongues each have a chamfer 27 for pushing on the housing cover.
  • the wiper carrier 6 has four sections that can be distinguished from one another, namely a first cuboid section 28 to which the wiper spring 7 is fastened.
  • the special type of this attachment is in DE-OS 36 29 002.5 of the applicant.
  • This first section 28 is wider than the slot-shaped opening 5 of the housing 1.
  • a second section 29 with a rectangular cross section adjoining the first section 28 is arranged in the slot-shaped recess 5 and thus guides the wiper carrier 6 in the recess 5.
  • This is followed a third section 30, which is significantly wider than the slot-shaped recess 5 and has an approximately H-shaped contour in the plan view of FIG. 2.
  • the two lateral legs 31 and 32 formed in this way rest with dome-like projections 33 on a guide track 34 which is formed by the upper side of a housing wall 35, the slot-shaped opening 5 being excluded from this housing wall 35.
  • This housing wall 35 is offset inwards relative to an upper edge 36 of the housing 1, specifically by approximately the width of the third section 30. The upper side of the third section 30 is thus aligned with the upper edge 36 of the housing.
  • the third section 30 is followed by a fourth section 37 with a cylindrical shape, which serves as a gripping or actuating element for the sliding resistance.
  • the slot-shaped opening 5 extends up to the end face of the housing, to which the housing cover 2 is attached. In the area of the other end face 12, however, the opening 5 ends at a stop formed by the housing wall 35.
  • the movement path of the grinder carrier is thus limited on the one hand by the stop 38 and on the other hand by the housing cover 2.
  • the housing 1, the housing cover 2 and the grinder support 6 are each plastic injection molded parts that can be easily mass-produced.
  • the assembly of the sliding resistor is particularly easy.
  • the resistance member 3 is inserted into the open end face of the housing 1 between the guideways 14.
  • the contact lugs 9 then pass through the opening 11 and the front edge of the resistance carrier 3 comes into contact with the stops 18.
  • the wiper carrier 6 is inserted into the slot-shaped opening 5.
  • the housing cover 2 is put on until the locking tongues 25 engage. All assembly steps are therefore carried out from one end of the housing in the same direction.
  • the individual parts are largely secured during assembly.
  • the assembly steps are also very simple. Nevertheless, the spatial design of the individual parts provides an exactly reproducible and extremely precise position of the parts relative to one another, which means that the electrical resistance values can be precisely maintained regardless of assembly tolerances or dimensional tolerances of the mechanical components.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Schiebewiderstand gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1, wie er z.B. aus der US-A-4 005 381 bekannt ist. Derartige Schiebewiderstände sind allgemein bekannt und im Handel erhältlich. Die elektrischen Eigenschaften der bekannten Schiebewiderstände, wie z.B. Linearität, Grenzwerte des elektrischen Widerstandes in den beiden Endstellungen des Schiebers, Hysteresefreiheit etc. hängen in starkem Maße von Maßtoleranzen der einzelnen mechanischen Komponenten des Schiebewiderstandes ab. Eine wichtige Einflußgröße ist dabei die exakte Positionierung des Widerstandsträgers im Gehäuse. Hierzu ist es bekannt, den Widerstandsträger im Gehäuse anzunieten, was aufwendig in der Herstellung ist und voraussetzt, daß die entsprechenden Löcher für die Nieten sowohl am Widerstandsträger als auch am Gehäuse exakt positioniert sind. In anderen Fällen wird der Widerstandsträger lediglich von oben in einen Rahmen des Gehäuses eingelegt. Durch das hierzu erforderliche Spiel läßt sich der Widerstandsträger auch nach der Endmontage noch innerhalb des Gehäuses geringfügig verschieben, so daß die oben erwähnten elektrischen Eigenschaften nicht in dem wünschenswerten Ausmaß erhalten werden.The invention relates to a sliding resistor according to the preamble of claim 1, as is known for example from US-A-4 005 381. Such sliding resistors are generally known and commercially available. The electrical properties of the known sliding resistors, such as linearity, limit values of the electrical resistance in the two end positions of the slide, freedom from hysteresis, etc. depend to a large extent on dimensional tolerances of the individual mechanical components of the sliding resistor. An important influencing variable is the exact positioning of the resistance carrier in the housing. For this purpose, it is known to rivet the resistance carrier in the housing, which is complex to manufacture and presupposes that the corresponding holes for the rivets both on the resistance carrier and are also precisely positioned on the housing. In other cases, the resistance carrier is only inserted into a frame of the housing from above. Due to the play required for this, the resistance carrier can still be moved slightly within the housing even after the final assembly, so that the electrical properties mentioned above are not obtained to the desired extent.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es daher, den eingangs genannten Schiebewiderstand dahingehend zu verbessern, daß er präzise reproduzierbare elektrische Eigenschaften aufweist, auch wenn seine einzelnen Komponenten stärker streuende Toleranzen in den Abmessungen haben.It is therefore an object of the present invention to improve the sliding resistance mentioned at the outset in such a way that it has precisely reproducible electrical properties, even if its individual components have tolerances which are more divergent in size.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die im Patentanspruch angegebenen Merkmale gelöst. Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen und Weiterbildungen der Neuerung sind den Unteransprüchen zu entnehmen.This object is achieved by the features specified in the patent claim. Advantageous refinements and developments of the innovation can be found in the subclaims.

Als wesentlichen Vorteil erhält man neben der Lösung der obigen Aufgabenstellung auch noch eine deutlich vereinfachte Montage. Der Widerstandsträger und der Schleiferträger mit Schleiferfeder werden von einer Stirnseite in das Gehäuse eingeschoben, ohne daß vor allem der Widerstandsträger exakt positioniert werden muß. Sodann wird das Gehäuse durch den Gehäusedeckels der mit einem Schnappverschluß in das Gehäuse einrastet, verschlossen. Durch den am Gehäuse angebrachten federnden Steg wird der Widerstandsträger auch in Einschieberichtung eindeutig positioniert und dort gehalten. Zusätzliche Arbeitsgänge zum Positionieren und/oder Befestigen des Widerstandsträgers im Gehäuse sind nicht erforderlich. Für die Präzision der elektrischen Eigenschaften des Schiebewiderstandes ist dabei die präzise Ausführung der Montageschritte ohne Belang. Für den Anfangs-Widerstandswert, bei dem der Federträger in einer Grenzlage ist, sind lediglich Maßtoleranzen eines Anschlages an einer Stirnseite des Gehäuses und die relative Lage der Widerstandsbahnen in Bezug auf eine Stirnseite des Widerstandsträgers maßgeblich. Alle übrigen Maße der Baugruppen können innerhalb relativ weiter Toleranzen variieren, ohne daß die elektrischen Eigenschaften des Schiebewiderstandes hierdurch verändert werden.In addition to solving the above task, the main advantage is a significantly simplified assembly. The resistance carrier and the wiper carrier with wiper spring are inserted into the housing from one end without, above all, the resistance carrier having to be positioned exactly. The housing is then closed by the housing cover, which snaps into the housing with a snap lock. Due to the resilient web attached to the housing, the resistance carrier is also clearly positioned in the insertion direction and held there. Additional operations for positioning and / or fastening the resistance carrier in the housing are not required. The precise execution of the assembly steps is irrelevant to the precision of the electrical properties of the sliding resistor. There are only dimensional tolerances for the initial resistance value at which the spring support is in a limit position of a stop on an end face of the housing and the relative position of the resistance tracks with respect to an end face of the resistance carrier are decisive. All other dimensions of the modules can vary within relatively wide tolerances without changing the electrical properties of the sliding resistance.

Das Gehäuse und der Gehäusedeckel sind jeweils Kunststoff-Spritzgußteile, wobei insbesondere die Führungsschienen und der elastisch federnde Steg jeweils einstükkig mit dem zugehörigen Teil ausgebildet sind. Hierdurch erhält man eine bessere Maßgenauigkeit der mechanischen Teile, da primär dann nur noch die Maßgenauigkeit der Kunststoff-Spritzgußform ausschlaggebend ist. Auch wird hierdurch die Funktionssicherheit erhöht, da keine separaten Teile für Führungsschienen und Feder benötigt werden, die durch die Art ihrer Befestigung ansonsten zu Ausfällen führen könnten.The housing and the housing cover are each plastic injection molded parts, in particular the guide rails and the resilient web are each formed in one piece with the associated part. This results in a better dimensional accuracy of the mechanical parts, since primarily only the dimensional accuracy of the plastic injection mold is decisive. This also increases functional reliability, since no separate parts for guide rails and springs are required, which could otherwise lead to failures due to the way they are fastened.

Die eine Stirnseite des Gehäuses ist durch den Gehäusedeckel verschließbar, wobei sowohl die Führungsschienen im Gehäuse als auch das Langloch für die Führung des Schleiferträgers zu dieser Seite hin offen sind, so daß diese Teile von einer Seite her mit einer Einschubrichtung montiert werden können.One end of the housing can be closed by the housing cover, both the guide rails in the housing and the slot for guiding the wiper carrier to this side are open, so that these parts can be mounted from one side with an insertion direction.

Durch die am Gehäusedeckel vorhandenen kurzen Führungsschienen wird der Widerstandsträger noch präziser im Gehäuse gehalten.Thanks to the short guide rails on the housing cover, the resistance carrier is held even more precisely in the housing.

Durch die T-förmigen Schnapphaken am Gehäusedeckel wird eine sichere Befestigung des Gehäusedeckels am Gehäuse erhalten, so daß sich diese auch bei Vibrationen nicht lösen kann. Dadurch wird insgesamt die Funktionssicherheit gefördert. Durch die Öffnungen in der Stirnseite des Gehäuses, durch welche die mit dem Widerstandsträger verbundenen Lötfahnen hindurchragen, erhält man eine weitere Vereinfachung des Schiebewiderstandes und damit eine Erhöhung der Funktionssicherheit und letztlich auch eine vereinfachte Montage, da die ansonsten üblichen, fest im Gehäuse eingegossenen Lötfahnen nicht mehr durch zusätzliche elektrische Leiter mit dem Widerstandsträger verbunden werden müssen, was durch schlechte Lötstellen oder Bruch von Lötstellen bei Vibrationen sonst zu Ausfällen führt.The T-shaped snap hooks on the housing cover ensure that the housing cover is securely attached to the housing, so that it cannot come loose even when vibrated. Functional safety is promoted as a whole. One obtains one through the openings in the end face of the housing, through which the soldering lugs connected to the resistance carrier protrude further simplification of the sliding resistance and thus an increase in functional reliability and ultimately also a simplified assembly, since the otherwise customary, permanently cast-in soldering lugs no longer have to be connected to the resistance carrier by additional electrical conductors, which is caused by poor soldering points or broken soldering points in the event of vibrations otherwise leads to failures.

Dadurch, daß die Führungsbahn für den Schleiferträger gegenüber der Oberkante des Gehäuses nach innen versetzt ist, werden zusätzliche, quer zur Verschieberichtung verlaufende Führungen für den Widerstandsträger gebildet, wodurch ein Verkanten des Federträgers vermieden wird, was letztendlich wiederum der Verbesserung der elektrischen Eigenschaften zugute kommt.Characterized in that the guide track for the wiper carrier is offset inwards with respect to the upper edge of the housing, additional guides for the resistance carrier running transversely to the direction of displacement are formed, thereby avoiding tilting of the spring carrier, which in turn ultimately benefits the improvement of the electrical properties.

Durch die Fasen an den Führungsschienen wird die Montage vereinfacht.The chamfer on the guide rails simplifies assembly.

Im folgenden wird die Neuerung anhand eines Ausführungsbeispieles im Zusammenhang mit der Zeichnung ausführlicher erläutert. Es zeigt:

Fig. 1
eine teilweise geschnittene Seitenansicht des Schiebewiderstandes;
Fig. 2
eine teilweise geschnittene Draufsicht des Schiebewiderstandes; und
Fig. 3
eine Ansicht der Stirnseite des Schiebewiderstandes bei geöffnetem Gehäusedeckel.
In the following, the innovation is explained in more detail using an exemplary embodiment in connection with the drawing. It shows:
Fig. 1
a partially sectioned side view of the sliding resistance;
Fig. 2
a partially sectioned plan view of the sliding resistance; and
Fig. 3
a view of the end face of the sliding resistor with the housing cover open.

Gleiche Bezugzeichen in den einzelnen Figuren bezeichnen gleiche Teile.The same reference numerals in the individual figures denote the same parts.

Der Schiebewiderstand besitzt ein Gehäuse 1 mit im wesentlichen quaderförmiger Außenkontur. Eine Stirnseite des Gehäuses 1 ist offen und kann durch einen im wesentlichen rechteckförmigen Gehäusedeckel 2 verschlossen werden. Im Inneren des Gehäuses ist eine rechteckförmiger Widerstandsträger 3 angeordnet, auf dessen Oberseite eine oder mehrere Widerstandsbahnen 4 aufgebracht sind. Die Oberseite des Gehäuses 1 weist eine langlochförmige Öffnung 5 auf, durch die ein Schleiferträger 6 hindurchgreift und dort verschieblich geführt ist. An der dem Widerstandsträger 3 zugewandten Seite des Schleiferträgers ist eine Schleiferfeder 7 befestigt, die mehrere Schleiferarme 8 aufweist (vgl. Fig. 3), die jeweils eine zugeordnete Widerstandsbahn 4 berühren. Die einzelnen Arme 8 sind aus elektrisch leitfähigem, federndem Material und an einem gemeinsamen Streifen 9 befestigt, so daß sie in elektrischer Parallelschaltung zueinander liegen.The sliding resistance has a housing 1 with a substantially cuboid outer contour. One end face of the housing 1 is open and can be closed by an essentially rectangular housing cover 2 become. A rectangular resistance carrier 3 is arranged in the interior of the housing, on the upper side of which one or more resistance tracks 4 are applied. The top of the housing 1 has an elongated hole-shaped opening 5, through which a grinder support 6 extends and is displaceably guided there. A wiper spring 7 is fastened on the side of the wiper carrier facing the resistance carrier 3 and has a plurality of wiper arms 8 (cf. FIG. 3), each of which touches an associated resistance path 4. The individual arms 8 are made of electrically conductive, resilient material and attached to a common strip 9, so that they lie in electrical parallel connection to each other.

An der dem Gehäusedeckel 2 abgewandten Seite des Widerstandsträgers 3 sind Kontaktfahnen 9 angebracht, die in elektrischem Kontakt mit den Enden der Widerstandsbahnen 4 bzw. einer Leiterbahn 10 stehen. Die Kontaktfahnen 9 ragen durch Öffnungen 11 in der dem Gehäusedeckel 2 abgewandten Stirnseite 12 des Gehäuses 1 hindurch.On the side of the resistance carrier 3 facing away from the housing cover 2, contact lugs 9 are attached, which are in electrical contact with the ends of the resistance tracks 4 or a conductor track 10. The contact lugs 9 protrude through openings 11 in the end face 12 of the housing 1 facing away from the housing cover 2.

An den beiden zur Stirnseite 12 benachbarten Seitenwänden des Gehäuses 1 sind über die Stirnseite 12 hinausragende Rasthaken einstückig an dem Gehäuse 1 angebracht. Mit diesen Rasthaken 13 kann der Schiebewiderstand an einem anderen Gegenstand, wie z. B. einer Leiterplatte, befestigt werden.On the two side walls of the housing 1 adjacent to the end face 12, latching hooks projecting beyond the end face 12 are integrally attached to the housing 1. With this locking hook 13, the sliding resistance to another object, such as. B. a circuit board.

Wie am besten aus Fig. 3 zu erkennen ist, sind im Inneren des Gehäuses 1 zwei einander gegenüberliegende Führungsschienen 14 vorhanden, die aufeinanderzu gerichtete Führungsnuten 15 aufweisen und sich im wesentlichen durch die gesamte Länge des Gehäuses erstrecken. In diesen Führungsschienen 14 ist der Widerstandsträger gehalten und kann von der offenen Stirnseite des Gehäuses 1 her eingeschoben werden. Um dieses Einschieben zu erleichtern, sind an den zur offenen Stirnseite des Gehäuses 1 weisenden Enden der Führungsschienen Fasen 16 vorgesehen.As can best be seen from FIG. 3, two mutually opposite guide rails 14 are present in the interior of the housing 1, which have guide grooves 15 directed towards one another and extend essentially through the entire length of the housing. The resistance carrier is held in these guide rails 14 and can be inserted from the open end face of the housing 1. In order to facilitate this insertion, bevels 16 are provided on the ends of the guide rails facing the open end of the housing 1.

Bei der Montage wird der Widerstandsträger 3 von der offenen Stirnseite des Gehäuses 1 her eingeschoben, bis die in Einschieberichtung liegende Vorderseite 17 gegen Anschläge 18 an der Innenseite der Stirnwand 12 zum Anschlag kommt. Damit ist der Widerstandsträger 3 in Einschieberichtung eindeutig und reproduzierbar fixiert. Die Fixierung der beiden senkrecht zur Einschieberichtung liegenden Achsen erfolgt durch die Führungsschienen 14. Eine Fixierung entgegen der Einschieberichtung erfolgt durch den Gehäusedeckel 2 und zwar konkret durch einen dort vorhandenen federnden Steg 19, der aus dem Material des Gehäusedeckels 2 durch zwei parallele Einschnitte 20 und 21 gebildet ist. In montiertem Zustand drückt der federnde Steg 18 gegen die in Einschieberichtung gesehen hintere Kante des Widerstandsträgers 3 und drückt diesen permanent gegen die Anschläge 18. In beiden seitlichen Bereichen des Gehäusedeckels 2 sind fluchtend mit den Führungsschienen 14 des Gehäuses 1 kurze in das Innere des Gehäuses 1 hineinragende Führungsabschnitte 22 vorgesehen, die das hintere Ende des Widerstandsträgers gegenüber dem Gehäusedeckel 2 fixieren. Zum leichteren Aufsetzen des Deckels besitzen auch diese Führungsabschnitte Fasen 23. In ähnlicher Weise haben auch die hinteren Enden der Führungsschienen 14 Fasen 24, die ein Einschieben des Widerstandsträgers erleichtern.During assembly, the resistance carrier 3 is pushed in from the open end face of the housing 1 until the front side 17 lying in the insertion direction comes to a stop against stops 18 on the inside of the end wall 12. The resistance carrier 3 is thus clearly and reproducibly fixed in the insertion direction. The two axes perpendicular to the direction of insertion are fixed by the guide rails 14. A fixation against the direction of insertion is carried out by the housing cover 2, specifically by a resilient web 19 present there, which is made of the material of the housing cover 2 through two parallel incisions 20 and 21 is formed. In the assembled state, the resilient web 18 presses against the rear edge of the resistance carrier 3, as seen in the insertion direction, and presses it permanently against the stops 18. In both lateral areas of the housing cover 2, the guide rails 14 of the housing 1 are briefly aligned with the interior of the housing 1 protruding guide sections 22 are provided which fix the rear end of the resistance carrier in relation to the housing cover 2. To make it easier to put the lid on, these guide sections also have chamfers 23. Similarly, the rear ends of the guide rails 14 also have chamfers 24 which facilitate insertion of the resistance carrier.

Der Gehäusedeckel 2 besitzt einstückig an ihm angeformte Verriegelungszungen 25, die in der Draufsicht T-förmig sind. Die äußeren Seiten des Gehäuses besitzen entsprechende T-förmige Ausnehmungen, hinter die die Verriegelungszungen einrasten. Zum Aufschieben des Gehäusedeckels besitzen auch die Verriegelungszungen je eine Fase 27.The housing cover 2 has integrally molded locking tongues 25 which are T-shaped in plan view. The outer sides of the housing have corresponding T-shaped recesses, behind which the locking tongues snap into place. The locking tongues each have a chamfer 27 for pushing on the housing cover.

Der Schleiferträger 6 hat vier voneinander unterscheidbare Abschnitte, nämlich einen ersten quaderförmigen Abschnitt 28, an dem die Schleiferfeder 7 befestigt ist. Die spezielle Art dieser Befestigung ist in der DE-OS 36 29 002.5 der Anmelderin beschrieben. Dieser erste Abschnitt 28 ist breiter als die langlochförmige Öffnung 5 des Gehäuses 1. Ein sich an den ersten Abschnitt 28 anschließender zweiter Abschnitt 29 mit rechteckigem Querschnitt ist in der langlochförmigen Ausnehmung 5 angeordnet und führt damit den Schleiferträger 6 in der Ausnehmung 5. Daran schließt sich ein dritter Abschnitt 30 an, der deutlich breiter als die langlochförmige Ausnehmung 5 ist und in der Draufsicht der Fig. 2 in etwa eine H-förmige Kontur hat. Die beiden hierdurch gebildeten seitlichen Schenkel 31 und 32 liegen mit kalottenartigen Vorsprüngen 33 auf einer Führungsbahn 34 auf, die durch die Oberseite einer Gehäusewand 35 gebildet ist, wobei die langlochförmige Öffnung 5 aus dieser Gehäusewand 35 ausgenommen ist. Diese Gehäusewand 35 ist gegenüber einer Oberkante 36 des Gehäuses 1 nach innen versetze und zwar in etwa um die Breite des dritten Abschnittes 30. Somit fluchtet die Oberseite des dritten Abschnittes 30 mit der Oberkante 36 des Gehäuses.The wiper carrier 6 has four sections that can be distinguished from one another, namely a first cuboid section 28 to which the wiper spring 7 is fastened. The special type of this attachment is in DE-OS 36 29 002.5 of the applicant. This first section 28 is wider than the slot-shaped opening 5 of the housing 1. A second section 29 with a rectangular cross section adjoining the first section 28 is arranged in the slot-shaped recess 5 and thus guides the wiper carrier 6 in the recess 5. This is followed a third section 30, which is significantly wider than the slot-shaped recess 5 and has an approximately H-shaped contour in the plan view of FIG. 2. The two lateral legs 31 and 32 formed in this way rest with dome-like projections 33 on a guide track 34 which is formed by the upper side of a housing wall 35, the slot-shaped opening 5 being excluded from this housing wall 35. This housing wall 35 is offset inwards relative to an upper edge 36 of the housing 1, specifically by approximately the width of the third section 30. The upper side of the third section 30 is thus aligned with the upper edge 36 of the housing.

An den dritten Abschnitt 30 schließt sich ein vierter Abschnitt 37 mit zylinderförmiger Gestalt an, der als Greif- bzw. Betätigungsorgan für den Schiebewiderstand dient.The third section 30 is followed by a fourth section 37 with a cylindrical shape, which serves as a gripping or actuating element for the sliding resistance.

Wie am besten aus Fig. 1 zu erkennen ist, erstreckt sich die langlochförmige Öffnung 5 bis zu der Stirnseite des Gehäuses hin, an welcher der Gehäusedeckel 2 angebracht ist. Im Bereich der anderen Stirnseite 12 endet die Öffnung 5 dagegen an einem durch die Gehäusewand 35 gebildeten Anschlag. Damit ist der Bewegungsweg des Schleiferträgers einerseits durch den Anschlag 38 und andererseits durch den Gehäusedeckel 2 begrenzt.As can best be seen from FIG. 1, the slot-shaped opening 5 extends up to the end face of the housing, to which the housing cover 2 is attached. In the area of the other end face 12, however, the opening 5 ends at a stop formed by the housing wall 35. The movement path of the grinder carrier is thus limited on the one hand by the stop 38 and on the other hand by the housing cover 2.

Das Gehäuse 1, der Gehäusedeckel 2 und der Schleiferträger 6 sind jeweils Kunststoff-Spritzgußteile, die einfach in Massenproduktion herstellbar sind. Die Montage des Schiebewiderstandes ist besonders einfach. Der Widerstandsträger 3 wird in die offene Stirnseite des Gehäuses 1 zwischen die Führungsbahnen 14 eingeschoben. Die Kontaktfahnen 9 durchtreten dann die Öffnung 11 und die Vorderkante des Widerstandsträgers 3 kommt in Berührung mit den Anschlägen 18. Sodann wird der Schleiferträger 6 in die langlochförmige Öffnung 5 eingeführt. Schließlich wird der Gehäusedeckel 2 aufgesetzt, bis die Verriegelungszungen 25 einrasten. Alle Montageschritte erfolgen daher von einer Stirnseite des Gehäuses her in derselben Richtung. Schon während der Montage sind die Einzelteile dabei weitestgehend gesichert. Auch sind die Montageschritte sehr einfach. Gleichwohl erhält man durch die räumliche Gestaltung der einzelnen Teile eine exakt reproduzierbare und äußerst präzise relative Lage der Teile zueinander, womit auch die elektrischen Widerstandswerte unabhängig von Montagetoleranzen bzw. Maßtoleranzen der mechanischen Komponenten präzise eingehalten werden können.The housing 1, the housing cover 2 and the grinder support 6 are each plastic injection molded parts that can be easily mass-produced. The assembly of the sliding resistor is particularly easy. The resistance member 3 is inserted into the open end face of the housing 1 between the guideways 14. The contact lugs 9 then pass through the opening 11 and the front edge of the resistance carrier 3 comes into contact with the stops 18. Then the wiper carrier 6 is inserted into the slot-shaped opening 5. Finally, the housing cover 2 is put on until the locking tongues 25 engage. All assembly steps are therefore carried out from one end of the housing in the same direction. The individual parts are largely secured during assembly. The assembly steps are also very simple. Nevertheless, the spatial design of the individual parts provides an exactly reproducible and extremely precise position of the parts relative to one another, which means that the electrical resistance values can be precisely maintained regardless of assembly tolerances or dimensional tolerances of the mechanical components.

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  1. A slide resistor with a casing, a resistor carrier arranged in the casing and having at least one resistor path applied to its upper side, a wiper carrier displaceably arranged in an elongate hole in the casing and a wiper secured to the wiper carrier, the wiper being in contact with the resistor path, two opposed guide rails (14) being arranged in the interior of the casing (1) between which rails the resistor carrier (3) is held, characterised in that the guide rails (14) are open towards an end surface of the casing (1), a casing cover (2) is present on the said end surface of the casing (1) and a resilient cross-piece (19) of the casing cover (2) is in contact with the end surface of the resistor carrier (3).
  2. A slide resistor according to Claim 1, characterised in that at least one stop (18) is present on that end surface (12) of the casing (1) which is opposed to the casing cover (2), and the said stop (18) is in contact with the other end surface (17) of the resistor carrier (3).
  3. A slide resistor according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the resilient cross-piece (19) is integrally connected to the casing cover (2), in that there are two recesses (20) extending parallel to each other in the casing cover (2).
  4. A slide resistor according to one of the Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the elongate hole (5) is open in the direction of the end surface of the casing (1) on which the casing cover is situated (2), and the casing cover (2) is arranged directly adjacent to the said opening of the elongate hole.
  5. A slide resistor according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that guide rails (22) are also present on the casing cover (2), are arranged correspondingly to the guide rails (14) on the casing (1), and are aligned with these, and the guide rails (22) on the casing cover (2) project into the interior of the casing (1).
  6. A slide resistor according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterised in that two T-shaped catch hooks (25) are present on the casing cover (2) and engage in corresponding recesses (26) on the outside of the casing (1).
  7. A slide resistor according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterised in that openings (11) are present on that end surface (12) of the casing (1) which is opposed to the casing cover, and soldering lugs (9) connected to the resistor paths pass through the said openings.
  8. A slide resistor according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the guide rails (14) are integrally connected to the casing (1) and the casing is made of plastic.
  9. A slide resistor according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterised in that that wall (35) of the casing (1) in which an elongate hole (5) is present, is offset inwardly in relation to the upper side (36) of the casing (1).
  10. A slide resistor according to one of the Claims 1 to 9, characterised in that there are chamfers (24, 23) on the open ends of the guide rails (14, 21).
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