EP1004156A2 - Electrical device - Google Patents
Electrical deviceInfo
- Publication number
- EP1004156A2 EP1004156A2 EP98945007A EP98945007A EP1004156A2 EP 1004156 A2 EP1004156 A2 EP 1004156A2 EP 98945007 A EP98945007 A EP 98945007A EP 98945007 A EP98945007 A EP 98945007A EP 1004156 A2 EP1004156 A2 EP 1004156A2
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- contact
- display device
- electrical device
- pane
- contacts
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
- H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
- H01H13/702—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard with contacts carried by or formed from layers in a multilayer structure, e.g. membrane switches
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2207/00—Connections
- H01H2207/022—Plug
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2209/00—Layers
- H01H2209/024—Properties of the substrate
- H01H2209/038—Properties of the substrate transparent
- H01H2209/04—Glass
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2209/00—Layers
- H01H2209/068—Properties of the membrane
- H01H2209/082—Properties of the membrane transparent
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2231/00—Applications
- H01H2231/026—Car
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H2231/00—Applications
- H01H2231/036—Radio; TV
Definitions
- the invention is based on an electrical device according to the preamble of the main claim.
- the electrical device according to the invention with the features of the main claim has the advantage that the disc for attaching the display device is also provided with contact surfaces that can be contacted via the controls. In this way, the functionality of the disc is increased, so that a circuit board for the
- Terminal contacts for the display device also has terminal contacts for the contact surfaces.
- the connection contacts for the display device and for the contact surfaces can be produced in a single operation.
- the connection contacts for the display device and the connection contacts for the contact surfaces can be contacted via a single contact foil with corresponding mating contacts on a main circuit board, so that further contact foils and thus material, space and costs can be saved.
- control elements are designed as keys, that a switch mat is provided between the keys and the contact surfaces, that the switch mat has contacts that are assigned to the keys and that when one of the keys is pressed, the contact assigned to it contacts two contact surfaces.
- the use of safety mats to implement a key actuation in the contacting of two contact surfaces considerably simplifies and accelerates the assembly of the electrical device, since the respective safety mat only has to be inserted between the keys and the contact surfaces.
- a particularly secure contact is made possible via a switch mat with the contacts assigned to the keys for contacting two contact surfaces, in which no loose contacts occur.
- the switch mat is at least partially formed from translucent material. In this way, the controls can be illuminated via the safety mat.
- the display device and the controls can be illuminated by a common light source. This is made possible in particular by the fact that both the display device and the contact surfaces for the control elements are also arranged on a common pane, so that a light source which illuminates the pane can illuminate both the display device and the control elements located in front of the contact areas. In this way, light sources can be saved when illuminating the display device and the operating elements.
- pane can be illuminated by the light source via a reflector. In this way, the illumination of the pane is improved and can be achieved by suitable position and shape of the reflector, regardless of the location of the light source.
- connection contacts of the contact strip are electrically conductively connected to corresponding mating contacts on a main board via a contact foil.
- the connection between the contact strip and the main board is clearer and simpler, since the contact film can be connected, for example, via a suitable plug-in contact arrangement to the mating contacts of the main board, so that the individual connection contacts do not have to be connected individually.
- control elements are at least partially formed from translucent material. In this way, they can be illuminated by a light source arranged behind the pane, so that operation is made easier for the user in the dark.
- FIG. 1 shows a translucent pane with display device and contact surfaces and a contact sheet
- FIG. 2 shows a translucent pane with display device and switch mats
- FIG. 3 shows a rear view of a switch mat
- FIG. 4 shows a pane with display device and operating elements
- FIG. 5 shows a section through an electrical device according to the invention .
- FIG. 1 denotes a translucent pane, for example a glass or plexiglass pane.
- the disk is arranged in an electrical device 1, which is shown in a side view according to a sectional view in FIG. 5, the section being along a
- Section line AA according to FIG. 1 runs approximately centrally perpendicular to the longitudinal edges of the rectangular disk 20.
- the electrical device 1 is designed as a car radio.
- a display device 5 for example a liquid crystal display, is arranged on the side of the pane 20 facing away from the interior of the device.
- the information "Europe 1" is shown on the display device 5, which can be, for example, the name of a radio station just received.
- a first area 90 and a second area 95 are provided on the glass pane 20, the first area 90 being on the left and the second area 95 on the right of the display device 5 on the glass pane 20 is located.
- a pair of contact surfaces 35, 40 each consists of a first contact surface 35 and a second contact surface 40, the first contact surface 35 and the second contact surface 40 being galvanically separated from one another. Nevertheless, the first contact surface 35 and the second contact surface 40 of each pair of contact surfaces 35, 40 are arranged adjacent and relatively small apart on the corresponding area 90, 95 of the disk 20.
- connection contacts 30 for the display device 5 are also metallic and are applied, for example, by vapor deposition to the contact strip 25 of the disk 20.
- the connection contacts 30 for the display device 5 are arranged below the display device 5 on the contact strip 25. For the sake of clarity, however, only one of these connection contacts 30 is indicated for the display device 5 in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4. Below the first region 90 and the second region 95, the connection contacts 45, 50 for the contact surfaces 35, 40 are arranged on the contact strip 25 of the disk 20.
- a separate connection contact 45 is provided, which is in each case electrically conductively connected to the associated first contact surface 35, for example by a conductor track vapor-deposited on the disk 20.
- a single connection contact 50 is provided for each region 90, 95, which is electrically conductively connected to the second contact surfaces 40 of the respective region 90, 95, for example by conductor tracks vapor-deposited on the disk 20.
- the second contact areas 40 of each area 90, 95 are therefore not galvanically separated from one another and have the same potential. This can be, for example, a reference potential.
- a separate connection contact can also be provided on the contact strip 25 for the second contact surfaces 40.
- the contact strip 25 with the connecting contacts 30, 45, 50 is inserted into a plug-in contact arrangement 100 of a contact film 80, the contact film 80 comprising connecting lines 105, of which only one is shown in FIG. 1 for reasons of clarity, the connecting lines 105 connecting contacts 30 , 45, 50 with corresponding mating contacts on a main board 85 in the car radio 1 in an electrically conductive manner.
- the contact film 80 is in one for contacting the mating contacts in the main board 85
- Plug contact arrangement 110 of the main board 85 inserted.
- the switching mats 55, 60 have so-called switching domes 115, which are curved away from the pane 20 in the direction of the user.
- the switching mats 55, 60 are made of elastic material, such as rubber. The switching domes 115 can thus be pressed in toward the disk 20 so that they touch the pairs of contact surfaces 35, 40 assigned to them.
- FIG. 3 shows a rear view of the first switching mat 55, which, however, also corresponds to the rear view of the second switching mat 60 and represents the side of the corresponding switching mat 55, 60 facing the pane 20.
- Show the switching domes 115 each have a metallic contact 65 on their side facing the disc 20, the dimensions of which are selected such that when the respective switching dome 115 is pressed in toward the disc 20, the two contact surfaces 35, 40 of the respective one
- Switch dome 115 associated contact surface pair 35, 40 are electrically conductively connected to one another via the contact 65. In this way, an operating function of the car radio 1 or a function value, for example the volume, can be set.
- the switching mats 55, 60 are formed from translucent material at least in the area of the switching domes 115.
- the switching mats 55, 60 can, however, also be formed entirely from translucent material.
- Control elements 10 arranged on a front of the car radio 1.
- Each button 10 is assigned a switching dome 115, so that the buttons 10 are each arranged directly above their associated switching dome 115.
- the respective switching dome 115 is pressed in such a way that the two contact surfaces 35, 40 of the associated contact surface pair 35, 40 are contacted via the corresponding contact 65 and the correspondingly selected operating function or the correspondingly selected one
- buttons 10 can also be made of translucent material. If the corresponding button 10 is released by the user, this switching dome moves due to the elasticity and the shape of the corresponding switching dome 115 again away from the disk 20 in the direction of the user, so that the contacting of the two associated contact surfaces 35, 40 via the contact 65 is ended again.
- a light source 70 is arranged on the main board 85 within the car radio 1, which light emits light onto a reflector 75, the reflector 75 reflecting the light emitted by the light source 70 onto the pane 20, so that the entire disc 20 is illuminated.
- both the display device 5 and the keys 10 are at least partially formed from translucent material, both the display device 5 and the keys 10 can be illuminated simultaneously via the light source 70 and the reflector 75. This is particularly advantageous for the user in the dark.
- the attachment location for the light source 70 can be chosen comparatively freely in the car radio 1 with the corresponding orientation and shape of the reflector 75. If, on the other hand, there is no reflector 75 in the car radio 1, the location for the attachment of the light source 70 in the car radio 1 behind the pane 20 for the illumination of the entire pane 20 can be varied to a limited extent.
- the invention is not limited to a car radio 1, but is generally applicable to any electrical device 1 that has a display device 5 and control elements 10. This can also be, for example, a player for a compact disc, a cassette player, a washing machine, a telephone terminal, a mobile phone, etc. his.
- the controls 10 can also be designed as push buttons, switches or the like, for the design of the controls 10, it is only necessary that by their Actuation of the corresponding switching domes 115 towards the disk 20 can be pressed in for contacting the two associated contact surfaces 35, 40 via the corresponding contact 65.
- Illumination of the entire pane 20 is not absolutely necessary. It is already sufficient if the locations of the pane 20 are illuminated at which the display device 5 and the operating elements 10 are located.
- All control elements 10 can be formed partially or completely from translucent material. However, at least one control element 10 can also be formed from opaque material. The same applies to the switching domes 115 of the switching mats 55, 60 and for the switching mats 55, 60 themselves.
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- Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE19734859 | 1997-08-12 | ||
DE19734859A DE19734859C2 (en) | 1997-08-12 | 1997-08-12 | Display and operating device of an electrical device |
PCT/DE1998/002005 WO1999008344A2 (en) | 1997-08-12 | 1998-07-17 | Electrical device |
Publications (2)
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EP1004156A2 true EP1004156A2 (en) | 2000-05-31 |
EP1004156B1 EP1004156B1 (en) | 2002-04-03 |
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EP98945007A Expired - Lifetime EP1004156B1 (en) | 1997-08-12 | 1998-07-17 | Electrical device |
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US (1) | US6353194B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1004156B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2001512860A (en) |
DE (2) | DE19734859C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1999008344A2 (en) |
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US8619040B2 (en) * | 2007-07-05 | 2013-12-31 | Sony Corporation | Electronic apparatus |
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- 1997-08-12 DE DE19734859A patent/DE19734859C2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1998-07-17 JP JP2000506698A patent/JP2001512860A/en active Pending
- 1998-07-17 DE DE59803642T patent/DE59803642D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-07-17 EP EP98945007A patent/EP1004156B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-07-17 US US09/485,375 patent/US6353194B1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-07-17 WO PCT/DE1998/002005 patent/WO1999008344A2/en active IP Right Grant
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DE19734859C2 (en) | 2001-02-22 |
US6353194B1 (en) | 2002-03-05 |
WO1999008344A2 (en) | 1999-02-18 |
WO1999008344A3 (en) | 1999-04-15 |
DE19734859A1 (en) | 1999-02-25 |
EP1004156B1 (en) | 2002-04-03 |
DE59803642D1 (en) | 2002-05-08 |
JP2001512860A (en) | 2001-08-28 |
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