EP1017259B9 - Verfahren zur Bekleidung und Isolierung einer Anzeige, insbesondere für elektronische Steuerinstrumente - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Bekleidung und Isolierung einer Anzeige, insbesondere für elektronische Steuerinstrumente Download PDF

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EP1017259B9
EP1017259B9 EP99122044A EP99122044A EP1017259B9 EP 1017259 B9 EP1017259 B9 EP 1017259B9 EP 99122044 A EP99122044 A EP 99122044A EP 99122044 A EP99122044 A EP 99122044A EP 1017259 B9 EP1017259 B9 EP 1017259B9
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/18—Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H11/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
    • 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
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H13/14—Operating parts, e.g. push-button
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H11/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
    • H01H2011/0081—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches using double shot moulding, e.g. for forming elastomeric sealing elements on form stable casing

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  • the present invention relates to a method for applying and forming a thermoplastic cladding to displays and buttons of covers and/or boxes for electrical or electronic instruments, particularly control, actuation and adjustment instruments and instruments for the most disparate functions.
  • Each box of these instruments must be fixed to the panel or subframe so as to ensure that it is hermetic with respect to external agents and ensure that the cladding is transparent, in order to view the measurable data, and is flexible so as to be able to apply the necessary pressure to the various buttons of the instruments that compose it.
  • these characteristics are generally achieved by cladding the display and the outer surface of the cover with a transparent and sufficiently flexible film which is associated with the cover by means of a frame provided with adapted screw or snap-on couplings which allow to anchor it to the box.
  • the current art further provides for the interposition of adapted gaskets between the cover and the edge of the box, as well as between the edge of the box and the edge of the compartment for housing it in the panel, in order to ensure the prescribed hermetic sealing of the panel with respect to external agents.
  • US-A-5,386,084 and DE-44,05,764 disclose an instrument enclosure comprising a cover and an instrument containing box in which a soft and flexible cladding is applied directly to the instrument exposed regions of a rigid part of the cover.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a cover or a box, for instruments of the exemplified type, which ensures the best conditions in terms of hermetic sealing and of adequate flexibility and transparency, regardless of the skill of the installer.
  • an object of the present invention is to minimize the number of parts to be produced and associated, eliminating the need for cladding containment frames.
  • Another object of the present invention is to minimize the time and cost for assembling the cladding on the cover or part of the box to be applied to the panel and be made transparent, flexible and hermetic.
  • a characteristic of the present invention is that the cladding of said covers or boxes is performed by injection-molding with multi-component materials, one or more materials being meant for injection in order to form one or more rigid parts for fixing, supporting and viewing the elements of the individual specific instruments, an additional material being meant to externally clad the previously molded rigid parts and also act as a gasket, in order to hermetically seal the box that contains the instruments applied to the control panel.
  • a cover A of a box B is constituted by a rigid part 10, made of a suitable transparent material, and by a cladding 20, made of a suitable soft and flexible material, and the two parts 10, 20 are interconnected and produced in two different steps of a single process for molding with two-component materials, in order to obtain a cover A which is adapted to be associated with the box B of the instrument, ensuring the required qualities of transparency, hermetic sealing and flexibility.
  • the cover and the box are made of a rigid material, such as the plastic material known commercially as polycarbonate or by the trade-name Bayblend of the German company Bayer.
  • Such material is used in its semitransparent formulation, known for example by the trade-name Makrolon of the German company Bayer, for the cover.
  • the cladding is made of soft and/or flexible material, for example known commercially as thermoplastic rubber or polyurethane or by the trade-name Desmopan of the German company Bayer.
  • each molding step can be performed independently, with a mold which provides for the formation of a first element and with successive molds into which the already-formed elements are inserted, or the various steps can be performed in succession with a molding machine in which in any case a first molded element is associated and included in the molding of the successive elements.
  • a mold for forming the rigid part 10 and a second mold for forming the cladding 20, associated with the preceding rigid part 10, are prepared.
  • the mold for the rigid part 10 must have a perimetric recess 11 which surrounds for example a flat transparent part 12 of the cover A.
  • the perimetric recess 11 is provided by forming an outer wall 13 which has, on its lower perimetric rim, a perimetric groove 14 and a suitable number of locators 15 which protrude at right angles with respect to said groove toward the inside of the cover and are suitable to allow the snap-on engagement of the rigid part 10 on the rim B 1 of the box B.
  • the rigid part 10 advantageously has, on the flat transparent part 12, a groove 16 adapted to delimit the region where the cladding 20 is applied around the display viewing surface that the box B is meant to contain.
  • the second mold to be prepared in order to form the cladding 20 of the cover A provides for a surface for resting against the internal surface of the rigid part 10, such as to leave free the outer wall 13, the groove 14 and its locators 15.
  • the mold further has a suitable lateral filling volume in order to form an external cladding wall 21, with a lower rim 22 provided with a perimetric tooth 23, produced by filling the groove 14 of the rigid part 10.
  • the same mold then provides for the filling of a suitable volume in order to obtain a region 24 for partially cladding the outer surface of the flat transparent part 12, obtaining at least one free space 25 delimited by the groove 16 provided in the rigid part 10.
  • the plastic material is injected in a subsequent step in order to form the rigid part 10 and/or a semitransparent part.
  • the rigid part 10 is accommodated in the mold in order to form the cladding 20, so as to ensure the formation of the outer cladding walls 21 and of the lower rim 22 with a first perimetric tooth 23 and of the partial cladding region 24 with the free space 25.
  • Said free space 25 is delimited by the groove 16 and the partial cladding region 24 has a second tooth 26.
  • the cover A thus formed can be easily applied to the box B after the chosen control instruments have been inserted therein, with an optional display to be arranged at the free space 25 for perfect reading thereof.
  • a hole 17 is provided in the flat transparent portion 12 of the rigid part 10, so as to allow the button to pass and allow the passage of the mold in order to form the internal part of the flexible cladding 27.
  • the second mold for forming the cladding 20 has a suitable shaping of the region of the flexible cladding 27; the remainder of its shape remains unchanged.
  • covers A which are composed for example of a transparent rigid part associated with an opaque rigid part and are clad with a soft or flexible cladding 20, forming a plurality of molds and consequently extending the forming steps, always and in any case according to the illustrated method.

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  1. Elektronisches Steuergerät, gebildet durch eine Abdeckung (A; A') und einen Aufnahmebehälter (B), wobei die Abdeckung (A; A') umfasst:
    ein starres Teil (10) aus halbdurchsichtigem Material mit einem flachen Teil (12) und einem sich nach unten erstreckendem Abschnitt, der eine äußere Wandung (13) definiert, wobei das flache Teil (12) an seiner äußeren Fläche mit einer Nut (16) versehen ist, die mindestens einen freien Raum (25) um die Sichtfläche eines Displays, das der Behälter (B) aufnehmen soll, abgrenzt, wobei die äußere Wandung (13) an ihrem unteren umlaufenden Randbereich mit einer umlaufenden Nut (14) versehen ist,
    eine weiche, biegsame Verkleidung (20) mit einer äußeren Verkleidungswandung (21) und einem teilweise verkleidenden Bereich (24), der auf die äußere Fläche des starren Teils (10) angebracht ist, wobei die auf die äußere Wandung (13) angebrachte äußere Verkleidungswandung (21) an einem unteren Ende mit einer ersten umlaufenden Zinke (23) versehen ist, die in der umlaufenden Nut (14) der äußeren Wandung (13) zusammenwirkt, um eine Dichtfläche auszubilden zum Dichten der Abdeckung (A; A') und des Behälters (B), wobei der teilweise verkleidende Bereich (24) um den mindestens einen freien Raum (25) mit einer zweiten Zinke (26) versehen ist, die in der Nut (16) auf dem flachen Teil (12) einwirkt, um als weitere Dichtung zu wirken und eine maximale Anbindung der Verkleidung mit dem starren Teil (10) zu bieten.
  2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das starre Teil (10) eine umlaufende Ausnehmung (11) aufweist, die das flache durchsichtige Teil (12) der Abdeckung (A) umgibt, wobei die umlaufende Ausnehmung (11) erhalten wird durch Vorsehen der äußeren Wandung (13) und der umlaufenden Nut (14), zusätzlich zu einer Vielzahl von Ausrichtgliedern (15), die unter rechten Winkeln zu der Nut auf das Innere der Abdeckung vorstehen und angepasst sind, einen schnappenden Eingriff des starren Teils (10) auf einem Randbereich (B1) des Behälters (B) zu erzielen.
  3. Gerät nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das starre Teil (10) auf dem flachen durchsichtigen Teil (12) die Nut (16) aufweist, die geeignet ist, den Bereich, wo die Verkleidung (20) um die Sichtfläche eines Displays, das der Behälter (B) enthalten soll, angebracht wird, abzugrenzen.
  4. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der untere Randbereich (22), die erste umlaufende Zinke (23) und die äußere Wandung (13) des starren Teils (10) eine Dichtfläche zum Dichten der Abdeckung (A) und des Behälters (B) ausbilden.
  5. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es auf der Abdeckung (A'), in dem freien Raum (25), mindestens eine biegsame Verkleidung (27) aufweist, die eine Taste abdeckt, die innerhalb der Verkleidung (A') angeordnet ist und wiederholt betätigt werden soll.
  6. Gerät nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass auf dem flachen durchsichtigen Teil (12) des starren Teils (10) eine Öffnung (17) vorgesehen ist, die für den Durchtritt der Taste und für den Durchtritt einer Form zur Ausbildung des inneren Teils der biegsamen Verkleidung geeignet ist.
  7. Verfahren zum Anbringen und Ausbilden einer thermoplastischen Verkleidung an Displays und Tasten von Abdeckungen und/oder Behältern, insbesondere für elektrische oder elektronische Geräte, umfassend die Schritte:
    Bereitstellen einer ersten Form zur Ausbildung eines starren Teils (10), umfassend ein flaches Teil (12) und einen sich nach unten erstreckenden Abschnitt, der eine äußere Wandung (13) definiert, wobei das flache Teil (12) an seiner äußeren Fläche mit einer Nut (16) versehen ist, die mindestens einen freien Raum (25) um die Sichtfläche eines Displays, das der Behälter (B) aufnehmen soll, abgrenzt, wobei die äußere Wandung (13) an ihrem unteren umlaufenden Randbereich mit einer umlaufenden Nut (14) versehen ist;
    Bereitstellen einer zweiten Form zur Ausbildung einer weichen biegsamen Verkleidung (20), umfassend eine äußere Verkleidungswandung (21) und einen teilweisen Verkleidungsbereich (24), der an die äußere Fläche des starren Teils (10) angebracht ist,
    wobei die äußere Verkleidungswandung (21), die auf die äußere Wandung (13) angebracht ist, an einem unteren Ende mit einer ersten umlaufenden Zinke (23) versehen ist, die in der umlaufenden Nut (14) der äußeren Wandung (13) einwirkt, um eine Dichtfläche zum Dichten der Abdeckung (A; A') und des Behälters (B) auszubilden, wobei der teilweise verkleidende Bereich (24) um den mindestens einen freien Raum (25) mit einer zweiten Zinke versehen ist, die in der Nut (16) auf dem flachen Teil (12) einwirkt, um als weitere Dichtung zu wirken und eine maximale Anbindung der Verkleidung mit dem starren Teil (10) zu bieten;
    Bereitstellen der in die zwei verschiedenen Formen einzuspritzenden Materialien;
    Einspritzen eines plastischen Materials in die erste Form, um derart das starre Teil (10) auszubilden;
    Einrichten des starren Teils (10) in der zweiten Form, um die Verkleidung (20) auszubilden, um derart die Ausbildung der äußeren Verkleidungswandung (21) und der ersten umlaufenden Zinke (23) und des teilweisen verkleidenden Bereiches (24) um den mindestens einen freien Raum (25) sicherzustellen; und
    Anbringen der Abdeckung (A; A') an den Behälter (B).
  8. Verkleidungsverfahren nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass während der Bereitstellung der Form eine oder mehrere Öffnungen (17) für den Durchtritt des Teils der Form vorgesehen sind, die den inneren Teil einer weiteren biegsamen Abdeckung (27) ausbilden soll, die eine oder mehrere Tasten abdeckt, die zu bedienen sind, und für den Durchtritt und das Positionieren der Tasten, die durch Andrücken der weiteren biegsamen Verkleidung (27) zu drücken sind.
  9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass, um eine jede Abdeckung (A) vorzusehen, es nach dem Schritt zum Bereitstellen der Formen einen ersten Schritt zum Spritzgießen in die Form gibt, der das starre Teil (10) ausbilden soll, monolithisch oder in mehreren Teilen, die miteinander verbunden sind mittels aufeinanderfolgender Einspritzungen in Formen, die das Teil umfassen, das bereits geformt worden ist, um das starre Teil (10) zu erhalten, das mit einem flachen durchsichtigen Teil (12) zum Sehen des Displays oder anderer Teile des Gerätes des Behälters (B) und mit einem oder mehreren Öffnungen (17) versehen ist.
  10. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in einem nachfolgenden Schritt das starre Teil (10) in einer endgültigen Form eingerichtet wird, so dass es mit der aus weichem und/oder biegsamen Material hergestellten Verkleidung verkleidet werden kann.
  11. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die aus dem weichen und/oder biegsamen Material hergestellte Verkleidung mindestens eine teilweise verkleidenden Bereich ausbildet.
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