EP1197980B1 - Steuervorrichtung mit Taste - Google Patents

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EP1197980B1
EP1197980B1 EP01123970A EP01123970A EP1197980B1 EP 1197980 B1 EP1197980 B1 EP 1197980B1 EP 01123970 A EP01123970 A EP 01123970A EP 01123970 A EP01123970 A EP 01123970A EP 1197980 B1 EP1197980 B1 EP 1197980B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H23/00—Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking an operating member in the form of a rocker button
    • H01H23/02—Details
    • H01H23/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H23/16—Driving mechanisms

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  • the invention relates to a touch control device.
  • control device comprising a pivotally mounted key on a support and able to actuate at least one contactor in response to an eccentric thrust exerted on it in a given direction. It applies, in particular, to the sequential control of a drop-down menu for the control of equipment of a motor vehicle.
  • the equipment of motor vehicles such as heaters or air conditioning of the cabin can be controlled mechanically by buttons located on the facade of the dashboard. They can also be electronically controlled by switches operated by keys located on the facia of the dashboard.
  • Switches of this type are already known. They comprise a tilting mounted key on an intermediate plate arranged between the facade of the dashboard and a printed circuit board. The key acts on one or more spacers guided in the intermediate plate. Each spacer actuates a contactor such as a pushbutton mounted on the printed circuit board disposed perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the spacers.
  • US-A-6037552 discloses a rocker switch of this type.
  • the present invention overcomes these disadvantages. It offers a control device that has a smaller number of parts and is also easier and more quick to assemble. Its manufacturing cost is therefore lower.
  • the key comprises an arm having a longitudinal direction through which it actuates the switch in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the arm.
  • the arm acts directly on the contactor, without the presence of an intermediate spacer.
  • the number of pieces is reduced.
  • control device comprises a housing forming a facade and the key is mounted directly on this housing.
  • At least one of the contactors is a selection contactor which makes it possible to select different values by successive maneuvers, in particular values from a drop-down menu.
  • control device further comprises a validation contactor which makes it possible to validate the last value selected by means of the selection contactor.
  • the key is also mounted movably in translation relative to the validation contactor, a thrust centered on the key for actuating the validation contactor.
  • the key is mounted on the support by means of rotation guiding means comprising two elongate lugs which can rotate in respective circular openings, each opening having a notch in which the lug can engage during the movement. translation of the key.
  • the key can thus perform two movements, namely a rocking movement and a translational movement.
  • the elongated lugs rotate in the circular openings and the selector switch is actuated.
  • the lugs engage in the notches and the validation switch is actuated.
  • the controller may include a single selection contactor. In this case, the menu values scroll in one direction and you must cycle through to return to the initial value of the menu.
  • control device has two parallel selection arms acting in opposite directions on respective contactors.
  • the values of the menu are incremented.
  • the menu values are decremented. This makes it easier to make a selection without having to go through all the values of the menu when a desired value has been exceeded.
  • the reference numeral 2 designates a housing comprising a frontage 4 and two wings 5.
  • the frontage 4 comes substantially flush with the surface of the dashboard 6 of the vehicle, represented in phantom, and the wings 5 are extend forward of the vehicle perpendicular to the facade.
  • a key designated as a whole by the reference 8, is pivotally mounted on the housing 2 in a manner to be described later.
  • the key 8 is illuminated by a light source such as a diode (not shown), disposed inside the housing, to make it more visible in the dark.
  • the key 8 comprises two arms 10 and 12 spaced apart from each other, having an elongated shape and oriented substantially perpendicularly to the front 4.
  • a printed circuit board 14 is arranged perpendicularly at the front 4 between the arms 10 and 12.
  • the card 14 is fixedly mounted in the housing 2.
  • the printed circuit board 14 On one of its faces, facing downwards, the printed circuit board 14 carries a contactor 16 arranged opposite the end of the arm 10.
  • the card 14 On its other side, the card 14 carries a switch 18 disposed opposite the end of the arm 12.
  • the contactors 16 and 18 are pushbuttons. Their axes are perpendicular to the plane of the map 14.
  • the key 8 is shown in its rest position, a position it occupies when no external action is exerted on it.
  • the driver of the vehicle or a passenger presses an eccentric part of the key, located above the plane of the card 14 and preferably marked by a pictogram 20 such as an arrow pointing upwards, the key rotates at an angle of 5 ° to 10 ° around its axis which is horizontal in the embodiment shown.
  • the end of the arm 12 pushes the contact of the pushbutton 18.
  • the arm 12 is parallel to the plane of the card 14 and that it actuates the push button 18 in a direction perpendicular to its longitudinal direction. This action is direct, that is to say that it is done without the presence of an intermediate spacer.
  • the arms 10 and 12 would act directly on the push buttons in a direction perpendicular to their longitudinal direction.
  • the arms 10 and 12 are not, as in the example shown, substantially perpendicular to the facade, that is to say parallel to the action exerted on the key, but form an angle that can go up to 90 ° with this direction. In this case, the orientation of the plane of the map 14 should naturally be modified appropriately.
  • the example described is particularly applicable to the sequential control of a drop-down menu.
  • the action exerted on the key has the effect of scrolling the values of a drop-down menu displayed for example on a screen (not shown) of the dashboard. Every pulse on the 8 key increments the values in the drop-down menu by one, or pressing and holding down this key cycles these values continuously.
  • the driver or the passenger releases the pressure on the key which then returns to its initial position under the effect of the return spring provided in the switch 18. The desired value of the menu is then selected.
  • the operator If the operator has exceeded the desired value, or if he wants to go back in the pull-down menu, he turns the key 8 in the opposite direction by pressing an eccentric zone 22 of the key opposite to the zone 20 (at below the map plane 14) and also indicated by a pictogram such as an arrow pointing downwards.
  • This thrust has the effect of actuating the switch 16 disposed opposite the arm 10 and to decrement the values of the drop-down menu.
  • the operator When the operator has reached the desired value, he releases the pressure on the zone 22 and the key 8 returns to its initial position shown in FIG. 1.
  • the validation of the selected value can be carried out by means of a special key. But it can also, as is the case in the embodiment shown, be performed by means of the key 8 itself.
  • the printed circuit board 14 supports a validation switch 24.
  • This switch is also a push button. It will be noted that, unlike the pushbuttons 16 and 18, it is arranged so that its axis is parallel to the plane of the card 14.
  • the key 8 comprises a pin 26 adapted to actuate the switch 24 with which it is aligned.
  • the key 8 must be able to move relative to the casing 2, sometimes in rotation, sometimes in translation.
  • the key 8 comprises two pins 28 mutually aligned along its axis of rotation on either side of the arms 10 and 12 and the pin 26, and elongated in its translational direction.
  • Each of the lugs 28 is engaged in a circular opening 30 provided in a lug 31 formed inside the housing 2.
  • the lugs could be formed on the housing, and the openings 30 in a wall of the key 8.
  • a notch 32 is formed in the contour of each circular opening 30. The width of this notch is slightly greater than that of the elongated pin 28.
  • control device of the invention comprises a small number of parts easy to assemble and its manufacturing cost is therefore low.
  • the device more particularly described and shown has the advantage, as explained above, of allowing the same key to perform two functions, namely a selection function by a tilting movement and a function of validation by a translational movement. Moreover, these two movements can not be simultaneous so validation can only be done for the value previously selected by the user.

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  1. Steuerungsvorrichtung, die eine Taste (8) umfasst, die in Bezug auf ein Gehäuse (2) drehbar montiert ist und mindestens einen Auswahlschalter (16, 18) als Reaktion auf einen exzentrisch angeordneten Schub betätigen kann, der auf sie gemäß einer vorgegebenen Richtung ausgeübt wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Taste (8) einen Validierungsschalter (24) betätigt, als Reaktion auf einen im Zentrum der Taste (8) in einer Translationsbewegung gegenüber dem Gehäuse (2) ausgeübten Schub.
  2. Steuerungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Taste (8) einen Arm (10, 12) mit einer Längsrichtung umfasst, mit dessen Hilfe sie den Auswahlschalter (16, 18) gemäß einer Richtung betätigt, die in etwa senkrecht zur Längsrichtung des Arms (10, 12) verläuft.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Längsrichtung des Arms (10, 12) in etwa parallel zur Richtung des auf die Taste (8) ausgeübten Schubs verläuft.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Auswahlschalter (16, 18) auf einer Leiterplatte (14) montiert ist, und dadurch, dass diese Platte in etwa parallel zur Längsrichtung des Arms (10, 12) verläuft.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ein Gehäuse (2) umfasst, das eine Vorderseite (4) aufweist, und dadurch, dass die Taste (8) direkt auf dem Gehäuse (2) montiert ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Auswahlschalter (16, 18) die Auswahl verschiedener Werte durch sukzessive Betätigungen ermöglicht.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Validierungsschalter (24) ermöglicht, den letzten, mittels Auswahlschalter (16, 18), ausgewählten Wert zu bestätigen.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 6 und 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Taste (8) auf dem Gehäuse (2) montiert ist, mithilfe von Rotations führungsmitteln, die zwei längliche Nasen (28) aufweisen, welche sich in den jeweiligen kreisrunden Öffnungen (30) drehen können, und von Translationsführungsmitteln, die eine Aussparung (32) aufweisen, welche in der Kontur der kreisrunden Öffnung (30) gebildet ist, in die die Nase (28) während der Translationsbewegung der Taste (8) einfallen kann.
  9. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Taste (8) die Nasen (28) umfasst, welche in der kreisrunden Öffnung (30) einrasten, die in einer im Inneren des Gehäuses (2) gebildeten Lasche (31) vorgesehen ist.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Gehäuse (2) die Nasen (28) umfasst, welche in der kreisrunden Öffnung (30) einrasten, die in einer Wand der Taste (8) vorgesehen ist.
  11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Einfallen der Nase (28) in die Aussparung (32) die Trennung der Rotations- und Translationsbewegung sicherstellt.
  12. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Taste (8) einen Stift (26) aufweist, der den Validierungsschalter (24) betätigen kann.
  13. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie zwei parallele Arme (10, 12) umfasst, die in entgegengesetzte Richtungen auf die jeweiligen Schalter (16, 18) einwirken.
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