EP1197981A1 - Steuervorrichtung für einen Schalter mit Übertrager und Übertrager für diese Vorrichtung - Google Patents

Steuervorrichtung für einen Schalter mit Übertrager und Übertrager für diese Vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP1197981A1
EP1197981A1 EP01123972A EP01123972A EP1197981A1 EP 1197981 A1 EP1197981 A1 EP 1197981A1 EP 01123972 A EP01123972 A EP 01123972A EP 01123972 A EP01123972 A EP 01123972A EP 1197981 A1 EP1197981 A1 EP 1197981A1
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support structure
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Louis Jean-Michel Lacroix
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Valeo Systemes Thermiques SAS
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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
    • 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
    • H01H23/164—Driving mechanisms with rectilinearly movable member carrying the contacts

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  • the invention relates to a device for controlling a contactor.
  • control device comprising a control button pivotally mounted on a support, at least one contactor disposed opposite a key region offset from its axis of articulation, and an elongated spacer whose opposite ends respectively cooperate with each contactor and with said button region corresponding. It applies in particular but not exclusively when ordering a drop-down menu which allows to control the equipment of a motor vehicle.
  • This device has several drawbacks. Number of parts is important, and assembly is long and delicate.
  • the present invention overcomes these drawbacks. She offers a control device that has a number reduced of parts and which can be assembled quickly and easily.
  • the spacer is part of a transmitter made in one piece and which further comprises a support structure arranged opposite the key and fixedly mounted relative to the contactor, the spacer being connected to the support structure by at least one arm flexible allowing it to move substantially parallel to itself to send the contactor a thrust on the button.
  • the transmitter is a single piece block which groups together one or more spacers and the means for guiding these spacers. Its mounting is very easily, simply by placing it, for example, on a printed circuit board that has one or more contactors.
  • the support structure of the transmitter serves support and pivot to the control button.
  • the intermediate plate which, in the prior art, served as a pivot or hinge to the command key, can be deleted.
  • the number of rooms is thus further reduced.
  • the key has a flared housing in which part of the support structure is received forming a pivot for the key.
  • control device comprises a housing having a facade comprising a flared housing in which a hinge surface of the key is received.
  • This facade has grooves and the structure of support includes slides which are housed in said grooves.
  • the support structure has a T-shape consisting of an upright and a transverse beam.
  • the support structure may include a tiered part at each of its ends, each stepped part with a lower step forming pivot for the key, and a top step.
  • the steps upper parts of the steps advantageously constitute slides which engage in the grooves the front of the case.
  • the spacer is connected to the support structure by two flexible arms defining a deformable parallelogram.
  • the spacer is connected to the structure of support by a single flexible arm, one end of the spacer cooperating by fitting with the contactor.
  • the transmitter is made of a material transparent. This arrangement favors the lighting of the button by means of a light source, which allows easily spot in the dark.
  • the invention relates to a transmitter suitable for making part of a control device as defined above, comprising a support structure and at least one spacer elongated connected to the support structure by at least a flexible arm.
  • the control device according to the invention shown in exploded view in Figure 1 has a plate printed circuit 2 on which two contactors 4 are fixed via a plate 6 in which is made a recess 8 midway between the contactors 4.
  • the contactors here are push buttons. In variant, they can be replaced by a tablecloth blistering.
  • the printed circuit board 2 is housed at the interior of a housing comprising a facade 10 and a rear cover 12.
  • the device includes a transmitter designated in its together by the reference 16.
  • the transmitter comprises a support structure 18 and two elongated spacers 20 and 22 aligned with the contactors 4 respectively.
  • the support structure has a T shape consisting of a beam 24 which constitutes the leg of the T, and a second beam 26 perpendicular to beam 24 and which constitutes the barre du T.
  • a tiered section 32 directed opposite the beam 24 is formed at each end of the beam 26. This part has a bottom step 31 and a top step 33.
  • the spacers 20 and 22 are connected to the structure of support 18 by flexible arms.
  • each of the spacers 20 and 22 is connected by an arm single 28 to beam 24 and double arm 30 to both ends of the beam 26.
  • control device includes a button 36.
  • the key 36 is tiltable. She rests in its central part on the two lower steps 31 of the tiered sections 32 formed at each of the ends of the horizontal bar 26 of the structure of support 18.
  • the transmitter 16 is made of a plastic material transparent, allowing the key to be lit by means of a light source such as a diode. We can thus easily spot it in the dark.
  • FIG. 3 There is shown in more detail in Figure 3 the manner whose key 36 is articulated on the support structure 18 which constitutes a support and a pivot for the key 36.
  • the button 36 has a V-shaped flared housing 38.
  • bearing 40 in the form of a portion of cylinder of revolution is formed at the bottom of the housing 38 in V.
  • the cylindrical surface 40 rests on the bottom step 31 of the part in bleachers 32.
  • the front 10 of the housing has a flared housing 42 in which a surface is received cylindrical articulation 44 of the key 36 belonging to the same cylinder of revolution as the surface 40.
  • the two upper steps 33 of the tiered sections 32 form slides that enter grooves corresponding 46 of appropriate shape formed in the front 10 of the housing.
  • FIG 4 a sectional view of the device of the invention in the rest position.
  • the device is assembled by simple stacking.
  • the transmitter 16 is simply placed on the circuit board printed 2, the free end of the beam 24 being received in the recess 8 provided in the plate 6 affixed to the printed circuit board 2.
  • the transmitter 16, spacers 20 and 22 each rest on a contactor 4 provided on the printed circuit board.
  • place the key 36 on the transmitter so that the flared housings 38 cover the lower steps 31 of the two tiered sections 32, the width of the key being such that it can penetrate between the two steps superior 33 of this same part.
  • the facade 10 of the case is placed over the key 36.
  • the surfaces of cylindrical articulation 44 of the key come place in the flared housings 42 formed on the face rear of the front 10 of the housing.
  • the key is like this immobilized between the support structure 18 and the facade 10 of the case. But it can however pivot on the end of the support structure thanks to the presence of the surfaces cylindrical 40 and 44.
  • FIG. 5 shows the position of the button command 36 when a push, symbolized by the arrow F, is exerted on the latter in its end region upper located opposite one of the contactors 4.
  • the key 36 pivots around its axis of rotation as described previously.
  • the push F exerted on the key 36 is transmitted to contactors 4 via the spacer 20.
  • the two flexible arms 28 and 30 allow a free movement in translation of the spacer 20. They together with it and the support structure 18 a deformable parallelogram which retains perpendicularity from the spacer to the printed circuit board, allowing it act axially on the contactor 4.
  • FIG. 6 a sectional view of a variant embodiment of the invention.
  • the control button 46 is articulated, no longer in sound middle like the 36 key, but at one of its ends, on the support structure 18 of the transmitter.
  • the device has only one contactor 4 and a single spacer 20.
  • the section plane passes at the level of the joint of the hinged button 46 on the support structure, of similar to what has been shown to scale enlarged in figure 3.
  • the cutting plane passes to the center of the key, so identical to the representation of Figures 4 and 5.
  • an effort F is exerted at the end of the key 46, this force is transmitted by via spacer 20 to contactor 4. This contactor closes.
  • the key 46 returns to a rest position (not shown) of the same way as the rocker button described above.
  • the control device which has just been described allows to operate contactors, in particular contactors forming part of an electrical circuit printed on a menu. It is particularly applicable to the selection of values in a drop-down menu to order equipment such as a heater or vehicle air conditioning.
  • the rocking key shown in Figures 1 to 5 allows you to scroll through the menu in both ways. When you press, for example, the upper part of the key, the menu value is incremented. On the contrary, when you press the part bottom of this key, the menu value is decremented. On the contrary, the control device shown in Figure 6 does not allow scrolling through menu values only in one direction. To return to the initial value, it you have to go through all the values in the menu
  • this device is particularly simple since it has a very small number of parts, basically the transmitter and the command key.
  • the transmitter can be realized for a low cost price by molding.
  • assembly of the device is also very simple since it suffices to put the different pieces together on others. This gives a control device simple, safe to operate and the cost price is particularly low.
  • the spacer or each spacer is connected to the support structure by two arms flexible, near its two ends.
  • only one arm can be provided, in particular in the vicinity of the end of the spacer facing the button, the end opposite cooperating for example by interlocking with the contactor to ensure its immobilization in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the spacer.
  • the assembly process described previously as example is specially dedicated to the assembly of a single button or a single rocker.

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  • Tumbler Switches (AREA)
EP01123972A 2000-10-11 2001-10-08 Steuervorrichtung für einen Schalter mit Übertrager und Übertrager für diese Vorrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP1197981B1 (de)

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FR0013014 2000-10-11
FR0013014A FR2815169B1 (fr) 2000-10-11 2000-10-11 Dispositif de commande d'un contacteur comprenant un transmetteur, et transmetteur pour ce dispositif

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