EP1211704B1 - Organe de commande à trois positions actives - Google Patents

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EP1211704B1
EP1211704B1 EP01402772A EP01402772A EP1211704B1 EP 1211704 B1 EP1211704 B1 EP 1211704B1 EP 01402772 A EP01402772 A EP 01402772A EP 01402772 A EP01402772 A EP 01402772A EP 1211704 B1 EP1211704 B1 EP 1211704B1
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Jean-Christophe Villain
Bertrand Cupif
Luc Brisson
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
    • H01H25/04—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick
    • H01H25/041—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick having a generally flat operating member depressible at different locations to operate different controls

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  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks in proposing a control member of the aforementioned type including the button and the component active can be manufactured separately and require no posterior physical assembly, nor are they connected by any physical link, all guaranteeing high operating reliability and total discrimination between the various commands likely to be supplied by said body.
  • the present invention relates to a control member of the multi-function key type, in particular the navigation key, consisting by a rigid button mounted with limited mobility in translation and rotation and by a separate detection component comprising three active sites, for example sensitive to pressure, said sites being arranged at the vertices of a triangle, said button comprising on the underside formations intended to come into contact each with one of the active sites of said component depending on the location, the intensity and / or direction of the pressures exerted by the user on the button, characterized in that between two first of said sites is disposed a support site not active authorizing, alone or in cooperation with the third site, an inclination of said button by pivoting pressing on said non-active site towards one of said two first active sites located on either side of the latter until the corresponding training contacts one of said two active sites with a view to of its activation, for example by compression or depression.
  • the control member 1 of the multi-function key type in particular navigation key, consists of a rigid button 2 mounted with a limited mobility in translation and rotation and by a component of separate detection 3 comprising several active sites 4, 4 ′ and 5 sensitive to pressure, said button 2 having formations 6, 6 'and 6 "on the underside intended to come into contact each with one of the active sites 4, 4 'and 5 of said component depending on location, intensity and / or direction user pressures on button 2.
  • the detection component 3 of said organ 1 comprises three active sites 4, 4 ′, 5 which are arranged according to the vertices of a triangle and in that between two first of said sites 4, 4 'is arranged a non-active support site 7 authorizing, alone or in cooperation with the third site 5, an inclination of said button 2 by pivoting pressing on said non-active site 7 to one of said first two active sites 4, 4 ′ located on either side of the latter until the formation 6 or 6 ' correspondent comes into contact with one of said two active sites 4, 4 'in view of its activation, preferably by compression or by depression, other activation modes can possibly be provided.
  • organ 1 by association of two elements manufactured so independent and cooperating only because of a relative provision given during assembly of the device receiving them, without using a physical link between these two elements.
  • the non-active site 7 defines with the third site active 5 a pivot edge or a fictitious axis of rotation for button 2.
  • the pressure on button 2 is necessary to activate the 4 or 4 'site, only the support side having a importance.
  • the three sites 4, 4 ', 5 are arranged according to the vertices of a triangle isosceles and the non-active support site 7 is located centered on the base of said triangle extending between the first two active sites 4 and 4 '.
  • the inactive support site 7 consists of a prominent formation compared to the first two active sites 4 and 4 ', authorizing an inclination of the button 2 in the direction of the third active site 5 until the corresponding 6 "formation on the underside button 2 comes into contact with the latter for activation, preferably by compression or depression, this by pivoting in support, by adapted training 8 on the underside, on the contact area of said site 7.
  • the contact zones between formations 6, 6 ', 6 "and 8 and sites 4, 4 ', 5 and 7 can have various forms, for example planes (Fig. 7), it can advantageously be provided, in order to facilitate the manipulation of button 2 by the user, that at least the contact between the inactive support site 7 and the corresponding training 8 opposite located in under the face of button 2, either punctual or quasi-punctual, the area of contact of said site 7 or of said formation 8 being a contact zone surface.
  • buttons 4 and 4 'by pivoting of said button pressing on sites 7 and 5 the contact between the third active site 5 and the corresponding formation 6 "on the underside of the button 2 is also of a punctual or quasi-punctual nature, the contacts between the first two active sites 4 and 4 'and the corresponding formations 6 and 6 'of button 2 possibly also being of a point nature or virtually a point.
  • the formations 6, 6 ', 6 "and 8 consist of protruding hemispherical or shaped formations domes, the active sites 4, 4 ′, 4 "possibly also consisting of protruding formations, the cumulative heights of formations 6, 6 ', 6 "and active sites 4, 4 ', 5 respectively opposite being substantially identical and equal to the cumulative height of the inactive support site 7 and the corresponding formation 8 located on the underside of button 2.
  • the sites 4, 4 ', 5 and 7 consist of domed structures and that the areas of contact of formations 6, 6 ', 6 "and 8 are surface in nature, or that the two aforementioned types of structures are variegated between said sites and said training.
  • the two first active sites 4 and 4 correspond to ordering instructions or to opposite functions, such as for example parades or moving in opposite directions in a menu or table, and in that the third active site 5 corresponds to an instruction of command or to a validation or confirmation type function.
  • the pressure detection component 3 has a one-piece structure and has an open cavity direction of the button or a 3 'through opening for housing a lighting component by transmission of button 2 made of a material translucent and mounted by insertion molding ( Figures 6A and 6B)
  • Figures 7 show different cases of activation or non-activation sites 4, 4 'and 5 depending on the intensity and direction of the pressures from the user.
  • the direction, the impact zone and the intensity of the applied forces are adapted to activate the 4 'site, respectively 5.
  • the present invention also relates to an apparatus comprising a keyboard 9 comprising a plurality of keys 2 'and at least a multi-function key, for example a navigation key and for selecting several functions displayed on a display means of said device, characterized in that the multifunction key is formed by a control member 1 as described above.
  • the button 2 is made in one piece with the other 2 'keys by insertion molding during the manufacture of the keyboard 9 and the detection component 3 is pre-assembled on a card electronics arranged, after assembly of the corresponding keyboard 9 under the keys 2 'of the latter.
  • button 2 The option of limited movement of button 2 will be provided by the resilience of the material of the tablecloth or plate 2 "connecting the different keys 2 'and button 2.
  • the button 2 can also be separated from the keyboard 9 while retaining the advantage of receiving a front panel delivered with the tablecloth and a navigation button 2 of the appropriate color.

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