EP1261002A4 - Small switch - Google Patents

Small switch

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Publication number
EP1261002A4
EP1261002A4 EP01976856A EP01976856A EP1261002A4 EP 1261002 A4 EP1261002 A4 EP 1261002A4 EP 01976856 A EP01976856 A EP 01976856A EP 01976856 A EP01976856 A EP 01976856A EP 1261002 A4 EP1261002 A4 EP 1261002A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
push button
shaft
semi
circular hole
projected part
Prior art date
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.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP01976856A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1261002A1 (en
Inventor
Yasunari Taketomi
Hideaki Sakota
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd
Original Assignee
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
Priority date (The priority date 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 date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd filed Critical Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
Publication of EP1261002A1 publication Critical patent/EP1261002A1/en
Publication of EP1261002A4 publication Critical patent/EP1261002A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H21/00—Switches operated by an operating part in the form of a pivotable member acted upon directly by a solid body, e.g. by a hand
    • H01H21/02—Details
    • H01H21/18—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H21/22—Operating parts, e.g. handle
    • H01H21/24—Operating parts, e.g. handle biased to return to normal position upon removal of operating force
    • H01H21/28—Operating parts, e.g. handle biased to return to normal position upon removal of operating force adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily for a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. door switch, limit switch, floor-levelling switch of a lift
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/12—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
    • H01H1/14—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting
    • H01H1/24—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with resilient mounting
    • H01H1/242—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with resilient mounting the contact forming a part of a coil spring
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/58—Electric connections to or between contacts; Terminals
    • H01H2001/5888—Terminals of surface mounted devices [SMD]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/32—Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts
    • H01H2003/326—Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts using bearings

Landscapes

  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Switches With Compound Operations (AREA)
  • Rotary Switch, Piano Key Switch, And Lever Switch (AREA)

Abstract

A small switch having an easy-to-use push button (2) with a long stroke and a high positioning accuracy and capable of reducing a cost, wherein a sector-shaped shaft (17) as a first projected part formed on a circular second projected part (19) provided on both side faces of the push button (2) is fitted into a semi-circular hole (16) provided in a body (1) and the second projected part (19) is fitted into a recessed part (20) provided in the inner surface of the body (1) and the semi-circular hole (16), and the push button (2) is rotated about the center (13) of the shaft (17) until the wall surface (17a) of the shaft (17) abuts on the end edge of the semi-circular hole (16), whereby, since the portion of the body (1) near the end edge of an opening can be used for holding the pivot of the push button (2), the necessity of fixing hardware is eliminated, and the stroke of the push button (2) can be increased by fitting the shaft (17) of the push button (2) into the semi-circular hole (16) to form a support shaft and reducing the opening angle of the shaft (17).
EP01976856A 2000-10-31 2001-10-26 Small switch Withdrawn EP1261002A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2000334009 2000-10-31
JP2000334010 2000-10-31
JP2000334010 2000-10-31
JP2000334009 2000-10-31
PCT/JP2001/009458 WO2002037517A1 (en) 2000-10-31 2001-10-26 Small switch

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1261002A1 EP1261002A1 (en) 2002-11-27
EP1261002A4 true EP1261002A4 (en) 2006-08-23

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EP01976856A Withdrawn EP1261002A4 (en) 2000-10-31 2001-10-26 Small switch

Country Status (6)

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EP (1) EP1261002A4 (en)
JP (1) JP4026498B2 (en)
CN (1) CN1215508C (en)
AU (1) AU2001296017A1 (en)
TW (1) TW517254B (en)
WO (1) WO2002037517A1 (en)

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US6917008B1 (en) 2004-01-06 2005-07-12 Zippy Technology Corp. Microswitch
US6797904B1 (en) 2004-01-06 2004-09-28 Zippy Technology Corp. Microswitch
US6967294B1 (en) 2004-11-23 2005-11-22 Zippy Technology Corp. Microswitch
JP2006310229A (en) * 2005-05-02 2006-11-09 Omron Corp Switch
JP4062319B2 (en) 2005-05-02 2008-03-19 オムロン株式会社 switch
JP4502878B2 (en) * 2005-05-12 2010-07-14 アルプス電気株式会社 Switch device
TWI518555B (en) * 2012-11-30 2016-01-21 和冠股份有限公司 Electromagnetic pointer and control method
JP6213308B2 (en) * 2014-02-28 2017-10-18 オムロン株式会社 switch

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JPH0225138U (en) * 1988-08-04 1990-02-19
JP2604635Y2 (en) * 1993-05-27 2000-05-22 松下電器産業株式会社 switch
JP3248392B2 (en) * 1995-06-06 2002-01-21 松下電器産業株式会社 Lever switch
JPH09259703A (en) * 1996-03-25 1997-10-03 Alps Electric Co Ltd Seesaw switch
JPH1021788A (en) * 1996-07-01 1998-01-23 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Lever switch
JP3757540B2 (en) * 1996-11-08 2006-03-22 松下電工株式会社 Push button switch
JPH113633A (en) * 1997-06-11 1999-01-06 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Lever switch
JP2000149715A (en) * 1998-11-06 2000-05-30 Teikoku Tsushin Kogyo Co Ltd Switch

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Title
No further relevant documents disclosed *
See also references of WO0237517A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AU2001296017A1 (en) 2002-05-15
WO2002037517A1 (en) 2002-05-10
JPWO2002037517A1 (en) 2004-03-11
TW517254B (en) 2003-01-11
CN1215508C (en) 2005-08-17
EP1261002A1 (en) 2002-11-27
JP4026498B2 (en) 2007-12-26
CN1394347A (en) 2003-01-29

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