EP1294001A2 - Dispositif pour actionner un commutateur électrique à couches multiples et à double action brusque - Google Patents

Dispositif pour actionner un commutateur électrique à couches multiples et à double action brusque Download PDF

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EP1294001A2
EP1294001A2 EP02019977A EP02019977A EP1294001A2 EP 1294001 A2 EP1294001 A2 EP 1294001A2 EP 02019977 A EP02019977 A EP 02019977A EP 02019977 A EP02019977 A EP 02019977A EP 1294001 A2 EP1294001 A2 EP 1294001A2
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Marco Barile
Paolo Ballatore
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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
    • H01H23/003—Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking an operating member in the form of a rocker button with more than one electrically distinguishable condition in one or both positions
    • 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
    • H01H3/46—Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts using rod or lever linkage, e.g. toggle
    • H01H2003/466—Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts using rod or lever linkage, e.g. toggle using a living hinge to connect the levers
    • 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
    • H01H2021/225—Operating parts, e.g. handle with push-pull operation, e.g. which can be pivoted in both directions by pushing or pulling on the same extremity of the operating member
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2215/00—Tactile feedback
    • H01H2215/004—Collapsible dome or bubble
    • H01H2215/006—Only mechanical function
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/008—Actuators other then push button
    • H01H2221/018—Tumbler
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2229/00—Manufacturing
    • H01H2229/044—Injection moulding

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  • the present invention relates to an electrical double snap-action switch, for example for controlling car-window regulators or else other facilities present on a motor vehicle, and more particularly the invention relates to the device for actuating said switch.
  • Said motion is governed by the collapse of the silicone rubber bubbles, which occurs in succession as a consequence of the fact that the point of contact between the prod and the rigid bar is not equidistant from the points of application of the reactions of the bubbles on said bar.
  • the switch according to the prior art has, however, constructional features which increase the costs involved, both on account of a larger number of assembly operations, and on account of delicate and hence very costly machining processes.
  • the prod and the rigid bar are two pieces that are produced separately and subsequently assembled on the body of the switch with two distinct operations, which could be reduced to just one if the two pieces were produced as a single body.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide an actuating system for a snap-action switch, which is inexpensive and which will overcome the drawbacks mentioned above.
  • an actuating system for a snap-action switch for controlling electrical devices of a motor vehicle comprising a push-button and a container body in which there move at least two mobile contacts designed to perform a travel to reach either a first position of arrest, with closing of a first part of fixed contacts of a printed circuit, or a second position of arrest, with closing of a second part of fixed contacts of said printed circuit, said mobile contacts being moved by an elastic snap-action element made of silicone material, on which there acts a pair of rigid bars, each controlled by a prod, which pushes on them in a misaligned way, so causing the snapping in succession of the part of the elastic-snap-action element underlying the ends of said bars, with consequent closing of said fixed contacts.
  • the said actuating system is characterized in that said prods and said rigid bars are made of a single piece of plastic material and with a hinge designed to enable conversion of the rectilinear movement of thrust exerted on the prod into a movement of rotation and translation of the bar.
  • number 1 designates as a whole the outer body of a switch, for example one for controlling the motors of car-window regulators, formed by a cover or lid 2 and by a base 3, and provided with an oscillating control button 4 connected, in 5, to the lid 2.
  • the body 1 is snap-fixed onto a part of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle (not illustrated).
  • the push-button 4 is mobile between two positions, for controlling, in the example illustrated, closing or opening of the car windows.
  • the printed circuit 7 Located on the base 3 of the body of the switch is the printed circuit 7, together with the connectors 8 for its connection to the electrical system.
  • a lamina 10 Anchored on the printed circuit, which is provided with special fixing pins, is a lamina 10 made of an elastic metal material, which is a conductor of current.
  • the lamina has supporting strips 12 in a position such as to be located, when the switch is assembled, at a point corresponding to one of the silicone bubbles 14 made out of a single elastic element 15, referred to as "mat" in the technical terminology of the branch, set in a position overlying said lamina 10.
  • the silicone bubbles have the function of providing the sensation of actuation of the switch.
  • a second function of the silicone bubbles is to provide the compressive strength of the contact elements, in particular the contacts between the lamina 10 and the printed circuit 7, which is necessary for implementation of the electrical function of the switch.
  • a pair of rigid bars 17 and 18 is set in a position above the mat, and each bar is supported on a pair of silicone bubbles on one and the same side of the mat, so as to exert pressure on them as a consequence of the actuation of the oscillating control 4.
  • the action of said control is transmitted to the rigid bars by means of a pair of prods 19 and 20 each associated to a single bar, in a point which is not equidistant from the points of application of the reactions of the silicone bubbles on the rigid bars, so that the linear motion of the prods as they are pushed downwards (with respect to Figure 2) will be converted into a motion of rotation and translation of said rigid bars.
  • the prods 19 and 20 are connected to the rigid bars 17 and 18 by hinges, which in one of the possible embodiments of the invention, are represented by flexible elements in the form of springs 22, which are S-shaped and are made of a single piece with the prod and the rigid bar, by means of a process of injection moulding.
  • the wedge 24 on the prod and the seat 25 on the bar ( Figure 3) which concur to form the hinge between the two components, in the moulding stage, are separated by a minimum distance, which is eliminated at the moment of assembly in the switch, when the two parts are in contact, thanks to the deformability of the springs 22, so creating the desired hinge.
  • a second embodiment, illustrated in Figure 4 is made by means of injection moulding of the prod of the bar in a single piece.
  • it is made up of two elements 26, 27 shaped like rectangular parallelepipeds. These are connected crosswise together so that a side face of one element is set at right angles to a side face of the other element, the two elements intersecting at the centre of their side faces so as to form, in top plan view, a right-angled cross at the point of intersection.
  • This connection succeeds in providing the section of minimum joining in a point corresponding to the fulcrum.
  • the said geometry enables the axial loads involved to be supported, and at the same time allows freedom of rotation with respect to one another of the two plane elements 26 and 27, of which one has the function of prod, and the other of connection to the rigid bar.
EP02019977.4A 2001-09-14 2002-09-05 Dispositif pour actionner un commutateur électrique à couches multiples et à double action brusque Expired - Lifetime EP1294001B1 (fr)

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ITTO20010877 2001-09-14
IT2001TO000877A ITTO20010877A1 (it) 2001-09-14 2001-09-14 Dispositivo di azionamento di un interruttore elettrico a lamina a doppio scatto.

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DE10341101A1 (de) * 2003-09-05 2005-04-21 Trw Automotive Electron & Comp Kippschalter und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines 2-stufigen Kippschalters
WO2006067042A1 (fr) * 2004-12-20 2006-06-29 Dav Dispositif d'activation par surface tactile, notamment pour les commandes d'un vehicule
CN102290276A (zh) * 2010-06-18 2011-12-21 Abb股份公司 作为房屋和建筑系统工程的操作元件的按键
DE102013200178A1 (de) 2012-01-11 2013-07-11 Bitron S.P.A. Elektrischer Schalter mit Doppelsprungschaltung
WO2014033660A1 (fr) * 2012-08-30 2014-03-06 Bitron S.P.A. Dispositif de commande pour commutateurs comprenant au moins deux dômes en silicone
WO2014033659A1 (fr) * 2012-08-30 2014-03-06 Bitron S.P.A. Dispositif de commande pour commutateurs
ITTO20121094A1 (it) * 2012-12-18 2014-06-19 Bitron Spa Dispositivo di comando per interruttori comprendenti almeno due duomi siliconici.
ITTO20130733A1 (it) * 2013-09-10 2015-03-11 Bitron Spa Dispositivo di comando per microinterruttori
ITUA20164341A1 (it) * 2016-06-14 2017-12-14 Bitron Spa Dispositivo di comando per un freno stazionamento veicoli migliorato.
EP3312863A1 (fr) * 2016-10-24 2018-04-25 Dav Dispositif de commutation, en particulier pour une utilisation dans un mécanisme lève-vitre push pull

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DE10341101B4 (de) * 2003-09-05 2006-10-12 Trw Automotive Electronics & Components Gmbh & Co. Kg Kippschalter
CN1312713C (zh) * 2003-09-05 2007-04-25 Trw车辆电气与零件有限两合公司 拨动开关以及制造两级拨动开关的方法
DE10341101A1 (de) * 2003-09-05 2005-04-21 Trw Automotive Electron & Comp Kippschalter und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines 2-stufigen Kippschalters
WO2006067042A1 (fr) * 2004-12-20 2006-06-29 Dav Dispositif d'activation par surface tactile, notamment pour les commandes d'un vehicule
CN102290276B (zh) * 2010-06-18 2016-01-20 Abb股份公司 作为房屋和建筑系统工程的操作元件的按键
CN102290276A (zh) * 2010-06-18 2011-12-21 Abb股份公司 作为房屋和建筑系统工程的操作元件的按键
DE102013200178A1 (de) 2012-01-11 2013-07-11 Bitron S.P.A. Elektrischer Schalter mit Doppelsprungschaltung
ITTO20120013A1 (it) * 2012-01-11 2013-07-12 Bitron Spa Interruttore elettrico a doppio scatto.
DE102013200178B4 (de) * 2012-01-11 2020-03-19 Bitron S.P.A. Elektrischer Schalter mit Doppelsprungschaltung
US9613768B2 (en) 2012-08-30 2017-04-04 Bitron S.P.A. Single pushbutton control device for a plurality of switches
CN104685595A (zh) * 2012-08-30 2015-06-03 比特朗股份公司 用于包括至少两个硅酮圆顶形部的开关的控制设备
WO2014033659A1 (fr) * 2012-08-30 2014-03-06 Bitron S.P.A. Dispositif de commande pour commutateurs
CN104685595B (zh) * 2012-08-30 2017-12-12 比特朗股份公司 用于包括至少两个硅酮圆顶形部的开关的控制设备
WO2014033660A1 (fr) * 2012-08-30 2014-03-06 Bitron S.P.A. Dispositif de commande pour commutateurs comprenant au moins deux dômes en silicone
ITTO20121094A1 (it) * 2012-12-18 2014-06-19 Bitron Spa Dispositivo di comando per interruttori comprendenti almeno due duomi siliconici.
ITTO20130733A1 (it) * 2013-09-10 2015-03-11 Bitron Spa Dispositivo di comando per microinterruttori
WO2015036911A1 (fr) * 2013-09-10 2015-03-19 Bitron S.P.A. Dispositif de commande de microrupteurs
ITUA20164341A1 (it) * 2016-06-14 2017-12-14 Bitron Spa Dispositivo di comando per un freno stazionamento veicoli migliorato.
EP3312863A1 (fr) * 2016-10-24 2018-04-25 Dav Dispositif de commutation, en particulier pour une utilisation dans un mécanisme lève-vitre push pull

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EP1294001B1 (fr) 2014-10-15
BRPI0203968B1 (pt) 2016-10-25
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