EP1300860B1 - Multifunktionstaste für Kraftfahrzeugarmaturenbrett - Google Patents

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EP1300860B1
EP1300860B1 EP02020801A EP02020801A EP1300860B1 EP 1300860 B1 EP1300860 B1 EP 1300860B1 EP 02020801 A EP02020801 A EP 02020801A EP 02020801 A EP02020801 A EP 02020801A EP 1300860 B1 EP1300860 B1 EP 1300860B1
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Alain Toussaint
Laurent Lucaora
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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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/054—Optical elements
    • H01H2219/064—Optical isolation of switch sites

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  • the invention relates to a multifunction key for a motor vehicle dashboard.
  • the scope of this key is that of heating and air conditioning control panels, but also central consoles with or without navigation systems for motor vehicles.
  • dashboards used in motor vehicles seldom use the concept of multifunction monoblock key.
  • An example is that of the dashboard of the vehicle marketed by the French company "Peugeot" under the name “206 electronic".
  • the multifunction key system used has only two control positions and its design seems to be more aesthetic considerations than a priority search of volume reduction of all control buttons.
  • the dashboard remains as compact as possible and as simple as possible to to assemble.
  • the invention proposes to achieve a multifunction key for dashboard of a motor vehicle to reduce the volume of the dashboard and its integration in a confined space.
  • Another object of the present invention is to limit the number of parts used in the manufacture of the multifunction key, thus facilitating its assembly and reducing its cost.
  • the present invention also aims to obtain a multi-function backlit button in a homogeneous manner.
  • the cabochon-body assembly is composed of a single piece.
  • the adaptation of the convex spherical portion of the cabochon skirt in the concave spherical portion of the facade forms a peripheral barrier vis-à-vis the backlighting light.
  • the body forms a prism in transparent or translucent material.
  • complementary reliefs formed on the skirt of the cabochon and on the edge of the facade oppose any rotation of the cabochon around an axis perpendicular to the facade.
  • the plurality of pivoting movements have a limited amplitude by the skirt of the cabochon cooperating with the edge of the facade.
  • the blisters are activated by a lower rim of the cabochon skirt during the pivoting of the cabochon-body assembly.
  • the control locations of the key can be one of several functions: air distribution, ventilation, air conditioning, data reading, navigation, car radio, telecommunications, reception-data transmission, intensity adjustment.
  • the cabochon-body assembly is movable in four particular pivoting movements corresponding to four control locations of particular functions controlled by said multifunction button.
  • two of the four control locations are assigned to two mutually incompatible particular functions, the two other control locations making it possible to increase or decrease by pulse the value of the activated function among said two particular functions.
  • the multifunction key includes an interface screen for displaying the action of the activated function and its value.
  • the document GB 2331850 describes a device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • FIG. 1 illustrating a front view of a dashboard 1000 of a motor vehicle having two multifunction keys 100, 200, of which only the left 100 is fully illustrated. Furthermore, an interface screen 50 as well as other control buttons are also part of the control panel 1000.
  • the multifunction key 100 defines four control locations 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d on the outer face of a cabochon 20 corresponding to four particular functions.
  • the number of control locations 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d can be any and all kinds of functions and their modes of regulation can be associated with them.
  • a multifunction key 100, 200 can be assigned to a single main function and the locations of commands 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d can be reserved for the operating modes of this function.
  • the left key 100 can be associated with the air conditioning with a control location 25b reserved for automatic mode, another 25d reserved for the cancellation (OFF) of the function while the other two locations 25a, 25b are reserved for increasing or decreasing the value of the temperature.
  • the right key 200 can be associated with the ventilation.
  • two control positions among the four 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d can be assigned to two particular mutually incompatible functions, the two other locations making it possible to decrease or increase by pulse the intensity or value of the activated function among said two particular functions.
  • the action of the activated functions and their values or modes of operation can be displayed on the interface screen 50 near the multifunction keys 100, 200.
  • the figure 2 is a sectional view of the figure 1 , showing the multifunction key 100 at rest.
  • This multifunction key 100 comprises a front panel 10, a cabochon 20, a body 30 and an electrical circuit board 40.
  • the facade 10 defines a circular opening 11 whose flange is substantially cylindrical 12 on its upper part and concave spherical 13 on its lower part.
  • the cabochon 20 has a shape similar to that of the opening 11 of the facade 10, and has a skirt 21 which engages in the periphery of the opening 11.
  • the skirt 21 of the cabochon 20 is cylindrical 22 on an upper part, convex spherical 23 on another part and ends with a transverse lower edge 26.
  • the body 30 comprises a head 31 with a face of the same shape as the cabochon 20 and a central part forming a foot 32 having at its base a spherical cap 33.
  • the body 30 is in transparent or translucent material forming an optical prism.
  • the body 30 is integrally assembled with the cabochon 20 by engagement and jamming of the head 31 in the inner part of the cabochon 20. It can be engaged in the cabochon 20, either freely or by a particular keying. Flutes or other reliefs or projecting parts, not shown in the drawings, located on the edge of the head 31 will allow an integral assembly between the body 30 and the cabochon 20.
  • the cabochon-body assembly may be composed of a single transparent or translucent piece in its body or prism part 30 and opaque in its cabochon portion 20. This piece, which is entirely transparent or translucent at the outset, may be painted in white and then black on the part corresponding to the cabochon 20.
  • the cabochon-body can also be achieved by a double injection of two different materials corresponding to the two different parts.
  • the cabochon-body assembly engages in the opening of the facade 10.
  • the convex spherical portion 23 of the skirt 21 of the cabochon 20 is adapted by articulating in the part spherical concave 13 of the facade 10 thus forming a spherical bearing.
  • the correct positioning of the cabochon-body assembly is provided by means of keying arranged by complementary reliefs 24,14 formed on the skirt 21 of the cabochon 20 and on the edge of the facade 10. These same complementary reliefs 24,14 immobilize any rotation of the cabochon-body assembly about an axis perpendicular to the facade 10.
  • the complementary reliefs 24, 14 consist of grooves 24 formed on the skirt 21 which engage on corresponding ribs 14 on the edge of the facade 10 (see also figure 5 ).
  • the ribs may belong to the cabochon 20 and the grooves to the facade 10.
  • the entire cabochon-body and the opening of the facade can have any particular shape, for example the shape of a four-leaf clover, which opposes any rotation of the whole cabochon-body around an axis perpendicular to the facade.
  • the electrical circuit board 40 is fixed behind the frontage 10 and holds all the elements of the multifunction key 100 in position.
  • the electrical board 40 comprises a plurality of pushbuttons or blisters 41 protected by a silicone membrane 43 and corresponding to the plurality of control locations 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d.
  • the silicone membrane 43 produces a good tactile sensation when pressed on a control location 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d.
  • the cabochon-body assembly is held pressed in the center of the spherical portion 13 of the facade 10 by the blisters 41 associated with the membrane 43, in response to a slight constraint exerted on them via the lower rim 26 of the skirt 21 of the cabochon 20.
  • the spherical cap 33 at the base of the body 30 has a minimum clearance with the circuit board 40 leaving the cabochon-body floating in the facade 10 and guided by the support of the convex spherical portion 23 of the cabochon 20 against the concave spherical portion 13 of the facade 10.
  • the electrical circuit board 40 comprises a backlighting means constituted for example by two light-emitting diodes 42 illuminating symbols associated with particular functions and carried by the external face of the cap 20.
  • the light of the diodes 42 is diffused in a homogeneous manner by the body 30 which behaves in this case, like an optical prism. However, it is not distributed through peripheral games. Indeed, the adaptation of the convex spherical portion 23 of the skirt 21 of the cabochon 20 in the concave spherical portion 13 of the facade 10 forms a peripheral barrier vis-à-vis the backlighting light 42.
  • the spherical cap 33 of the body 30 rests on the electrical card 40 to form a pivot point defining an intersection of axes coplanar with the plane of the electrical card 40 around which the cabochon-body assembly has a plurality of pivoting movement by articulating on the spherical range formed between the cabochon 20 and the facade 10.
  • the spherical range formed by the convex spherical portions 23 and concave 13 eliminates the peripheral clearance and the hinge noise. Indeed, fine scallops, not shown in the drawings, formed on the convex spherical portion 23 or concave 13 will limit the contact or grip surface thus eliminating friction and games or at least reducing them to minute values .
  • the plurality of pivoting movements actuate the plurality of blisters 41 of the electrical board 40, via the lower flange 26 of the skirt 21 of the cabochon 20.
  • Each pivoting movement has a limited amplitude by the skirt 21 of the cabochon 20 cooperating with the edge of the facade 10.
  • the pivoting amplitude is about plus or minus 4 °.
  • the figure 6 illustrates the maintenance in position of all the elements of the multifunction key 100 during the attachment of the electrical card 40 behind the facade 10.
  • the electrical card 40 can be fixed, as in the example of the figure 6 , via a cover 60 with fixing means 61.
  • the figure 6 also shows the two light-emitting diodes 42 which illuminate specific relief shapes formed on the outer face of the cabochon 20 after light scattering by the transparent or translucent body.

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  1. Armaturenbrett (1000) eines Kraftwagens, umfassend:
    - eine Multifunktionstaste (100),
    - eine Fassade (10), mit einer Öffnung (11) deren Rand einen konkav sphärischen Teil (13) definiert,
    - eine Kappe (20), deren Außenseite eine Vielzahl an Steuerstellen (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d) mit besonderen Funktionen aufweist, und die eine Seitenfläche (21) hat, die einen konvex sphärischen Teil (23) aufweist, der sich an den konkav sphärischen Teil (13) der Fassade (10) beweglich sitzend anpasst, wobei die Kappe (20) so auf der Fassade (10) angebracht ist, daß sie rotationsmäßig um eine senkrecht zur Fassade (10) stehenden Achse feststeht,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es umfasst:
    - eine Leiterplatte (40), die eine Vielzahl von Knackfröschen (41) aufweist, die der Vielzahl an Steuerstellen (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d) entspricht,
    - einem, mit der Kappe (20) festverbunden Körper (30), wobei dieser Körper (30) einen Kopf (31) mit einer Vorderseite umfasst, mit der gleichen Form wie die Kappe (20), und einen zentralen Teil, der einen Fuß (32) bildet und dessen Basis eine sphärische Halbkugel (33) bildet, die einen Schwenkfuß bildet, welcher einen Schnittpunkt von mit der Ebene der Leiterplatte (40) koplanaren Achsen definiert, um die der Komplex Kappe-Körper eine Vielzahl von Schwenkbewegungen aufweist, die so die Vielzahl von Knackfröschen (41) der Leiterplatte (41) betätigen, und
    - Mittel zur Hintergrundbeleuchtung (42), um die den besonderen Funktionen zugeordneten, und auf der Außenseite der Kappe (20) aufgetragenen Symbole zu beleuchten.
  2. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Komplex Kappe-Körper aus einem einzigen Teil besteht.
  3. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anpassung des konvex sphärischen Teils (23) der Seitenfläche (21) der Kappe (20) in den konkav sphärischen Teil (13) der Fassade (10) eine Randbegrenzung für das Licht der Hintergrundbeleuchtung (42) bildet.
  4. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Körper (30) ein Prisma aus durchsichtigem oder durchscheinendem Material bildet.
  5. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die komplementären Reliefe (24, 14), die auf der Seitenfläche (21) der Kappe (20) und auf den Rand der Fassade (10) gebildet sind, sich jeder Drehung der Kappe (20) um eine senkrecht zur Fassade (10) stehenden Achse entgegenstellen.
  6. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vielzahl der Schwenkbewegungen eine Amplitude aufweist, die durch das Zusammenwirken der Seitenfläche (21) der Kappe (20) mit dem Rand der Fassade (10) begrenzt ist.
  7. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Knackfrösche (41) durch einen unteren Rand (26) der Seitenfläche (21) der Kappe (20) aktiviert werden, wenn der Komplex Kappe-Körper geschwenkt wird.
  8. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuerstellen (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d) der Taste (100) mehreren der folgenden Funktionen entsprechen : Lüftungsverteilung, Lüftung, Klima-Anlage, Datenlesen, Navigation, Autoradio, Telekommunikation, Datenempfang und -übertragung, Intensitätseinstellungen.
  9. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Komplex Kappe-Körper in vier spezifische Schwenkbewegungen beweglich ist, die vier Steuerstellen (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d) von spezifischen durch die Satellitenmultifunktionstaste (100) gesteuerten Funktionen entsprechen.
  10. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwei der vier Steuerstellen (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d) mit zwei sich untereinander ausschließenden Funktionen belegt sind, wobei zwei weiteren Steuerstellen es erlauben den Wert der aktivierten Funktion von den zwei spezifischen Funktionen durch Impulse zu erhöhen oder zu erniedrigen.
  11. Armaturenbrett (1000) nach einem der Ansprüche 9 und 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es ein Schnittstellenbildschirm (50) umfasst, um die Wirkung der aktivierten Funktion und deren Wert anzuzeigen.
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