EP1513175B1 - Interrupteur à bascule - Google Patents

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EP1513175B1
EP1513175B1 EP04018833A EP04018833A EP1513175B1 EP 1513175 B1 EP1513175 B1 EP 1513175B1 EP 04018833 A EP04018833 A EP 04018833A EP 04018833 A EP04018833 A EP 04018833A EP 1513175 B1 EP1513175 B1 EP 1513175B1
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toggle switch
push rod
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Markus Altmann
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BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GmbH
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    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H19/00—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand
    • H01H19/54—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand the operating part having at least five or an unspecified number of operative positions
    • H01H19/60—Angularly-movable actuating part carrying no contacts
    • H01H19/635—Contacts actuated by rectilinearly-movable member linked to operating part, e.g. by pin and slot
    • 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
    • H01H2233/00—Key modules
    • H01H2233/002—Key modules joined to form button rows
    • H01H2233/004—One molded part
    • H01H2233/006—Separating individual keys after mounting
    • 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
    • H01H2300/00—Orthogonal indexing scheme relating to electric switches, relays, selectors or emergency protective devices covered by H01H
    • H01H2300/01—Application power window
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49105—Switch making

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  • the invention relates to a toggle switch.
  • toggle switch in which the tilting or rotational movement of a rocker switch is converted into a linear movement for closing one or more electrical contacts.
  • the DE 36 29 723 C2 shows the arrangement of an actuating plunger in a switch without rocker switch.
  • the actuating tappet is, before the completion of the switch, integrally molded with a housing having a receptacle for the actuating plunger.
  • the actuating plunger is connected via certain, weak material areas with the housing, which break when exposed to a force on the actuating plunger. When this is done, the plunger can move in the receptacle.
  • the object of the invention is to present a cost-effective toggle switch, which ensures a secure switching action.
  • a latching element is provided which forms an end stop for the lower end of the actuating plunger after pressing the actuating plunger into the receptacle and thus secures the actuating plunger against falling out of the guide plate.
  • the guide plate and the actuating plunger are interconnected by at least one web, which, viewed in the switching direction, lower end of the actuating plunger and a, also seen in the switching direction, upper end of a wall of the receptacle, respectively is arranged with respect to the direction of movement of the actuating tappet.
  • two webs per actuating plunger are provided in each case.
  • the actuating tappets. are thus already arranged in a projection into the plane of the guide plate in its desired position. When a force is applied in the direction of the recording, they are automatically positioned correctly.
  • Such a unit can be easily manufactured in an injection molding process.
  • the recording of the guide plate advantageously has in the region of the web on a recess which is formed so that residues of the web do not come into contact with a wall of the receptacle.
  • the actuating plunger in the region of the web may have a recess which is formed so that residues of the web do not come into contact with the actuating plunger. This ensures that the remains of the web do not hinder the movement of the actuating plunger in the recording.
  • an almost play-free guide can be provided by the wall of the receptacle outside the recess.
  • an end stop is provided on one, viewed in the switching direction, the upper end of the actuating plunger, which may also be made in one piece with the actuating plunger. This end stop prevents the actuating tappet from penetrating too far into the guide plate.
  • a plurality of actuating tappets are provided, which are arranged in corresponding receptacles and associated with a corresponding number of switch units.
  • a connecting element can be provided which connects the actuating tappets together at their upper end.
  • the upper end of the actuating plunger is rounded, and the connecting element rests on the upper ends.
  • the connecting element can perform a tilting movement, with which the differences in height between a depressed and a located in an unactuated position actuating tappet be compensated.
  • the rocker switch can be e.g. realize a two- or four-stage toggle switch for a power window of a vehicle. With a tilting movement in two directions, e.g. respond to four switching stages.
  • the rocker switch preferably has two arms. Each of the two arms can then, e.g. via one or more connecting elements, which rest on the upper ends of the actuating plunger, depress two actuating plunger and thus realize two switching states.
  • the invention also relates to a method for producing a toggle switch.
  • the guide plate and the actuating plunger are made in one piece with each other, and the actuating plunger is pressed by a force into the receptacle of the guide plate and thereby released from the guide plate.
  • the guide plate and the actuating plunger are produced in one piece in an injection molding process from a suitable plastic.
  • FIG. 1 shows a toggle switch 10 with a switch button 12 which is connected to a two-armed rocker switch 14.
  • the rocker 14 is tiltable about an axis 16 in two directions, which is indicated by the two arrows in FIG. 1 is clarified. This tilting movement is, as described below, converted into a linear movement in a switching direction z, which leads to the closing of one or more electrical contacts.
  • Each of the two arms 18 of the rocker switch 14 rests on a single connecting element 20, which is formed here from a metal sheet.
  • the connecting element 20 in turn lies on rounded upper ends 22 (with respect to FIGS Switching direction z) of actuating tappets 24.
  • Each actuating tappet 24 is guided in a receptacle 26 of a guide plate 28.
  • the receptacles 26 leave only a linear movement of the actuating plunger 24 in the in the FIGS. 1 and 2 with an arrow designated switching direction z and in the opposite direction to.
  • the lower ends of the actuating tappets 24 are in contact with switch units, which are formed here by switching domes 30 of a conventional switching mat 32.
  • An electrical contact is closed when a switching dome 30 with a contact on its underside contacts a corresponding mating contact at the base of the switching mat 32 (not shown).
  • the switching domes 30 are connected via elastic connections 34 to the base of the switching mat 32 and elastically biased so that they are eager to in the in FIG. 1 return shown open position.
  • the guide plate 28 has a central planar portion 40 and on the outer sides in the direction of the switching mat 32 pointing spacer sections 38th
  • the tilting or rotational movement of the switching key 12 is converted via the connecting element 20 and the actuating plunger 24, which are guided in the receptacles 26, in a purely linear movement, so that the switching domes 30 are always loaded only in the z-direction.
  • the toggle switch 10 is in FIG. 1 shown in an unconfirmed position.
  • the rocker switch 14 is in equilibrium, so that none of the actuating tappet 24 loaded and is deflected from its initial position shown. None of the switching dome 30 is depressed, so that all electrical contacts of the switching mat 32 are opened.
  • each switching dome 30 is biased by about 0.2 mm. In principle, the switching rocker 14 and the actuating tappet 24 are slightly biased.
  • the toggle switch 10 shown is a four-stage switch, as it can be used for example for a power window of a vehicle. In this case, only the upper part of the shift button 12 would protrude beyond a cowling 36 of the vehicle, eg, a door trim.
  • the arms 18 of the rocker switch 14 are offset on the connecting element 20 respectively from the middle between two actuating tappets 24, so that the actuating forces for the two respective associated switching domes 30 are different.
  • the force that is necessary to trigger the various switching states set.
  • the connecting element 20 can be adjusted in its position when one or more of the actuating plunger 24 are pressed into the receptacle 26 for closing the electrical contacts.
  • the guide plate 28 and the actuating tappets 24 are manufactured in an injection molding process as an integral unit. This unit is in FIG. 2 shown.
  • the actuating tappets 24 are formed at a lower end 42 on two sides by means of webs 44 which are integrally formed with them and with the guide plate 28 are connected to an upper end 46 of a wall 48 of the receptacle 26 in the guide plate 28.
  • the actuating plunger 24 are acted upon in the z direction by a force and all simultaneously pressed into the receptacles 26. This can be done for example by means of a hand lever press. In this case, the webs 44 break at break edges 45, 47. After this process, the actuating plunger are guided in the z-direction slidably in the receptacles 26, as in FIG. 3 is shown. Each actuating plunger 24 has at its upper end 22 an end stop 50, which prevents the actuating plunger 24 from slipping too deeply into the receptacle 26 in the z-direction.
  • each actuating tappet 24 has at its lower end 42 a locking element (not shown here), which comes after pressing into the receptacle 26 on a bottom 52 of the flat portion 38 of the guide plate 28 into abutment and movement of the actuating plunger 24 in the switching direction z opposite direction, which could lead to slipping out of the receptacle 26 prevents.
  • the set by the end stop 50 and the locking element actuating stroke is sufficient to depress the switching dome 30th
  • recesses 54, 56 are provided both on the actuating tappets 24 and on the receptacles 26. These recesses 54, 56 prevent the broken edges 45, 47 come into contact with the actuating plunger 24 and the wall 48 of the receptacle 26.
  • the actuating plunger 24 are, with the exception of the recesses 54, 56 on the wall 48 of the receptacles 26 at.
  • a pin 60 is integrally formed.
  • the pins 60 extend through associated openings in the connector 20 and attach the connecting element 20 to the actuating tappets 24th
  • each pin After the connecting element 20 has been placed on the mounting plunger 24, the free end of each pin is transformed under heat into a mushroom-shaped head 62, so that the connecting element 20 can not be detached from the actuating plungers 24.
  • the distance between the head 62 and the connecting element 20 is selected so that a tilting movement of the connecting element 20 with respect to the upper ends 22 of the actuating tappet 24 is possible.

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  1. Interrupteur à bascule, comportant
    une bascule de commutation (14) qui présente au moins un bras (18),
    une plaque de guidage (28) qui présente au moins un logement (26) dans lequel au moins un poussoir d'actionnement (24) est guidé en déplacement linéaire, le bras (18) de la bascule de commutation (14) étant apte à transmettre une force au poussoir d'actionnement (24),
    et une unité d'interrupteur (30, 32) sur laquelle le poussoir d'actionnement (24) peut agir pour fermer un contact électrique,
    la plaque de guidage (28) et le poussoir d'actionnement (24) présentant chacun une arête de rupture (45, 47) le long de laquelle ils étaient reliés l'une à l'autre d'un seul tenant avant l'assemblage de l'interrupteur à bascule,
    un élément d'enclenchement qui bloque le poussoir d'actionnement (24) pour qu'il ne tombe pas hors de la plaque de guidage (28) étant prévu à une extrémité inférieure (42) du poussoir d'actionnement (24).
  2. Interrupteur à bascule selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'avant un détachement du poussoir d'actionnement (24) de la plaque de guidage (28), la plaque de guidage (28) et le poussoir d'actionnement (24) sont reliés l'une à l'autre par au moins une barrette (44) agencée à une extrémité inférieure (42) du poussoir d'actionnement (24) et à une extrémité supérieure (46) d'une paroi (48) du logement (26).
  3. Interrupteur à bascule selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que deux barrettes (44) sont agencées sur le poussoir d'actionnement (24).
  4. Interrupteur à bascule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le logement (26) de la plaque de guidage (28) présente dans la région de la barrette (44) un évidement (56) réalisé de telle sorte que des restes de la barrette (44) ne parviennent pas en contact avec une paroi (48) du logement (26).
  5. Interrupteur à bascule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le poussoir d'actionnement (24) présente dans la région de la barrette (44) un évidement (54) réalisé de telle sorte que des restes de la barrette (44) ne parviennent pas en contact avec le poussoir d'actionnement (24).
  6. Interrupteur à bascule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une butée d'extrémité (50) est prévue sur une extrémité supérieure (22) du poussoir d'actionnement (24).
  7. Interrupteur à bascule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu au moins deux poussoirs d'actionnement (24).
  8. Interrupteur à bascule selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu au moins un élément de connexion (20) reliant les poussoirs d'actionnement (24) les uns aux autres à leur extrémité supérieure (22).
  9. Interrupteur à bascule selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité supérieure (22) de chaque poussoir d'actionnement (24) est arrondie, et en ce que l'élément de connexion (20) repose sur les extrémités supérieures (22).
  10. Interrupteur à bascule selon l'une des revendications 8 et 9, caractérisé en ce que le bras (18) de la bascule de commutation (14) agit sur l'élément de connexion (20) en décalage du centre entre deux poussoirs d'actionnement (24).
  11. Interrupteur à bascule selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la bascule de commutation (14) présente deux bras (18).
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CN1591728A (zh) 2005-03-09
DE10341101B4 (de) 2006-10-12
CN1312713C (zh) 2007-04-25
EP1513175A3 (fr) 2007-04-11
EP1513175A2 (fr) 2005-03-09
DE10341101A1 (de) 2005-04-21

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