EP1533823B1 - Mikroschalter - Google Patents

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EP1533823B1
EP1533823B1 EP04354029A EP04354029A EP1533823B1 EP 1533823 B1 EP1533823 B1 EP 1533823B1 EP 04354029 A EP04354029 A EP 04354029A EP 04354029 A EP04354029 A EP 04354029A EP 1533823 B1 EP1533823 B1 EP 1533823B1
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Stéphane Schneider Electric Industries Collot
Bernard Schneider Electric Industries Truchet
Christian Schneider Electric Industries Roux
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/26—Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members
    • H01H13/36—Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members using flexing of blade springs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H11/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
    • H01H11/0006—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches for converting electric switches
    • H01H11/0012—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches for converting electric switches for converting normally open to normally closed switches and vice versa
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H13/20—Driving mechanisms
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/26—Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members
    • H01H13/36—Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members using flexing of blade springs
    • H01H13/40—Blade spring with at least one snap-acting leg and at least one separate contact-carrying or contact-actuating leg

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  • the invention relates to a microswitch, that is to say a device of reduced dimensions ensuring a switching function of an electric current.
  • microswitches are frequently used in many fields of activity using switching functions of an electric current, such as automotive or household appliances. Depending on the function performed, these may be contactors that establish an electric current when they are actuated, breakers that cut an electric current when they are actuated, or inverters that switch two electric currents depending on whether they are in their state of rest or their actuated state.
  • the invention relates to microswitches comprising a sudden-action mechanism actuated by a pusher.
  • a microswitch according to the state of the art is for example described in the documents DE19834888 , US5181603 , EP0789373 , US 5566819 or US 4543459 .
  • the microswitch must at best meet often conflicting constraints in terms of cost, size, reliability and ease of implementation. In particular, it must be of reduced dimensions, and at the same time offer the pusher the greatest possible over-travel in order to facilitate or avoid the mechanical adjustments of the system in which it will be used; overtravel being the distance that can travel the pusher after the device has switched.
  • the microswitches described in the documents DE19834888 and US5181603 only offer a slight over-stroke of the pusher.
  • the pusher will exert on the switching mechanism a mechanical force increasingly important, which reduces the mechanical reliability of the microswitch.
  • the microswitch device described in the document EP0789373 offers a significant over-stroke of the pusher but the switching mechanism undergoes stresses and deformations throughout this over-stroke which affects the mechanical reliability of the device by tiring the blade and reducing its endurance, more friction occurs at the contact, which accelerates the wear of surface treatments and decreases the longevity of the device.
  • the mechanical forces exerted by the blade on the pusher induce significant friction.
  • the invention therefore aims to overcome the disadvantages of microswitches according to the state of the art, allowing a great over-stroke of the pusher while ensuring excellent electrical and mechanical reliability through a reduction of fatigue of the elements.
  • the subject of the invention is an electric microswitch, comprising a housing including a lid part and a base part from which a plurality of electrical terminals protrude, an instantaneous switching mechanism placed in the housing and comprising a blade flexible conductor subjected to substantially longitudinal prestressing, and a pusher slidably mounted through the lid-forming portion of the housing to actuate the instant mechanism, and further comprising a compression spring which opposes the sliding of the pusher, the blade flexible conductor being held under stress by the pusher and the compression spring by means of a stop placed on the pusher in the rest position of the microswitch, and the conductive blade being released from any constraint of the pusher and the compression spring in the actuated position of the microswitch.
  • the pusher passes through the flexible conductive blade
  • one end of the compression spring is housed in a recess of the pusher
  • the flexible conductive blade is prestressed by mounting between two notches or between a notch and a holding bend.
  • the microswitch comprises a housing consisting of a base portion (10) from which a plurality of electrical terminals (11, 12, 13) and a cover portion (20) project.
  • a snap mechanism is placed in the housing and provides the switching function corresponding to a contactor, a breaker or an inverter depending on the application.
  • This switching mechanism conventionally comprises a flexible conductive blade (40) having a tongue (45) subjected to substantially longitudinal prestressing. Depending on the position of the minirutor, the blade makes it possible to establish an electrical connection between a terminal (13) and one of the two other terminals (11) and (12).
  • the flexible conductive blade (40) comprises a tongue (45) and two legs (46, 47) separated by a recess. The free end of the tongue (45) is inserted into a first notch (15) on the portion of the base housing (10) and the two legs (46, 47) are inserted into a second notch (61). located on an insert (60), so as to subject the tongue (45) to a substantially longitudinal mechanical prestress which tends to maintain the movable end of the flexible conductive blade (40) pressed against the contact (70) closest from the base (10).
  • a pusher (30) is slidably mounted in the portion of the cover housing (20) to actuate the switching mechanism.
  • a compression spring (50) is placed between the base housing (10) and the pusher (30) so that it opposes the sliding of the pusher (30) over the entire stroke, and exerts a return force when the pusher (30) is in the rest position.
  • the pusher (30) is provided with at least one abutment (35) which presses on a limb (46) of the flexible conductive blade (40) so as to exert a force on the blade (40), but only on part of the stroke of the pusher (30).
  • the compression spring (50) exerts on the pusher (30), and therefore on its abutment (35), a force greater than the effect of the prestressing so that it maintains the movable end of the conductive blade flexible (40) pressed against the contact (71) furthest from the base housing part (10).
  • the pusher (30) Upon actuation of the microswitch, the pusher (30) will gradually oppose the action of the compression spring (50) on the limb (46,47) of the blade (40) as and when it will be depressed until the flexible conductive blade (40) suddenly switches to the switched position under the effect of prestressing, as shown in FIG. Figure 3 .
  • the stroke of the pusher (30) can then be extended to an extreme position shown in FIG. Figure 4 , compressing the spring (50), without the conductive blade (40) no longer experiencing any force from the pusher (30).
  • the flexible blade (40) undergoes very little fatigue because its travel is very low, and it undergoes only limited forces, which ensures a very high mechanical endurance and excellent reliability of the sudden break mechanism that provides the switching function .
  • the low clearance also limits the friction between the one or more fixed contacts (70, 71) connected to the terminals (11, 12) of the microswitch and the contact or contacts which are placed at the mobile end of the flexible blade (40). ), thus ensuring high electrical reliability through the reduction of wear of the contacts, in particular surface treatments.
  • the forces exerted by the pusher (30) on the blade (40) are parallel to the axis of the pusher (30) and do not induce friction during its sliding.
  • the pusher (30) of the microswitch has a large over-stroke by simple compression of the spring (50), which guarantees a great mechanical endurance and an excellent reliability of the device, without having the disadvantages of microswitches according to the prior art.
  • the pusher (30) passes through the recess separating the two branches (46, 47) of the flexible conductive blade (40), in order to balance the mechanical forces, to simplify the construction of the device and to reduce it. footprint.
  • one end of the compression spring (50) is placed in a recess provided in the pusher (30) as shown in FIG. Figure 2 .
  • the spring (50) enters the recess as it is compressed by the pusher (30). In this way, it is possible to obtain a maximum stroke for the pusher (30) relative to the dimensions of the microswitch.
  • a seal (80) may be used as shown on the Figure 2 to seal the device around the pusher (30).
  • a seal or other sealing device (not shown) can then also be placed between the base housing part (10) and the cover housing part (20).
  • the Figures 5, 6 and 7, 8 correspond to the Figures 1 and 2 for two embodiments illustrating alternative solutions for prestressing the flexible conductive blade (40).
  • the limbs (46, 47) of the flexible blade (40) terminate in a holding bend (48) which abuts on a protrusion of the base housing part.
  • the branches (46, 47) of the flexible blade (40) meet and come to bear on one or more uprights (90) which are either placed on an insert or from the base housing (10) or from the terminal (13).

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  1. Elektrischer Mikroschalter mit
    - einem Gehäuse, das einen als Deckel (20) dienenden Gehäuseteil sowie einen als Sockel (10) dienenden Gehäuseteil umfasst, aus dem mehrere Anschlusskontakte (11, 12, 13) hervorstehen,
    - einem in dem Gehäuse angeordneten Ausschalt-Schnappmechanismus mit einem elektrisch leitenden Federblatt (40), das eine Zunge (45) sowie zwei durch eine Ausnehmung voneinander getrennte Schenkel (46, 47) umfasst,
    - einem Drucktaster (30), der durch den als Deckel (20) ausgebildeten Teil des Gehäuses hindurch verschoben werden kann, um so den Schnappmechanismus zu betätigen, sowie
    - mit einer der Verschiebung des Drucktasters (30) entgegen wirkenden Druckfeder (50),
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein freies Ende der Zunge (45) in eine erste Lagerkerbe (15) des Gehäuses eingreift und dass die beiden Schenkel (46, 47) in eine zweite Lagerkerbe (61) eingreifen, derart dass die Zunge (45) mit einer im wesentlichen in Längsrichtung wirkenden mechanischen Vorspannung beaufschlagt wird, wobei
    - das elektrisch leitende Federblatt (40) durch den Drucktaster (10) und die Druckfeder (50) mithilfe eines am Drucktaster (30) ausgebildeten Anschlags (35) in der Ruhestellung des Mikroschalters unter Spannung gehalten wird,
    - in der Betätigungsstellung des Mikroschalters keinerlei Kräfte durch den Drucktaster (30) und die Druckfeder (50) auf das elektrisch leitende Federblatt (40) ausgeübt werden.
  2. Elektrischer Mikroschalter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eines der Enden des Federblatts (40) ortsfest ist und das andere Ende beweglich ausgebildet ist und mindestens einen Kontakt trägt.
  3. Elektrischer Mikroschalter nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Drucktaster (30) die zwischen den Schenkeln (46, 47) des elektrisch leitenden Federblatts (40) ausgebildete Aussparung durchragt.
  4. Elektrischer Mikroschalter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Ende der Druckfeder (50) in einer Ausnehmung des Drucktasters (30) gelagert ist.
  5. Elektrischer Mikroschalter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das elektrisch leitende Federblatt (40) zwischen zwei Lagerkerben (15, 61) vorgespannt ist.
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EP1533823A1 (de) 2005-05-25
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