EP1727175A1 - Elektrisches Schaltgerät mit Lichtfunktion - Google Patents

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EP1727175A1
EP1727175A1 EP06290687A EP06290687A EP1727175A1 EP 1727175 A1 EP1727175 A1 EP 1727175A1 EP 06290687 A EP06290687 A EP 06290687A EP 06290687 A EP06290687 A EP 06290687A EP 1727175 A1 EP1727175 A1 EP 1727175A1
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Tony Belet
Laurent Janicot
Emmanuel Maneyrol
Jean-François Mourgaud
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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
    • H01H23/02—Details
    • H01H23/025—Light-emitting indicators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/16—Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off"
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/18—Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/054—Optical elements
    • H01H2219/062—Light conductor

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  • the present invention generally relates to electrical apparatus which comprises any apparatus mechanism, such as for example a switch or socket mechanism, in a box for mounting in any wall or in a housing to be reported in projecting from such a wall.
  • any apparatus mechanism such as for example a switch or socket mechanism
  • It relates in particular to electrical equipment comprising a driver pivotally mounted in a base for opening and closing electrical contacts contained in said base, and illumination means specific to the illumination of a facade area of said apparatus.
  • the invention finds a particularly advantageous application in the production of an electric switch with a light function, visible in dim light.
  • the illumination means comprise a light source (a diode or a filament bulb) disposed inside the equipment housing.
  • This light source electrically connected to the connection terminals of the fitting mechanism, emits a light beam in the direction of the control button accessible to the user to illuminate directly or indirectly a window made in the facade of said key and form a line or a bright spot on it.
  • the light source is offset laterally relative to the window of the control key to be illuminated.
  • the illumination means then comprise an optical guide embedded in said control key which retrieves the light emitted by the light source and the guide to the window to be illuminated.
  • the document US 4,710,858 discloses an electrical apparatus comprising a transparent tilt control key conventionally illuminated from the rear by means of a light source, this control key having an opaque frame to prevent light leakage between said key and the edge of the opening of mounting the key.
  • an arrangement of means for tilting the key, a light guide and an opaque foam is also provided so that the light emitted by the source is guided to the rear face of the key while avoiding any lateral leakage of the light. light when tilting said key.
  • the document DE 20 2004 003 530 U1 describes an electrical apparatus that includes two rocker keys.
  • Each tilting key is associated with a light source which illuminates a light guide, integral with the key, comprising, on the one hand, an end portion opening at the center of the key so as to form a central light zone on the facade of said key, and, secondly, a nose located at the rear of the key for actuating a control switch of the light source.
  • the present invention proposes a new arrangement of lighting means for electrical equipment that allow to form a line or a bright spot on the front of the control button of the equipment, or to illuminate areas of the front plate embellisher to form a halo light on either side of said control key.
  • the electrical equipment comprises a driver pivotally mounted in a base for opening and closing electrical contacts contained in said base, and illumination means suitable for illuminating a facade zone of said apparatus.
  • said illumination means comprise a light source which emits a luminous flux in the direction of an optical guide adapted to guide this luminous flux along the axis of pivoting of said driver.
  • FIG. 1 to 9 there is shown an electrical apparatus comprising a base 100 a module to be mounted in a device holder not shown.
  • This base 100 made in one piece of molded plastic material, contains the electrical mechanism (not visible in the figures) of the electrical equipment.
  • It can be a switch mechanism or back-and-forth.
  • the base 100 has on its rear face (see Figure 9) 120 openings for access to the electrical connection terminals of the equipment mechanism contained in said base. It also has on two opposite side faces lugs 110 provided with a ratchet tooth 111 for snap-fitting of the base 100 on the corresponding equipment support. On its front face, it is bordered by a rim 101,112 which bears on the corresponding equipment support.
  • the electrical equipment comprises a driver 200 mounted to pivot about an axis X in the base 100 to open and close the electrical contacts of the equipment mechanism contained in said base 100.
  • the electrical equipment also comprises illumination means specific to the illumination of a facade zone of said apparatus.
  • said illumination means are arranged to form a light line on the facade 300A of a control key 300 of the electrical equipment (see Figure 6).
  • the control key 300 accessible to the user is snapped onto the driver 200 to rotate about the pivot axis X.
  • these illumination means comprise a light source 403 which emits a luminous flux towards an optical guide 202A, 204 adapted to guide this luminous flux along the axis X of pivoting of said driver 200.
  • the light source here comprises four light-emitting diodes 403 positioned on the rib adjacent to the four corners of a rectangle, connected to a printed circuit supported on the rear face of a printed circuit board 404 wrapped with an insulating envelope 401 to form a cassette 400.
  • the insulating envelope 401 of the cassette 400 does not cover said light-emitting diodes 403 which appear on the rear face of the cassette 400 in a window 402 of said envelope.
  • the printed circuit is electrically powered via contact pins 405 which emerge from the insulating jacket 401 to be connected to the connection terminals of the equipment mechanism contained in the base 100.
  • the driver 200 is in the general form of a generally rectangular cradle, with a bottom 202 bordered by a peripheral side wall 201 which defines a housing 200A open towards the front of the electrical equipment.
  • the peripheral side wall 201 of the driver 200 carries on its outer surface teeth 201A for the snap-on report of the control key 300.
  • the driver 200 comprises along two parallel lateral sides of the peripheral lateral wall 201 of the wings 203 which are integral with the pivots 204 pivoting the driver 200. These wings 203 have at the trunnions 204 notches so that the The driver 200 has two voids 205 between the peripheral side wall 201 and the two journals 204.
  • This cradle accommodates the cassette 400 so that its rear face causing said light-emitting diodes 403 to face the bottom 202 of the cradle and that its front face covered with the insulating envelope 401 is turned towards the front face of the apparatus c that is, to the control key 300 thereof.
  • the bottom 202 of the cradle formed by the driver 200 has openings which pass the contact pins 405 of the cassette 400 placed in said cradle so that said pins can connect to the connection terminals of the equipment mechanism provided at the bottom of the cradle. base 100.
  • the optical guide adapted to guide the luminous flux emitted by the light source of the illumination means along the pivoting axis X of the trainer belongs to the trainer 200.
  • this optical guide comprises at least a portion 202A of the bottom 202 of the trainer 200.
  • the driver 200 is made of a transparent plastic material such as transparent polycarbonate or transparent methyl-acrylonitrile polymethacrylate. It is advantageously made of a single piece of molded transparent plastic material.
  • the light-emitting diodes 403 When the cassette 400 is positioned in the driver 200, the light-emitting diodes 403 are disposed opposite the portion 202A of the bottom 202 of the cradle forming the optical guide. The luminous flux emitted by the light-emitting diodes 403 is guided by the bottom 202A of the cradle according to the arrows F (see FIGS. 4 and 6) in the direction of the pivot pins 204 of the driver 200.
  • the apparatus shown comprises an optical conduit 500 capable of recovering the light flux guided by the bottom 202A of the driver 200 along the pivot axis X thereof. and to bring it to an elongated window 302 provided in the facade 300A of the control key 300 of the electrical equipment.
  • the optical conduit 500 made of transparent molded plastic, has a shape adapted to a control key 300 of square shape known as two modules. It follows the overall contour of a trapezium which protrudes from the template of the base 100. It has two ends 501A, 502A input of the luminous flux located on either side of the driver 200 on said axis X pivoting. Each of these ends 501A 502A is inserted into one of said empty spaces 205 located between said peripheral side wall 201 of the cradle and an inner end of a pivot pivot pin 204 thereof.
  • the optical conduit 500 has two guide portions 501, 502 of the luminous flux which bypass (one from the left, the other from the right) the peripheral lateral wall 201 of the 200 and which connect to a diffusion portion 503 which extends into said elongated window 302 to illuminate.
  • the optical conduit 500 is a solid conduit made in one piece by molding a transparent plastic material, for example identical to that which constitutes the driver 200.
  • most of the luminous flux emitted by the light-emitting diodes 403 towards the bottom of the base 100 is recovered by the part 202A of the bottom 202 of the trainer 200 and is guided according to the arrows.
  • control key 300 has, on its rear face 300B, studs 301 for holding the optical conduit 500 placed on the trainer 200 of the apparatus.
  • Figure 10 there is shown an alternative embodiment of the apparatus of Figure 1 according to which the optical conduit 500 'has a U-shape adapted to that of a rectangular control key 300' a module, said piano key.
  • the ends 501'A and 502'A of the guide portions 501 'and 502' thereof are located on the X axis pivoting on either side of the driver 200 outside the pivot pins of the latter.
  • the diffusion portion 503 'of the optical conduit 500' is shorter since it extends only over the width of the base 100.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 show another alternative embodiment of the electrical equipment shown in FIG. 1 according to which the driver 200 'pivotally mounted on the base of the not shown apparatus mechanism also forms an open cradle. towards the bottom of the base, with a bottom 202 'and a peripheral side wall 201' which define a housing accommodating a printed circuit board 404 'which carries a printed circuit on its front face and on its rear face.
  • the card 404 ' On the one hand, on the rear face of the card 404 ', there are two light-emitting diodes connected to said printed circuit and placed opposite the trunnions of the driver 200' to form a luminous flux along the pivoting axis X of the coach 200 ', and, secondly, on the front of the card 404' turned towards the control key 300, two other light-emitting diodes 403 'turned towards the bottom 202' of the driver 200 '.
  • the bottom 202 'of the driver 200 forms an optical guide which guides the luminous flux emitted by these light-emitting diodes 403' to a T-shaped optical conduit 500 "having a guide portion 501" which extends opposite of the trainer 200 'to recover the light flow guided by him and a head 502 "serving as a diffusion part which extends in the elongated window 302 of the actuating key to be illuminated.
  • FIGS. 13 to 17 show another alternative embodiment of the electrical equipment shown in FIG. 1, in which it is provided on either side of the driver 200, facing its pivots 204 for pivoting. , optical conduits 610, 620 arranged to illuminate lateral portions 701, 702 of a trim plate 700 attached around the control button 300 "snapped onto the driver 200 to form a light halt on either side of this key. ordered.
  • each optical conduit 610, 620 is relatively flat. It comprises an inlet end 611,621 disposed on the pivoting axis X, opposite each journal 204 pivoting the driver 200, to recover the luminous flux emitted by the light-emitting diodes 403 towards the bottom of the base 100 and guided by the bottom 202A of the coach 200 and the associated journal 204. In addition, it comprises, in the extension of its end 611, 621 a light diffusing portion 612, 622 which extends on a lateral side of the driver 100 opposite the surface 701, 702 of the frontage area of the plate hubcap 700 to illuminate.
  • each optical conduit 610, 620 has a generally fan-shaped or angular sector shape and has on its rear face grooves 621A, 622A for diffusing the luminous flux that passes through said conduit.
  • Each optical conduit 610, 620 also has on its edge streaks of diffusion and reflection of light.
  • Each optical conduit 610, 620 is a solid conduit made in one piece of transparent plastic material as are the optical conduits 500, 500 '.
  • the luminous flux emitted by the light-emitting diodes in the direction of the bottom of the base is recovered by the part 202A of the bottom 202 of the trainer 202 so as to be guided along the X axis of pivoting. part of this luminous flux passes through the empty space 205 situated between the peripheral lateral wall 201 of the driver 200 and the corresponding journal 204 so as to be guided by the journal 204 to the end of corresponding input 611,621 of the optical conduit 610, 620 and to be diffused by the corresponding fan diffusion part 612,622 of the latter on the front of the trim plate.
  • FIGS. 18 and 19 show an alternative embodiment of the electrical equipment shown in FIGS. 13 to 17 in which two trainers 200 identical to those described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9, positioned side by side, are provided. and actuated by two control keys 300 "'at the disposal of the user The trainers 200 pivot about the same axis X pivoting.
  • the illumination means of the electrical equipment comprise a cassette 400 as shown in Figure 2 to be disposed in each coach 200.
  • each optical conduit 610 ', 620' comprises a wall 611 ', 621' disposed facing the outer end of the corresponding pivot pin 204 to recover the light guided by this pin.
  • Each optical conduit 610 ', 620' is adapted to diffuse the light on the corresponding lateral surface of the hub plate surrounding the control keys 300 "'.
  • the optical conduits 610 ', 620' are solid conduits made in one piece by molding a transparent plastic material.
  • At least one of the control keys 300 "' carries an opaque wall 310"' adapted to block the luminous flux propagating between the two drivers 200 along the axis X of pivoting thereof.
  • each control key 300 "' has an opaque wall 310''' which is interposed between the peripheral side wall 201 of said driver 200 and an inner pivot journal 204 of the latter so as to block the light flux propagating therebetween.
  • Each opaque wall 310 "'forms a single piece with the control key 300"' associated.
  • the luminous flux is recovered to illuminate only the lateral parts of the trim plate situated on either side of the control keys 300 "'contiguous so as to form a luminous halot around these keys.
  • the electrical apparatus it is possible by associating with the trainer 200 the appropriate optical conduit to repatriate the light emitted by the light source on the front face of the control key so as to form on it a line illuminate or diffuse this light on the front of the trim plate on either side of said control button.

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  • Arrangements Of Lighting Devices For Vehicle Interiors, Mounting And Supporting Thereof, Circuits Therefore (AREA)
  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Piezo-Electric Transducers For Audible Bands (AREA)
  • Road Signs Or Road Markings (AREA)
  • Arrangement Of Elements, Cooling, Sealing, Or The Like Of Lighting Devices (AREA)
  • Switches With Compound Operations (AREA)
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US4710858A (en) 1987-01-20 1987-12-01 Hout James E Van Panel displays, framed lighted switch actuators therefor
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FR2998087A1 (fr) * 2012-11-09 2014-05-16 Legrand France Voyant lumineux pour appareillage electrique et appareillage electrique associe
CN103982846A (zh) * 2014-05-19 2014-08-13 美国斯特灵灯饰有限公司 洗墙灯
CN103982846B (zh) * 2014-05-19 2017-04-26 美国斯特灵灯饰有限公司 洗墙灯
FR3133701A1 (fr) * 2022-03-17 2023-09-22 Legrand France Voyant lumineux pour appareillage électrique et appareillage de commutation associé
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