Classifications

• • 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
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
  • G05G—CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
  • G05G9/00—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously
  • G05G9/02—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only
  • G05G9/04—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously
  • G05G9/047—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
  • G05G—CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
  • G05G9/00—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously
  • G05G9/02—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only
  • G05G9/04—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously
  • G05G9/047—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks
  • G05G2009/04766—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks providing feel, e.g. indexing means, means to create counterforce
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
  • G05G—CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
  • G05G9/00—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously
  • G05G9/02—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only
  • G05G9/04—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously
  • G05G9/047—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks
  • G05G2009/04777—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks with additional push or pull action on the handle
• • 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
  • H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
  • H01H25/002—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part having an operating member rectilinearly slidable in different directions
  • H01H2025/004—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part having an operating member rectilinearly slidable in different directions the operating member being depressable perpendicular to the other directions
• • 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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an operating element with an actuating button which is mounted in a housing, a console or the like and is pivotally movable between a starting position and a plurality of switching or contact positions.
• Joystick-like controls of this type are known and are used in practice in a variety of fields to control machines, software programs, etc.
• the controls in automobiles are used to control a navigation system or a board computer.
• the control is often located in the center console between the driver and passenger seats, resulting in a clear for the driver operation.
• a control element which is flat and designed so that the operating knob can be tilted in four different switching or contact layers, each one provided on the operating knob dome with a corresponding contact pill of a circuit board in Touch comes and this elastically depresses, which also haptic feedback information is done to an operator.
• each switching position is associated with a contact element with a haptic function.
• the object of the invention is therefore to provide an operating element of the type mentioned, which has a simple structure.
• This object is inventively achieved in that the actuating button is associated with a central, the switching point of the control festlegender button with a haptic function, which is actuated each time when the operating knob from its initial position in the direction of a switching or contact position by a predetermined angle is pivoted.
• the invention is therefore based on the consideration to provide a central button that is used in all tilting directions to set the haptic profile and the switching point or the switching threshold of the control. This ensures that the switching point and the haptic is the same for all contact or switching positions.
• Another advantage of the invention is that the switching function is decoupled from the direction detection.
• standard components can be used for the buttons and contact elements, whereby the control element is simple in construction and low in the production.
• the switching point of the probe and the contact closure of the contact elements can take place with a time delay.
• the contact elements are arranged such that the detection of a switching position at a smaller tilt angle of the shaft than the switching function of the probe. This ensures the actual switching function of the operating element.
• the button is depressed during a pivoting movement of the actuating knob from its initial position into a contact position against the restoring force of an elastic element.
• the button may be depressed in the initial position of the actuating button and released in a pivotal movement of the actuating knob in a contact position and raised by a button associated with the elastic element.
• the actuating knob is arranged at the free end of a shaft which is pivotally mounted in the housing, the console or the like.
• the button may be assigned to that end of the shaft, which is opposite to the actuating button, in which case the actuating button opposite end of the shaft can be suitably in direct contact with the button.
• the probe it is possible to assign the probe to a longitudinally guided plunger, which contacts the probe at one end and is operatively connected at its other end to the shaft such that a pivoting movement of the shaft is converted into an axial movement of the plunger.
• a ball which is mounted in a conical recess in the end face of the plunger.
• pairs of cooperating contact elements are provided, wherein in each contact position of one of the pairs of contact elements cooperates to give a contact.
• mechanical contacts or optical or magnetic sensors can be used as contact elements.
• pressure-sensitive films it is possible to form pressure-sensitive films as contact elements or to carry out the contact elements in an electrically conductive manner, so that a contact closes a circuit.
• FIGS. 2a to 2c show a schematic representation of a second embodiment of a control element according to the invention in its starting position and two switch positions, FIG. 3 the detail Z from FIG. 2 in an enlarged view,
• FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of the contact region of the contact elements of a control element according to the invention.
• FIGS. 5a to 5c show a schematic representation of a third embodiment of a control element according to the invention in its starting position and two switching positions
• FIGS. 6a to 6c in a schematic representation of a fourth embodiment of a control element according to the invention in its initial position and two switching positions, and
• FIGS 7a to 7d in a schematic representation of a fifth embodiment of an operating element according to the invention in its initial position and two switching positions and the contact region of the contact elements of the control element.
• FIGS. 1a to 1c show a first embodiment of a control element 1 according to the invention, which is used, for example, in vehicles for controlling a navigation system, an on-board computer or the like.
• 1 shows the operating element 1 in its initial position, while the figures 1 b and 1 c show the operating element 1 in two switching positions.
• the operating element 1 comprises a housing 2 with a base plate 3, side elements 4 and a cover plate 5, which is designed here as a printed circuit board. Between the base plate 2 and the cover plate 5, an intermediate plate 6 is arranged.
• control element 1 further includes a arranged in the housing 2 shaft 7, the upper end of which protrudes from the housing 2 and an actuating knob 9 carries.
• the shaft 7 is pivotally mounted in the housing 2, so that they between the upright starting position shown in Figure 1a and a total of four contact or switching positions to the right ( Figure 1 b), to the left ( Figure 1c) and from the image plane can be pivoted forward and backward.
• the shaft 7 In its initial position, the shaft 7 is pressed by a central helical compression spring 8, which is supported between the intermediate plate 6 and arranged on the shaft 7 contact plate 10, so that the contact plate 10 is pressed against the cover plate 5.
• a total of four offset by 90 ° from each other arranged pairs of contact elements 11, 12 are provided, wherein in each case a pair of contact elements 11, 12 one of the four possible switching positions of the shaft 7 is assigned and makes a contact, if the switching position is reached.
• a button 13 is further provided, on which the shaft 7 rests in its initial position.
• the button 13 is depressed when the shaft 7 from the initial position (see Figure 1a) in one of their switching or contact positions (see Figures 1 b and 1c) is pivoted.
• the central button 13 has a haptic function, which defines the haptic profile of the pivoting movement together with the central spring 8, and he also determines the switching point of the operating element 1. Specifically, the arrangement is such that the detection of a switching position at a smaller tilt angle of Wave 7 and thus earlier takes place as the button 13 switches. This ensures that a certain switching state is always determined solely by the switching point set by the button 13.
• the control element 1 has a so-called push function, ie the shaft 7 with the operating knob 9 must be depressed against the restoring force of the central spring 8 in a pivoting movement from its initial position into one of its contact positions. If a push function is not desired, a pull function can alternatively also be implemented.
• a push function is not desired, a pull function can alternatively also be implemented.
• Such is realized in the illustrated in the figures 2a to 2c second embodiment of an operating element 1 according to the invention, which has a similar basic structure as the first embodiment.
• the provided on the base plate 3 button 13 is depressed in the initial position shown in Figure 2a by the shaft 7 and only released during a pivoting movement of the shaft 7 in one of its contact or switching position, so that it from the depressed position by a in Button 13 provided reset element is raised and switches.
• the contact plate 10 When the pivoting movement of the shaft 7 in a switching position, the contact plate 10 must be raised against the restoring force of the central spring 8, whereby the pull function is achieved.
• a switching direction is detected when a contact between a provided on the contact plate 10 contact element 11 and a corresponding contact element 12 takes place on the circuit board 5 and 6 (see Figures 1b and 2c left, Figures 1c and 2b on the right).
• the contact elements 11 or 12 may be formed electrically conductive, so that when a contact, an electrical circuit is closed.
• the contact elements 1 1, 12 it is possible for the contact elements 1 1, 12 to use pressure-sensitive films (Force Sensing Resistor FSR Technology).
• the contact elements 10 of the contact plate 10 are formed by a ring land wedge-shaped cross-section, which with a corresponding, circular and V-shaped groove 14 of the circuit board 5, 6, in which at the appropriate peripheral portions, the four circuit board side contact elements 12th are provided, is engaged, as is clearly visible in Figures 3 and 4.
• this embodiment has the advantage that the contact plate 10 and the circuit board 5, 6 are always aligned with each other without play when the contact plate 10 is pressed in the initial position of the shaft 7 by the central spring 8 against the circuit board 5, 6.
• the arrangement therefore makes it possible to guide the joystick in a conical bearing and thus avoid any bearing clearance.
• FIGS. 6a to 6c substantially corresponds to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1a to 1c.
• the shaft 7 is pivotally mounted here via a ball joint 15 on the housing 2 and is seated with its lower end on a plunger 16, which is guided longitudinally displaceably in the housing and contacts the button 13 on its underside.
• the shaft 7 and the plunger 16 are coupled together via a ball 17, which lies in a conical recess in the upper end face of the plunger 16.
• this pivotal movement is implemented via the ball 17 in a linear movement of the plunger 16 so that it is depressed or raised and the button 13th actuated.
• FIGS. 7a to 7d show a fifth embodiment of an operating element according to the invention, which likewise essentially corresponds to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1a to 1c.
• the shaft 7 is not formed or only approach-shaped in the form of an elastic bearing stub 18 which carries on its upper side the contact plate 10, on which in turn the operating knob 9 is attached directly.

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