EP1912106B1 - Elément de commande multifonctionnel - Google Patents

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EP1912106B1
EP1912106B1 EP07123877A EP07123877A EP1912106B1 EP 1912106 B1 EP1912106 B1 EP 1912106B1 EP 07123877 A EP07123877 A EP 07123877A EP 07123877 A EP07123877 A EP 07123877A EP 1912106 B1 EP1912106 B1 EP 1912106B1
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guide piece
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    • 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
    • G05G2009/04703—Mounting of controlling member
    • G05G2009/04711—Mounting of controlling member with substantially hemispherical bearing part forced into engagement, e.g. by a spring
    • 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
    • G05G2009/0474—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 characterised by means converting mechanical movement into electric signals
    • G05G2009/04744—Switches

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  • the invention is based on a multifunctional control element according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • document US 4,408,103 shows a Multifunctional control according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • document GB 709,917 shows a control with lighting.
  • the multifunctional operating element according to the invention with the features of the main claim has the advantage that a bearing on the opposite side of the actuating button of the guide piece is provided, in which the axis is mounted. In this way, no vertical pressure movement of the operating element is possible, so that a simultaneous contacting of more than one contact can be prevented.
  • the invention is characterized in that the guide piece is designed as a light guide body and that a light source is provided for illuminating the guide piece, that the guide piece is covered by a preferably attachable cover plate, that the cover plate does not have in the region of the guide slots each having a recess.
  • a light source for illuminating the guide piece
  • the guide piece is covered by a preferably attachable cover plate, that the cover plate does not have in the region of the guide slots each having a recess.
  • a particular advantage is that the distance between the storage and the base plate exceeds a predetermined value. In this way, a feltverschwenkwinkel the control element is required for contacting a contact by means of the base plate, so that the positions of the control element for contacting the individual contacts are clearly separated.
  • touch switches are arranged on the printed circuit board, by the actuation of which the contacting of the contacts takes place on the printed circuit board and that the push-button switches can be actuated by pivoting the base plate.
  • the control element a so-called. Kunststoffknack
  • the guide piece for each key switch has a guide slot in which the axis of the control element is feasible and that the guide slots are arranged in the guide piece, that upon pivoting of the base plate of each associated key switch is actuated. In this way, a defined and unambiguous movement of the operating element for actuating a respective contact or push-button switch is possible, so that erroneous operations on the part of the user, which lead to no contact, are excluded.
  • Another advantage is that a return spring is provided which cooperates with the axis so that a pivoted base plate springs back into an initial position. In this way, the ease of use for the user is increased because he does not have to return the control itself to its original position. Furthermore, it is prevented that a contact or pushbutton is pressed too long and in this way possibly an unwanted function value is set.
  • Another advantage is that the guide piece in the region of the guide slots on a side facing the operating knob is formed spherical segment. In this way, a support for the operating knob is realized, which prevents as well as the storage of the axis that the control element can be pressed over the operating button to the circuit board and at the same time several contacts or push-button could be operated by the base plate.
  • the guide piece on a side facing away from the actuating knob has a recess and that the base plate is formed on a side facing the operating knob spherical segment.
  • the base plate can be guided in the recess of the guide piece, so that the operation for the user further simplified and the ease of use is increased.
  • a more stable storage of the control element in the front panel is realized in this way.
  • the actuating knob is attached to the axis and bevelled on a side facing the guide piece. In this way, the operating knob can be easily replaced and attach a customized to the needs and tastes of the user operating knob on the axle. Due to the chamfering, there is the advantage that the actuating knob can slide slidably on pivoting of the operating element on the guide piece, so that the pivoting movement of the operating element is supported by the guide piece and thus the ease of use is increased.
  • Another advantage is that the user can choose the cover plate individually according to his needs and his taste, since the cover plate is attachable to the guide piece and thus replaceable.
  • FIG. 1 5 denotes an actuating knob of a multifunctional operating element 1 designed in the form of a joystick.
  • the multifunctional operating element 1 is held and guided by a guide piece 15 firmly connected to a front panel 10.
  • the guide piece 15 protrudes in accordance with FIG. 2 respectively.
  • FIG. 3 in a first opening 95 on a control surface 105 of the front panel 10 from the inside of the front panel 10 forth.
  • the guide piece 15 four mutually perpendicular guide slots, which together form a cross-shaped slot. Of the four guide slots are in FIG. 1 for reasons of perspective representation, a first guide slot 51 and a second guide slot 52 shown.
  • the guide piece 15 is formed on a segment 5 facing the actuating button 5 spherical segment. This is also shown in the side views of FIGS. 2 and 3 clear.
  • the guide piece 15 can be covered by a cover plate 85 which can be plugged into the first opening 95, wherein the cover plate 85 can be opaque and has a recess 91, 92, 93, 94 in the region of the guide slots.
  • the operating element 1 can be guided by means of the actuating button 5 in the guide slots of the guide piece 15, wherein a user the possible operating directions of the operating element 1 through the recesses 91, 92, 93, 94, which together increase the cross shape of the guide slots in the area of the control surface 105, be identified.
  • the associated actuating direction can still be illustrated by one or more applied arrowheads.
  • the front panel 10 is applied to a printed circuit board 30 and laterally has a second opening 100, via which the guide piece 15 via a light source 80 according to FIG. 3 can be illuminated.
  • the guide piece 15 When forming the guide piece 15 as a light guide, this leads to a corresponding illumination of the recesses 91, 92, 93, 94 of the cover plate 85 recessed surfaces of the guide piece 15, so that the user the possible operating directions are made even in the dark.
  • FIG. 1 shows the operating element 1 in a starting position.
  • the starting position is characterized in that the operating element 1 is not pivoted in one of the four possible directions of actuation and is located in the center of the cross formed by the guide slots.
  • FIG. 2 the mounted in the front panel 10 control element 1 is shown in a side view, wherein it is also in the starting position.
  • the operating knob 5 is attached to an axis 25 and beveled on a guide piece 15 facing side 75 and about the axis 25 around.
  • the operating element 1 has on a side opposite the operating knob 5 side of the guide piece 15, a base plate 20, wherein the Actuating knob 5 and the base plate 20 are fixedly connected to each other via the axis 25.
  • the guide piece 15 has a recess 65 on a side facing away from the actuating button 5.
  • the base plate 20 is formed on a side facing the operating knob 5 side 70 spherical segment.
  • the base plate 20 On a side facing away from the operating knob 5, the base plate 20 has a chamfer 110 extending annularly around the axis 25.
  • the axis 25 is mounted on the actuating button 5 opposite side of the guide piece 15 in a bearing 35 of the circuit board 30. The distance between the bearing 35 and the base plate 20 should exceed a predetermined value.
  • the axis 25 is guided in the guide slots of the guide piece 15, so that it comes depending on the direction of actuation upon actuation of the control element 1 to a pivoting of the base plate 20 via the operating knob 5 in one of the four possible directions of actuation.
  • Each actuation direction or each guide slot is assigned to a contact pair on the printed circuit board 30, which can be contacted by actuation of a pushbutton switch or electrically conductively connected to one another.
  • a push-button switch is provided, which is depressed by a corresponding pivoting of the control element 1 from the base plate 20 for contacting.
  • the required pivot angle for depressing the corresponding key switch depends on the distance between the bearing 35 and the base plate 20 and the bevel 110 of the base plate 20.
  • the four keyswitches are in due to the lateral representation in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 three push-buttons 41, 42, 43 are shown.
  • the key switches are also arranged on the circuit board 30.
  • the axis 25 is encompassed by a return spring 55 which cooperates with the axis 25 so that a pivoted base plate 20 springs back to the starting position.
  • FIG. 3 the control element 1 is shown in a different, pivoted position from its starting position.
  • a lateral force introduction on the actuating button 5 is represented by an arrow marked with the reference numeral 115.
  • the actuating knob 5 slides with its bevel on its side facing the guide piece 15 side 75 along the actuating button 5 facing, in the region of the guide slots ball segment shaped side 60 of the guide piece 15.
  • the base plate 20 with its the operating knob 5 facing spherical segment-shaped side 70th guided within the recess 65 along the guide piece 15.
  • the lateral introduction of force on the operating knob 5 leads to a pivot angle of the operating element 1, which leads to a depression of a first key switch 41 on the circuit board 30 through the base plate 20, wherein a switching stroke 120 is realized, which arranged for contacting the corresponding on the circuit board 30 Contact surface pair via a contact of the corresponding first key switch 41 leads.
  • the return spring 55 is laterally compressed by a spring travel 125 which causes the required for the return of the control element 1 in its initial position restoring force.
  • the return spring 55 also serves to compensate for tolerance variations in the dimensions of the guide slots and the base plate 20 and the guide piece 15 and its recess 65 in particular.
  • the front panel 10 may be part of an operating front of a car radio. It can be done in the formation of the guide piece 15 as a light guide an integration of the guide piece 15 in a total light guide the front of the car radio.
  • the operating knob 5 is attachable to the axis 25 and the cover plate 85 is inserted into the first opening 95 of the front panel 10, so that the operation knob 5 and the cover plate 85 can be replaced depending on individual needs and the taste of the user.
  • the multifunctional operating element 1 can be used by means of the actuation of the four key switches for selecting operating functions, for example on an operating menu and / or for setting functional values of an operating function, such as the volume and the balance, in particular in a car radio. Due to the multifunctionality of the control element 1, the space for the otherwise required corresponding individual control elements can be saved on the front panel of such a device and increase the clarity for the user.
  • the operating element 1 can be used with all electrical devices in which operating functions and / or function values of operating functions can be set.

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  1. Elément de commande multifonctionnel (1) comprenant un bouton d'actionnement (5) qui est maintenu et guidé par une pièce de guidage (15) connectée à une plaque frontale (10) et qui présente une plaque de socle (20) sur un côté de la pièce de guidage (15) opposé au bouton d'actionnement (5), le bouton d'actionnement (5) et la plaque de socle (20) étant connectés l'un à l'autre par le biais d'un axe (25) et une mise en contact de contacts disposés sur une carte à circuits imprimés (30) s'établissant par pivotement de la plaque de socle (20) sur le bouton d'actionnement (5), un support sur palier (35) du côté de la pièce de guidage (15) opposé au bouton d'actionnement (5) étant prévu, dans lequel est monté l'axe (25), caractérisé en ce que la pièce de guidage (15) est réalisée sous forme de corps de guide de lumière et en ce qu'une source de lumière (80) est prévue pour éclairer la pièce de guidage (15), en ce que la pièce de guidage (15) est recouverte par une plaque de recouvrement (85) pouvant de préférence être enfichée, en ce que la plaque de recouvrement (85) est imperméable à la lumière et en ce que la plaque de recouvrement (85) présente, dans la région des fentes de guidage (51, 52), à chaque fois un évidement (91, 92, 93, 94).
  2. Elément de commande selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la distance entre le support sur palier (35) et la plaque de socle (20) dépasse une valeur prédéterminée.
  3. Elément de commande (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'on dispose sur la carte à circuits imprimés (30) des commutateurs à touche (41, 42, 43) dont l'actionnement permet d'établir la mise en contact des contacts sur la carte à circuits imprimés (30) et en ce que les commutateurs à touche (41, 42, 43) peuvent être actionnés par pivotement de la plaque de socle (20).
  4. Elément de commande (1) selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de guidage (15) pour chaque commutateur à touche (41, 42, 43) présente une fente de guidage (51, 52) dans laquelle l'axe (25) de l'élément de commande (1) peut être guidé, et en ce que les fentes de guidage (51, 52) sont disposées dans la pièce de guidage (15) de telle sorte que lors du pivotement de la plaque de socle (20), le commutateur à touche respectif (41, 42, 43) puisse être actionné.
  5. Elément de commande (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un ressort de rappel (55) qui coopère avec l'axe (25) de telle sorte qu'une plaque de socle pivotée (20) soit ramenée élastiquement dans une position de départ.
  6. Elément de commande (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de guidage (15) est réalisée dans la région des fentes de guidage (51, 52) en forme de segment de sphère d'un côté (60) tourné vers le bouton d'actionnement (5).
  7. Elément de commande (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de guidage (15) présente, sur un côté opposé au bouton d'actionnement (5), un évidement (65) et en ce que la plaque de socle (20) est réalisée en forme de segment de sphère d'un côté (70) tourné vers le bouton d'actionnement (5).
  8. Elément de commande (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le bouton d'actionnement (5) est enfiché sur l'axe (25) et est biseauté sur un côté (75) tourné vers la pièce de guidage (15).
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