EP1929494B1 - Electrical switching device - Google Patents

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EP1929494B1
EP1929494B1 EP06805924A EP06805924A EP1929494B1 EP 1929494 B1 EP1929494 B1 EP 1929494B1 EP 06805924 A EP06805924 A EP 06805924A EP 06805924 A EP06805924 A EP 06805924A EP 1929494 B1 EP1929494 B1 EP 1929494B1
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Michael Bleckmann
Josef FRÜHAUF
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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
    • H01H21/24—Operating parts, e.g. handle biased to return to normal position upon removal of operating force
    • H01H21/245—Operating parts, e.g. handle biased to return to normal position upon removal of operating force the contact returning to its original state upon the next application of operating force
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/12—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
    • H01H1/36—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by sliding
    • H01H1/365—Bridging contacts
    • 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

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  • the switching device according to the invention shown in the drawing is one whose actuation handle 1 by the exertion of pressure or train on the same, as indicated by the double arrow in Fig. 2 indicated, can be displaced in two opposite directions, from which this is shifted back after actuation by their restoring device in each case back to its neutral starting position.
  • pressure on the actuating handle 1 is characterized by this in Fig. 1 front lying recognizable contact carrier element 3b driven, while in a train on the actuating handle 1 in the same way the rear contact carrier element 3a is driven.

Abstract

The electrical switch has sliding contact bridges [8a,9a,10a] with a contact carrier that moves [3a] relative to a circuit board. Movement is provided by actuation of a rocker input [1] that operates on a switching element [5a]. This is moved against a spring pin [2a] and the switch has a spring loaded latch bolt [6a].

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine elektrische Schalteinrichtung mit einer mit einer Rückstelleinrichtung versehenen Betätigungshandhabe und einem durch diese angesteuerten, mit zumindest einer Schleifkontaktbrücke versehenen Kontaktträgerelement, welches in einer Linearführung zwischen zwei jeweils einem Kontaktflächenpaar auf einer Leiterplatte zugeordneten Ruhepositionen verstellbar ist.The present invention relates to an electrical switching device having an actuating handle provided with a return device and a controlled by this, provided with at least one sliding contact contact carrier element which is adjustable in a linear guide between two each a contact surface pair on a circuit board associated rest positions.

Schalteinrichtungen der betreffenden Art, wie z.B. im Dokument " GB 2 276 271 A ", werden beispielsweise in Kraftfahrzeugen eingesetzt, um elektrische Potentiale verschiedener Einrichtungen wie etwa Antriebsmotoren für elektrisch angetriebene Fensterheber, Schiebedächer oder Sitze, elektrische Beleuchtungseinrichtungen oder ähnliches umzuschalten. Die Umschaltung erfolgt hierbei in einer sogenannten tastenden Betätigung, bei der sowohl die Betätigungshandhabe als auch die Kontaktelemente nach der Betätigung wieder in ihre ursprüngliche Stellung zurückkehren. Die Dauer des Umschaltvorganges ist bei diesen Schaltern von der Geschwindigkeit der Schalterbetätigung abhängig.Switching equipment of the kind in question, as in the document " GB 2 276 271 A are used, for example, in motor vehicles to switch electrical potentials of various devices such as drive motors for electrically powered windows, sunroofs or seats, electric lighting devices or the like return to their original position after actuation The duration of the changeover process for these switches depends on the speed of the switch actuation.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es, eine Schalteinrichtung der vorgenannten Art derart weiterzubilden, daß der mit der Verstellung der Kontaktbrücke von dem einen zu dem anderen Festkontaktpaar verbundene elektrische Umschaltvorgang unabhängig von der Geschwindigkeit der Betätigung der Betätigungshandhabe erfolgt.Object of the present invention is to develop a switching device of the aforementioned type such that the adjustment of the contact bridge connected from one to the other fixed contact pair electrical switching regardless of the speed of actuation of the actuating handle.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß die Rückstelleinrichtung durch einen federbelasteten, senkrecht zu der Leiterplatte bewegbaren Stößel gebildet ist, welcher mit einer um eine Achse drehbar gelagerten, mit ihrem achsfernen Ende mit dem Kontaktträgerelement in Eingriff stehenden Schaltschwinge zum schlagartigen Verschwenken derselben kooperiert, und daß durch das Verschwenken der Schaltschwinge das Kontaktträgerelement zur Verstellung zwischen seinen Ruhepositionen angesteuert wird.This object is achieved in that the restoring device is formed by a spring-loaded, perpendicular to the circuit board movable plunger, which cooperates with a rotatably mounted about an axis, with its off-axis end with the contact carrier element engaging rocker arm for sudden pivoting of the same, and that is controlled by the pivoting of the rocker arm, the contact carrier element for adjustment between its rest positions.

Besonders günstige Ausgestaltungen des erfindungsgemäßen Gegenstands sind in den Unteransprüchen angegeben und werden anhand des in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1:
Eine erfindungsgemäße Schalteinrichtung in einer perspektivischen Explosionsdarstellung
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Einen Längsschnitt durch die Einrichtung aus Fig. 1
Particularly favorable embodiments of the subject invention are set forth in the dependent claims and are explained in more detail with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:
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A switching device according to the invention in a perspective exploded view
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A longitudinal section through the device Fig. 1

Bei der in der Zeichnung dargestellten erfindungsgemäßen Schalteinrichtung handelt es sich um eine solche, deren Betätigungshandhabe 1 durch die Ausübung von Druck oder Zug an derselben, wie durch den Doppelpfeil in Fig. 2 angedeutet, in zwei entgegengesetzte Richtungen verlagert werden kann, aus denen diese nach der Betätigung durch ihre Rückstelleinrichtung jeweils wieder in ihre neutrale Ausgangslage zurückverlagert wird. Beim Druck auf die Betätigungshandhabe 1 wird durch diese das in Fig. 1 vorne liegend erkennbare Kontaktträgerelement 3b angesteuert, während bei einem Zug an der Betätigungshandhabe 1 in gleicher Weise das hintere Kontaktträgerelement 3a angesteuert wird.The switching device according to the invention shown in the drawing is one whose actuation handle 1 by the exertion of pressure or train on the same, as indicated by the double arrow in Fig. 2 indicated, can be displaced in two opposite directions, from which this is shifted back after actuation by their restoring device in each case back to its neutral starting position. When pressure on the actuating handle 1 is characterized by this in Fig. 1 front lying recognizable contact carrier element 3b driven, while in a train on the actuating handle 1 in the same way the rear contact carrier element 3a is driven.

Da die Ansteuerung bei den beiden Betätigungen Zug und Druck in prinzipiell der gleichen Weise erfolgt, wird diese exemplarisch an der Zugfunktion erläutert, die am besten in der in Fig. 2 gezeigten, in Längsrichtung durch das in Fig. 1 hintere Kontaktträgerelement 3a gelegten Schnittdarstellung erkennbar ist.Since the activation in the two actuations train and pressure in principle takes place in the same way, this is explained by way of example on the train function, which is best described in the in Fig. 2 shown, longitudinally through the in Fig. 1 Rear contact carrier element 3a laid sectional view can be seen.

Das Kontaktträgerelement 3a ist in einer Linearführung 4 gehalten, in der es eine nach rechts und links begrenzte Linearbewegung ausführen kann. Die Begrenzungslagen dieser Linearbewegung entsprechen den Ruhepositionen des Kontaktträgerelements 3a. Auf seiner Unterseite ist das Kontaktträgerelement 3a mit drei Kontaktbrücken 8a, 9a ,10a versehen. Diese Kontaktbrücken 8a, 9a ,10a sind als Vielfingerschleifer ausgeführt und überbrücken in der in Fig. 2 dargestellten linken Ruheposition jeweils ein Festkontaktpaar. Die zur Kontaktierung durch die Kontaktbrücken 8a, 9a , 10a vorgesehenen Festkontaktpaare sind dabei als Kontaktflächen auf einer auch als unteres Gleitlager für das Kontaktträgerelement 3a dienenden Leiterplatte 7 ausgeführt. In der der dargestellten linken Ruheposition gegenüberliegenden rechten Ruheposition des Kontaktträgerelements 3a werden durch die drei Kontaktbrücken 8a, 9a ,10a jeweils drei weitere Festkontaktpaare überbrückt, welche von den drei ersten Festkontaktpaaren elektrisch isoliert sind. Damit ist durch die Verlagerung des Kontaktträgerelements 3a zwischen seinen beiden Ruhepositionen ein gleichzeitiges Umschalten dreier separater elektrischer Potentiale möglich.
Ein Zug an dem in der Fig. 2 linken Teil der Betätigungshandhabe 1 bewirkt eine Schwenkbewegung derselben um ihre Drehachse. Diese Drehachse ist durch die Lagerung der in Fig. 1 erkennbaren Achsstummel 1' in entsprechenden Öffnungen eines Gehäuseoberteils 11 eines die Komponenten der Schalteinrichtung aufnehmenden und an seiner Unterseite von einem Gehäuseunterteil 12 verschlossenen Gehäuses gebildet. Durch die Schwenkbewegung der Betätigungshandhabe 1 wird der Stößel 2a gegen die auf ihn einwirkende Federkraft nach unten bewegt. Dabei gleitet die an der Längsseite dieses Stößels 2a vorhandene Rastkontur 2a' an einem federbelasteten Rastbolzen 6a entlang, der in einer Hülse einer Schaltschwinge 5a aufgenommen ist. Diese Schaltschwinge 5a ist um eine parallel zur Drehachse der Betätigungshandhabe 1 ausgerichtete Schwenkachse drehbar in dem Gehäuseoberteil 11 der Schalteinrichtung gelagert und steht mit ihrem unteren, achsfernen Ende mit dem Kontaktträgerelement 3a in Eingriff. Sobald im Verlauf der Abwärtsbewegung des Stößels 2a die an diesem vorhandene Rastkontur 2a' mit ihrem Scheitelpunkt die Spitze des Rastbolzens 6a überschritten hat, führt die Schaltschwinge 5a unter Entspannung der Feder des Rastbolzens 6a eine schlagartige Schwenkbewegung aus. Das mit dem achsfernen Ende der Schaltschwinge 5a in Eingriff stehende Kontaktträgerelement 3a wird dabei ebenso schlagartig in seine der bis dahin eingenommenen linken Ruhestellung gegenüberliegende rechte Ruhestellung überführt. In dieser Ruhestellung verbleibt das Kontaktträgerelement 3a so lange, wie die Betätigungshandhabe 1 in der Zugstellung festgehalten wird.The contact carrier element 3a is held in a linear guide 4, in which it can perform a linear movement limited to the right and left. The boundary layers of this linear movement correspond to the rest positions of the contact carrier element 3a. On its underside, the contact carrier element 3a is provided with three contact bridges 8a, 9a, 10a. These contact bridges 8a, 9a, 10a are designed as Vielfingerschleifer and bridge in the in Fig. 2 shown left rest position each a fixed contact pair. The fixed contact pairs provided for contacting by the contact bridges 8a, 9a, 10a are designed as contact surfaces on a printed circuit board 7 which also serves as a lower sliding bearing for the contact carrier element 3a. In the illustrated opposite left rest position right rest position of the contact carrier element 3a three further fixed contact pairs are bridged by the three contact bridges 8a, 9a, 10a, which are electrically isolated from the first three fixed contact pairs. Thus, a simultaneous switching of three separate electrical potentials is possible by the displacement of the contact carrier element 3a between its two rest positions.
A train to the in the Fig. 2 left part of the actuating handle 1 causes a pivoting movement thereof about its axis of rotation. This axis of rotation is due to the storage of in Fig. 1 recognizable stub axle 1 'formed in corresponding openings of an upper housing part 11 of the components of the switching device receiving and closed at its bottom by a lower housing part 12 housing. By the pivoting movement of the actuating handle 1, the plunger 2a is against the on him acting spring force moves down. In the process, the latching contour 2a 'present on the longitudinal side of this plunger 2a slides along a spring-loaded latching pin 6a, which is accommodated in a sleeve of a switching rocker 5a. This shift rocker 5a is rotatably mounted about an aligned parallel to the axis of rotation of the actuating handle 1 pivot axis in the upper housing part 11 of the switching device and is with its lower, off-axis end with the contact carrier element 3a in engagement. As soon as in the course of the downward movement of the plunger 2a, the latching contour 2a 'at its vertex has exceeded the tip of the latching bolt 6a, the switching rocker 5a executes an abrupt pivoting movement while the spring of the latching bolt 6a relaxes. The contact carrier element 3a, which is in engagement with the off-axis end of the shift rocker 5a, is likewise transferred abruptly into its right-hand idle position which is the previously occupied left rest position. In this rest position, the contact carrier element 3a remains as long as the actuating handle 1 is held in the train position.

Beim Loslassen der Betätigungshandhabe 1 wird diese durch den Stößel 2a, bzw. die auf diesen einwirkende Federkraft wieder in ihre neutrale Ausgangslage zurückverlagert. Bei dieser Aufwärtsbewegung des Stößels 2a erfolgt erneut ein Überschreiten der Spitze des Rastbolzens 6a durch den Scheitelpunkt der Rastkontur 2a', so daß auch in diesem Fall die Schaltschwinge 5a unter Entspannung der Feder des Rastbolzens 6a eine schlagartige Schwenkbewegung ausführt, diesmal in der entgegengesetzten Schwenkrichtung. Das Kontaktträgerelement 3a wird dabei ebenso schlagartig wie in der anderen Richtung wieder in seine ursprüngliche linke Ruhestellung zurück überführt.When the actuating handle 1 is released, it is displaced back into its neutral starting position by the plunger 2a, or the spring force acting on it. During this upward movement of the plunger 2a, the tip of the latching bolt 6a is again crossed by the apex of the latching contour 2a ', so that in this case the switching rocker 5a executes a sudden pivotal movement under relaxation of the spring of the latching bolt 6a, this time in the opposite pivoting direction. The contact carrier element 3a is transferred as suddenly as in the other direction back to its original left rest position.

Die bei einer Druckbewegung der Betätigungshandhabe 1 erfolgende Verstellung des zweiten Kontaktträgerelements 3b und damit auch der mit diesem verbundenen Kontaktbrücken 8b, 9b ,10b erfolgt in genau der gleichen Weise mittels des Stößels 2b und der Schaltschwinge 5b.The successful during a pressure movement of the actuating handle 1 adjustment of the second contact carrier element 3b and thus also connected to this contact bridges 8b, 9b, 10b takes place in exactly the same manner by means of the plunger 2b and the shift rocker 5b.

Bei Betätigung einer der Funktionen Zug oder Druck bleiben die der jeweils anderen Betätigungsrichtung zugeordneten Übertragungselemente in Ruhe, so daß das der nicht betätigten Funktion zugeordnete Kontaktträgerelement 3a bzw. 3b gesichert in seiner jeweiligen Ruheposition gehalten wird.Upon actuation of one of the functions train or pressure remain the other direction of actuation associated transmission elements at rest, so that the non-actuated function associated contact carrier element 3a and 3b is held secured in its respective rest position.

Zur Verbindung der Schalteinrichtung mit der Karosserieelektrik ist diese an ihrer Unterseite mit einem Steckverbinder versehen, dessen Kontaktstifte 13 einerseits mit Leiterbahnen auf der elektrischen Leiterplatte 7 elektrisch leitend verbunden sind und andererseits von einem einstückig an das Gehäuseunterteil 12 angeformten Steckerkragen umgeben sind.To connect the switching device with the bodywork electrical this is provided on its underside with a connector, the contact pins 13 are electrically connected on the one hand with traces on the electrical circuit board 7 and on the other hand surrounded by a integrally formed on the lower housing part 12 plug collar.

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  1. Switching assembly with an actuating handle (1) equipped with a restoring device, and a contact carrier member (3a) actuated by the same which is equipped with at least one sliding contact bridge (8a, 9a, 10a), the contact carrier member (3a) being adjustable in a linear guide (4) between two home positions, each of which is assigned to a pair of contact surfaces on a printed circuit board (7), characterised in that the restoring device is made up of a spring-loaded plunger (2a) which can be moved vertically to the printed circuit board (7) and cooperates with a rocker arm (5a) which is pivoted around one axis and engages with its abaxial end with the contact carrier member (3a) for the purpose of instantly pivoting the same, and that as a result of the rocker arm (5a) being pivoted, the contact carrier member (3a) is triggered to move between its home positions.
  2. Switching assembly in accordance with Claim 1, characterised in that the plunger (2a) is provided on one of its longitudinal sides with a snap-in contour (2a') which engages with a spring-loaded snap-in pin (6a) accommodated in the rocker arm (5a).
  3. Switching assembly in accordance with Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterised in that the contact carrier member (3a) is provided with three sliding contact bridges (8a, 9a, 10a) designed as multi-finger wipers for the purpose of simultaneously switching three potentials.
  4. Switching assembly in accordance with any of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that as a result of tension and pressure on the actuating handle (1) the same can be pivoted in two opposing directions and that a first contact carrier member (3a) is triggered upon applying tension to the actuating handle (1) and, in the same way, a second contact carrier member (3b) is triggered upon applying pressure to the actuating handle (1).
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