EP2175461A2 - Dispositif de commande d'appareils ménagers - Google Patents

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EP2175461A2
EP2175461A2 EP09172265A EP09172265A EP2175461A2 EP 2175461 A2 EP2175461 A2 EP 2175461A2 EP 09172265 A EP09172265 A EP 09172265A EP 09172265 A EP09172265 A EP 09172265A EP 2175461 A2 EP2175461 A2 EP 2175461A2
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Sebastian Grosch
Werner Krüger
Elmar Schneider
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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    • 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"
    • H01H9/161—Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off" comprising light emitting elements
    • H01H9/162—Means to facilitate removal or replacement of light-emitting elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H19/00—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand
    • H01H19/02—Details
    • H01H19/025—Light-emitting indicators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/02—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch
    • H01H3/08—Turn knobs
    • H01H2003/085—Retractable turn knobs, e.g. flush mounted
    • 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"
    • H01H9/161—Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off" comprising light emitting elements
    • H01H2009/164—Indicators for switching condition, e.g. "on" or "off" comprising light emitting elements the light emitting elements being incorporated in and movable with the operating part
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/036—Light emitting elements
    • H01H2219/042—Light emitting elements replaceable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2231/00—Applications
    • H01H2231/012—Household appliance
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/02—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch
    • H01H3/08—Turn knobs
    • H01H3/10—Means for securing to shaft of driving mechanism

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  • the invention relates to a household appliance operating device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • an operating switch unit which has a power transmission unit, an actuating element and a lighting unit.
  • the actuating element is rotatably mounted in an actuating element carrier.
  • the lighting unit is attached to a support member which is fixed to the actuator support.
  • the power transmission unit is attached to the carrier component and has a plug component and a plug-in element.
  • EP 0 869 521 A2 is a device with a rotatably mounted control unit and with a plurality of juxtaposed contacts known.
  • the operating unit has a contact means, which connects different contacts depending on a rotational position of the operating unit.
  • the object of the invention is in particular to provide a generic device with improved properties in terms of a stable construction.
  • the object is achieved by the features of claim 1 and the independent claim, while advantageous embodiments and modifications of the invention can be taken from the dependent claims.
  • the invention is based on a domestic appliance operating device with a first and at least one second current-conducting element, which are conductively connected to one another in at least one operating operation and through which during the operating process Current flows, and with at least one bearing unit, which supports the first power line element movable relative to the second power line element.
  • the second power line element has at least one coupling means.
  • a “coupling agent” is to be understood in particular a means which is provided for attachment of at least one component, wherein the attachment is preferably a positive and / or non-positive attachment and / or fastening tool-free and / or non-destructive solvable.
  • the attachment is preferably a positive and / or non-positive attachment and / or fastening tool-free and / or non-destructive solvable.
  • intended is intended to be understood in particular specifically designed and / or specially equipped.
  • the first and the second power line element form at least one sliding contact unit.
  • the first and the second power line element form at least one "sliding contact unit" should be understood in particular that at least one operation, the first and the second power line element touch each other and at the same time at least one of the power line elements is moved relative to the other power line element.
  • This allows a structurally simple power transmission can be achieved.
  • it is possible to dispense with the installation of a light guide for supplying a movably mounted operating means with light.
  • the domestic appliance operating device has at least one power line unit, which is fastened in at least one operating state in a form-fitting and / or force-locking manner to the coupling means.
  • the coupling means fastened in at least one operating state in a form-fitting and / or force-locking manner to the coupling means.
  • the power line unit is designed as a printed circuit board.
  • a "printed circuit board” should be understood in particular to mean a device which has at least one electrical conduction means and which has at least one unit, on and / or in and / or on which at least the electrical conduction means is fastened, and / or which has a carrier unit, on and / or in and / or to which at least the electrical conduit means is attached, wherein in at least one operating condition at least a part, preferably a majority, of the weight force which acts on the conduit means is transferred to the carrier unit, and / or which comprises a film.
  • a “major part” of the weight force is to be understood fifty percent of the force and in particular the amount of the force.
  • a “film” is to be understood in particular as meaning a flat, inherently homogeneous, in particular flexible, and in particular at least partially planar, means which preferably has a thickness of between two micrometers and one millimeter. As a result, a high functionality of the power line unit can be achieved.
  • the circuit board is designed as a flexible printed circuit board, whereby a power transmission to a movably mounted consumer unit can be achieved.
  • a "flexible" printed circuit board is to be understood in particular as a printed circuit board in which two mutually opposite ends and / or sides of the printed circuit board are movable toward one another until the ends and / or sides come into contact and the printed circuit board remains intact during such a movement.
  • the bearing unit has at least one bearing body, which forms a receiving region, in which at least a part of the second current-conducting element is arranged.
  • the domestic appliance operating device has at least one functional unit which is rotatably mounted by the bearing unit.
  • a "functional unit” is to be understood in particular as meaning a unit which has at least one electrical unit which differs from a pure power line element and / or which has at least one hydraulic and / or pneumatic unit and / or which comprises at least one operating surface.
  • a "user interface” is to be understood in particular as meaning a surface which is touched by an operator in at least one operating procedure. In this way, a comfortable operation can be achieved.
  • the functional unit preferably has at least one consumer unit.
  • a "consumer unit” is to be understood in particular as a unit which converts electrical energy into an energy form which differs from electrical energy, and which has at least one operation directly enabling and / or directly facilitating functionality and which differs from a pure electrical resistance. As a result, a particularly comfortable operation can be achieved. In particular, an integration of a lighting means in an operating means can be achieved.
  • the functional unit has at least one operating means.
  • An "operating means” is to be understood in particular as meaning a means which forms at least one operating surface. Hereby a simple operability can be achieved.
  • the domestic appliance operating device has at least one connecting means, by means of which the functional unit is mounted non-destructively and without tools detachably attached to a part of the storage unit.
  • the connecting means is formed by a bearing body of the bearing unit.
  • a “bearing body” of the bearing unit should in particular be understood as a component which is indispensable for a bearing function of the bearing unit. As a result, components can be saved.
  • the bearing unit is designed as a plain bearing. This allows a cost-effective design can be achieved.
  • the domestic appliance operating device has at least one edge card plug, which is conductively connected to the first power line element.
  • An "edge card plug” should be understood in particular to be a plug which, in at least one operating state, is positively and / or non-positively connected to an edge area and / or a side of a unit to which the first power line element is fastened. In this way, a simple assembly and disassembly can be achieved.
  • the coupling means is designed as a plug connection means, whereby a functional unit, which is connected in at least one operating state with the connector means, is easily replaceable.
  • the first power line element is designed as a printed circuit board track.
  • a "printed circuit board trace” is to be understood in particular as a printed conductor of a printed circuit board which is fastened on a surface of the printed circuit board.
  • the storage unit is designed as a rotary bearing unit, whereby a high ease of use can be achieved.
  • FIG. 1 shows a partial section through a domestic appliance operating device, which has a first and at least one second power line element 10, 12.
  • the second power line element 12 has a sliding contact 42 which is connected to the first power line element 10, which is formed by a conductor track of a board 38 of the home appliance operating device, in a in FIG. 1 shown operating position is present.
  • the two power line elements 10, 12 are conductively connected to each other.
  • the power line elements 10, 12 are parts of a power supply device which supplies power to a load unit 30 of the home appliance operating device during operation of the home appliance operating device.
  • the two power line elements 10, 12 form a sliding contact unit 18.
  • the household appliance operating device has a bearing unit 14, which rotatably supports the second power line element 12 by three hundred sixty degrees about an axis of rotation 40 relative to the first power line element 10.
  • the second power line element 12 When the second power line element 12 is rotated about the axis of rotation 40 by three hundred and sixty degrees relative to the first power line element 10, the second power line element 12 will grind about the first power line element 10 over an angle of rotation of about three hundred and twenty degrees, with the two power line elements 10 and 12 constantly moving are conductively connected to each other.
  • the second power line element 12 has a Schoersteckungscardi, which is parallel to the axis of rotation 40. One end of the second power line element 12 in the direction of its main direction of insertion is formed by the sliding contact 42. A sliding contact 42 with respect to the Mannersteckungscardi opposite end of the second power line element 12 has a coupling means 16 which is formed as a connector means.
  • the domestic appliance operating device further has a power line unit 20, which is attached to the coupling means 16 in a positive and non-positive manner.
  • the power line unit 20 comprises a plug 44, which is plugged into the coupling means 16 and is destructive and tool-free from the coupling means 16 formed by the connector means removable.
  • the plug 44 is formed by a plug-shaped blade 70 and part of a flexible printed circuit board 68 of the power line unit 20 and has two pins 72 which are received in a receiving region 74 of the coupling means 16.
  • the flexible printed circuit board 68 is bent around an end region 76 of the lamella 70 by a hundred and eighty degrees, so that the printed circuit board 68 is in an operating position (FIG. FIG. 1 ) bears against an upper side 78 and an underside 80 of the lamella 70.
  • the circuit board 68 is attached to the blade.
  • the printed circuit board 68 has a foil and two wires (not shown) welded into this foil. Recesses 82 bordered by the foil release contact points on the wires which form contact points of the plug 44 and establish an electrically conductive connection to the coupling means 16.
  • the bearing unit 14 is designed as a plain bearing and has a bearing body 22, which bounds a receiving area 24 and thereby forms.
  • a boundary surface 46 which delimits the receiving area 24, has a shape of a cylinder jacket of a cylinder with a rectangular base area.
  • a majority of the second power line element 12 is arranged in the receiving area 24. Seventy percent of an extension length of the second power line member 12 along the main splitting direction of the second power line member 12 extend within the accommodating portion 24.
  • the bearing body 22 is formed of glass fiber reinforced polyamide 6.6. Furthermore, the bearing body 22 forms an inner ring 58 of the sliding bearing. An outer ring 60 of the sliding bearing, in which the inner ring 58 engages, is attached to the circuit board 38. The bearing body 22 further forms a receiving region 62, in which in a fully assembled state, a function selector engages (not shown).
  • the household appliance operating device has at least one functional unit 28 which is rotatably mounted by the bearing unit 14 ( FIGS. 1 and 2 ).
  • the consumer unit 30 is part of the functional unit 28 and has a lighting means. In principle, the consumer unit 30 may also be formed by at least one electrical load, which differs from a lighting means.
  • the functional unit 28 has an operating means 32, within which the consumer unit 30 is arranged.
  • the operating means 32 is rotatable about the axis of rotation 40 and slidably mounted along the axis of rotation 40.
  • the connecting means 34 is a plug-in means which is inserted into a receiving area 48 of the functional unit 28.
  • the plug-in means is nose-shaped.
  • a leaf spring (not darg Tech) is arranged on the connecting means 34, which also is arranged in the receiving region 48 and which exerts a pressure on the functional unit 28, whereby the functional unit 28 is frictionally secured to the bearing body 22. If a sufficiently large train is exerted on the functional unit 28 along the axis of rotation 40 away from the power line elements 10, 12, then the functional unit 28 is non-destructive and can be detached from the bearing body 22 without tools and can thus be dismounted.
  • the domestic appliance operating device has a third and fourth power line element 50, 52, which are designed and arranged analogously to the first and the second power line elements 10, 12 ( FIG. 3 ).
  • a closed circuit for a power supply of the consumer unit 30 is produced during operation of the consumer unit 30.
  • FIG. 4 shows a functional unit 28 with the home appliance control device, with only the control means 32 is visible.
  • FIG. 5 an alternative embodiment of a portion of a home appliance control device is shown.
  • Substantially identical components, features and functions are basically numbered by the same reference numerals. To distinguish the embodiments, however, the reference numerals of the embodiment in the FIG. 5 the letter "a" added.
  • the following description is essentially limited to the differences from the embodiment in the FIGS. 1 to 4 , wherein with respect to the same components, features and functions on the description of the embodiment in the FIGS. 1 to 4 can be referenced.
  • FIG. 5 illustrated embodiment has a board 38a and an edge card connector 36a.
  • a trace of the board 38a forms the first power line element 10a.
  • At an edge region 56a of the board 38a has these contacts 54a.
  • the edge card plug 36a is stuck on the edge portion 56a.
  • One of the contacts 54a provided a conductive connection between the edge card plug 36a and the first power line element 10a.
  • FIG. 6 shows a front view of the board 38a in an unmounted state.
  • the power line element 10a has a part region formed as a sliding track 64a, which in the front view has a shape of a circular ring segment, which is in relation to the axis of rotation 40 extends over an angle 66a of about three hundred and twenty degrees.
  • conductive contact between the power line element 10a and the power line element 12 is achieved only by contact between the sliding track 64a and the power line element 12, thereby rotating the power line element 12 and the Power line element 10a are conductively connected only about about three hundred and twenty degrees with each other.

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WO2008012178A1 (fr) 2006-07-26 2008-01-31 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Dispositif de réglage tournant

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EP3062398A1 (fr) 2015-02-24 2016-08-31 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Dispositif de plaque de cuisson

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ES2557897T3 (es) 2016-01-29
EP2175461B1 (fr) 2015-12-23

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