EP3046126B1 - Schaltvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP3046126B1
EP3046126B1 EP15151138.3A EP15151138A EP3046126B1 EP 3046126 B1 EP3046126 B1 EP 3046126B1 EP 15151138 A EP15151138 A EP 15151138A EP 3046126 B1 EP3046126 B1 EP 3046126B1
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switching
switching device
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Peter GLÜCK
Albert Wasmeier
Karl Riedter
Manuel Da Silva
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Rafi GmbH and Co KG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H13/14—Operating parts, e.g. push-button
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/04—Cases; Covers
    • H01H13/06—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof or flameproof casings
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/26—Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members
    • H01H13/48—Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members using buckling of disc springs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/04—Cases; Covers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/86—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by the casing, e.g. sealed casings or casings reducible in size
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2215/00—Tactile feedback
    • H01H2215/004—Collapsible dome or bubble

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  • the invention relates to a switching device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a switching device is for example the EP 2 645 391 A1 refer to.
  • a flexurally elastic and electrically conductive snap-action disc is provided, which is attached to a thin-walled body.
  • the snap-action disc and the body are fixedly mounted on the surface of a printed circuit board on which at least one electrical switching contact which projects in the direction of the snap-action disc from the printed circuit board is provided.
  • Such switching devices have proven themselves in practice, but have the disadvantage that they can be used exclusively in electrical equipment, which have a correspondingly large space on the circuit board, namely, in which the switching device is installed.
  • the switching device and the circuit board require a given space.
  • the housing and the switching element include a space that in the bottom of the housing at least one switching contact is provided and that the respective switching contact protrudes in the direction of the switching element and from the outer contour of the housing, it is ensured that the switching contact on the one hand to the outside is closed air and / or watertight and on the other hand, that the spatial dimensions of the housing can be configured so small that this can also be used in components in which only a small spatial extent for such switching devices is present.
  • these switching devices serve to verify the keys inserted in the lock so that they are authorized, to open the door lock. A plurality of such switching devices are thus positioned in the locking system such that only the key simultaneously actuates all of the switching devices having the correct access authorization for the lock.
  • the printed circuit board is positioned outside of the switching device, this takes up no space, but rather can be installed spatially removed from the respective switching device.
  • the molded into the housing of the switching device or glued or otherwise fastened there switch contacts are fixed to the housing and protrude both in the direction of the switching element and to the outside, so that they can be used as a conductor to evaluate the operation of the switching element electrically.
  • the switching element is connected by means of crimping or ultrasonic welding to the housing, because on the one hand, the switching element is firmly fixed to the housing and on the other hand, the transition areas between the switching element and the housing air or water-tight, so that the interior enclosed by the snap-action disc and the housing is completely sealed.
  • FIGS. 1a and 1b there is illustrated a switching device 1 by which a mechanically induced movement is converted into an electrical switching signal to control, for example, a machine tool or other electrical device.
  • the switching device 1 can be installed as a miniature component in a locking system or a lock of a door and operated by the teeth of a key.
  • the available space for the switching device 1 is dimensioned extremely small, so that the switching device 1 as a miniature version has a spatial extent of 3 to 3 millimeters or a diameter of about 3 millimeters.
  • the switching device 1 is made of a dimensionally stable and temperature-resistant plastic material produced housing 2 and a permanently connected thereto switching element 3.
  • the switching element 3 is either completely made of an electrically conductive material, such as a metal, or at least partially coated with an electrically conductive material ,
  • the switching element 3 is also referred to in the specialist literature as a snap-action disk, because the switching element 3 is pressed into the direction of movement 4 from the starting position, which is concavely curved outwards, into a convex curvature transferred and moved in the direction of a switching contact 11.
  • the switching contact 11 is an integral part of the housing. 2
  • the switching contact 11 may be configured as a ball or as a cylindrical, completely closed or tubular body.
  • the switching contact 11 may also be a web, a groove or similar formed, which form a positive connection with the housing 2. It is essential to the invention that the switching contact 11 is made of an electrically conductive material.
  • the switching contact 11 which in the embodiments of the FIGS. 1a and 1b is formed of two balls, is firmly embedded in the housing 2.
  • the contact contact 11 or the balls are embedded in such a way by the liquid plastic compound, so that the respective formed as a ball switching contact 11 is coated in the region of the housing 2.
  • the housing 2 has a flat bottom 6, from which the respective switching contact 11 projects.
  • the housing 2 and the switching element 3 form a completely air and / or watertight closed space 5, in which the respective switching contact 11 protrudes.
  • This comes into contact with the two switching contacts 11, so that an electrical short circuit is formed, whereby the electrical switching signal is formed.
  • an adhesive layer 21 is provided and the housing 2 has a vertically projecting from the bottom 12 wall 7, which occupies an L-shaped inner cross-sectional contour and a contact surface for having the switching element 3. Between the inside of the wall 7, the snap-action disc or the switching element 3 is positioned on the contact surface.
  • the adhesive layer 21 the switching element 3 is firmly and water or airtight connected to the housing 2, so that the snap disc or the switching element 3 in the region of the contact surface is not movable relative to the housing 2, but only the center of the switching element 3 in the direction of the switching contacts 11 is movable.
  • the snap disc or the switching element 3 has a dome or a dome-shaped cross-sectional contour in its center increases the stability of the switching element 3, because the dome stiffens the thin-walled switching element 3 and can also be moved simultaneously in the direction of the respective switching contact 11 ,
  • the adhesive layer 21 is replaced by an ultrasonic beading 22, through which a projection of the wall 7 is provided, which cooperates with the switching element 3 in a force-locking or form-fitting manner.
  • a firm connection is formed and, moreover, the gap between the housing 2 or its wall 7 and the switching element 2 is sealed in such a way that neither water nor gas particles can penetrate into the space 5.
  • Both variants of the FIGS. 1a . 1b or 2a and 2b have in common that the respective switching element 3 is freely accessible from the outside. Both the adhesive layer 21 and the ultrasonic beading 22 extend annularly in the outer region of the respective switching element 3.
  • FIG. 3 It is shown that the respective snap-action disc or the switching element 3 is completely covered by means of an actuating element 15.
  • the actuating element 15 is in the starting position of the switching element 3 on this and is shaped to the outside.
  • both the actuating element 15 and the switching element 3 in the direction of the respective switching contacts 11 is moved.
  • An electrical pulse is generated for example by the actuation of the switching element 3 in the direction of movement 4 and an electrical connection between two adjacent switching contacts 11.
  • the pulse is received by the switch contacts 11 and by means of a printed circuit board 13, on which a plurality of conductor tracks 14, for example, are arranged in a grid, and is forwarded in the usual technical way to an evaluation and control device, such as a microprocessor.
  • FIG. 4 It is shown that four feet 16 are formed on the bottom 6 of the circuit board 13 facing side of the switching device 1.
  • the respective switching device 1 can be firmly connected to the printed circuit board 13 via these feet 16.
  • the respective foot 16 By means of a weld, a solder joint, an adhesive bond, a clip connection or a Schaub connection the respective foot 16 may be connected to the circuit board 13, so that a firm locking between the housing 2 of the switching device 1 and the circuit board 13 is made.
  • the respective snap disc or the switching element 3 is completely covered by a cap 23.
  • the cap 23 completely or partially surrounds the wall 7 and a fixing ring 25 is formed on the wall 7 side facing the cap 23 so that the fixing ring 25 engages in a shoulder 24 in the wall 7 in the manner of an undercut.
  • the cap 23 is thus air-tightly and clipped by the fixing ring 25 on the switching device 1.
  • the cap 23 is in the starting position of the switching element 3 on this.
  • the cap 23 is formed of a deformable and elastic material, so that when the cap 23 is actuated in the direction of movement 4, both the cap 23 and the switching element 3 are moved in the direction of the respective switching contacts 11.
  • the contour of the fixing ring 25 is advantageously adapted to the contour of the shoulder 24 of the wall 7 and forms in the assembled state of the switching device 1 is a kind of undercut.
  • the contour of the fixing ring 25 and the paragraph 24 may have different shapes.
  • the paragraph 24 may be formed as a circumferential groove or protruding from the wall 7 web.
  • the number of feet 16 can be made freely and the feet 16 can also be configured as circular segments or as a continuous ring to connect to the circuit board 13.

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EP15151138.3A EP3046126B1 (de) 2015-01-14 2015-01-14 Schaltvorrichtung
US14/994,624 US10734173B2 (en) 2015-01-14 2016-01-13 Switching device
CN201610022579.0A CN105788920B (zh) 2015-01-14 2016-01-14 开关装置

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