EP3685234B1 - Steuervorrichtung mindestens einer elektronischen funktion eines tragbaren geräts - Google Patents

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EP3685234B1
EP3685234B1 EP18814652.6A EP18814652A EP3685234B1 EP 3685234 B1 EP3685234 B1 EP 3685234B1 EP 18814652 A EP18814652 A EP 18814652A EP 3685234 B1 EP3685234 B1 EP 3685234B1
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Vittorio ZANESCO
Raphaël Balmer
Damien Schmutz
Pascal Lagorgette
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  • the present invention relates to a device for controlling at least one electronic function of a portable object, in particular a timepiece.
  • the invention also relates to such a timepiece comprising this control device.
  • Portable objects such as a timepiece equipped with a device for controlling an electronic function implemented in such a portable object have been known for a long time.
  • control devices generally comprise a control rod whose actuation makes it possible to control the desired electronic function.
  • a widely used solution consists in detecting the actuation of the control rod by establishing a galvanic contact by friction between a contact zone. of this control rod and a corresponding electrical contact zone of an electrical circuit of this control device.
  • the document EP 1 515 203 A1 on behalf of the applicant, describes a device for controlling horological functions, according to the preamble of independent claim 1 attached.
  • the object of the present invention is to alleviate the above-mentioned problems as well as others by providing a robust and reliable control device comprising an actuating element which is carried by a control rod of the device, this control element. actuation being able to cooperate by friction with an electrically conductive switching element in order to force this switching element to establish galvanic contact with a contact pad of an electrical circuit with a view to ensuring closure of this electrical circuit.
  • the present invention relates to a device for controlling at least one electronic function of a portable object, in particular a timepiece, this device being defined in independent claim 1 attached.
  • Preferred embodiments are defined in the dependent claims.
  • the invention also relates to a portable object, in particular a timepiece, comprising at least one such control device.
  • the present invention proceeds from the general inventive idea which consists in providing a device for controlling at least one electronic function of a portable object of small dimensions, for example a wristwatch, in which the zone in which an element of Electrical switching is operated mechanically is separate from the area in which the electrical switching element makes electrical contact for the activation of the electronic function. Thanks to these characteristics, the electrical contact zone is protected against any risk of wear linked to the friction generated in the mechanical contact zone.
  • FIG. 1 Designated as a whole by the general reference numeral 1a, a first embodiment of the control device according to the invention is illustrated in figure 1 .
  • This control device 1a arranged to control at least one electronic function of a portable object 54 such as, without limitation, a timepiece, comprises a lower frame 2 which serves as a cradle for a control rod 4.
  • This rod control 4 is able to move axially back and forth and front to back to control at least one electronic function of the portable object 54 in a robust and reliable manner.
  • the direction from back to front is a rectilinear direction which extends from an actuation ring 50 located outside the portable object 54 towards the interior of this portable object 54 in which accommodates the control device 1a, 1b.
  • This direction extends horizontally along the longitudinal axis of symmetry XX of the control rod 4, perpendicular to a caseband 56 of the portable object 54.
  • the control rod 4 will be pushed from the rear to the front, and will be pulled from the front to the rear.
  • the vertical direction z is a direction which extends perpendicularly to a bottom 58 of the portable object 54.
  • the control device 1a firstly comprises an actuating element 6a which may, as desired, be made in one piece with the control rod. command 4, or be attached to the latter.
  • This actuating element 6a has at least one mechanical contact zone 12a, 12b via which it is in contact with an electrically conductive electrical switching element 8a.
  • This actuating element 6a is arranged to actuate the electrical switching element 8a and allow the latter to establish a galvanic contact between an electrical contact zone of this electrical switching element 8a and a contact pad of a circuit. electrical to ensure the closure of this electrical circuit.
  • the mechanical contact area 12a, 12b between the actuating element 6a and the electrical switching element 8a, and the electrical contact area between the switching element electrical 8a and the contact pad of the electrical circuit are two distinct zones, so that the repeated friction between the actuating element 6a and the electrical switching element 8a has no influence on the quality of the galvanic contact between the electrical contact area and the electrical circuit contact pad.
  • control device 1a illustrated in figure 1 is intended to allow the control of at least one electronic function of the portable object 54 which is an object of small dimensions such as a timepiece, in particular a wristwatch.
  • the lower frame 2 of this control device 1a serves as cradle to the control rod 4 which is preferably but not limited to elongated and substantially cylindrical shape, and which has a longitudinal axis of symmetry XX.
  • This control rod 4 is arranged to slide back and forth and back to front along its longitudinal axis of symmetry XX, and / or to rotate around this same longitudinal axis of symmetry XX clockwise and counterclockwise. .
  • control rod 4 comprises a rear end 46 which is located outside the portable object 54 once the control device 1a is installed in the portable object 54, and which is designed to receive a crown of 'actuation 50.
  • This control rod 4 also comprises a front end 48 which is situated inside the portable object 54 once the control device 1a is housed therein.
  • the control rod 4 is also equipped with a plain bearing 40 which, by cooperation with a corresponding receiving surface of the lower frame 2, ensures the support and axial guidance of this control rod 4. It will be noted that to allow passage of the control rod 4 and the installation of the control device 1a in the portable object 54, a hole 52 is made in the middle part of the portable object 54.
  • the lower frame 2 forms a cradle which is provided to receive the control rod 4 of the control device 1a.
  • the control rod 4 has a preferentially elongated and substantially cylindrical shape and extends along its longitudinal axis of X-X symmetry.
  • the front end 48 of the control rod 4 has a section 12, for example square, which is able to receive the sliding bearing 40.
  • the actuating element 6a which can be made in one piece with the control rod 4 or else be mounted fixedly on this control rod 4 is able to be driven in a translational or pivoting movement relative to the lower frame 2 when the control rod 4 is moved axially, respectively in pivoting, relative to this lower frame 2.
  • the actuating element 6a is a part attached to the control rod 4, it is preferably made of an electrically insulating material, this is that is to say a material which makes it possible to prevent the passage of an electric current in the control rod 4 on which it is mounted when this actuating element 6a is brought into contact with an electrically conductive electrical component.
  • this actuating element 6a can be made of plastic.
  • the actuating element 6a is presented as a preferred but non-limiting example in the form of a ring having a circular cross section.
  • This actuating element 6a comprises a peripheral wall and front and rear faces.
  • the peripheral wall comprises a position indexing zone 10a provided with a cam profile for example constituted by two hollows 20a and 20b separated from each other by a top 38a which protrudes, the hollow 20a being extended by a sloping profile 22, for example of the frustoconical type, which widens towards the rear end 46 of the control rod 4.
  • the two recesses 20a and 20b are for example circular grooves centered on the longitudinal axis of XX symmetry of the control rod 4.
  • this cam profile comprises as many hollows as the number of stable positions in which the control rod 4 can be indexed in the control device 1a.
  • the cam profile comprises a number of slopes identical to the number of unstable positions in which the control rod 4 can be brought.
  • the cam profile formed of one or more hollows 20a, 20b and / or slope 22 of the position indexing zone 10a of the actuating element 6a allows, by cooperation with the ends 34 of the rods 28 of a positioning spring 14, to define the stable and / or unstable position (s) in which the control rod 4 is likely to be found when the user moves it axially from rear to front or from front to rear.
  • the positioning spring 14 has a general U-shape with two arms 30 which extend in a horizontal plane and which are interconnected by a base 32. At their free end, the two arms 30 are extended by the two substantially rectilinear rods 28 which rise vertically.
  • the positioning spring 14 is intended to be mounted in the control device 1a from below the lower frame 2, so that the ends 34 of the rods 28 protrude at the level of the cam profile of the position indexing zone 10a of the actuating element 6a.
  • the electrical switching element 8a is for example a metal leaf spring in the shape of a "V" as illustrated on the figure. figure 1 .
  • the fixing pad 18a and the first and second contact pads 16a and 16b are all three conductors of electricity and are arranged in the lower frame 2 of the control device 1a, and that they each comprise one end which is connected to a contact pad provided on the surface of a printed circuit, for example a sheet of a flexible printed circuit (not shown), above which the control device 1a is arranged.
  • the electrical circuit which makes it possible to interconnect the fixing pad 18a and the two contact pads 16a, 16b is structured on the flexible printed circuit sheet.
  • the fixing pad 18a and the contact pads 16a, 16b can be helical contact springs, leaf springs or the like.
  • the electrical circuit also comprises all the necessary electronic components such as a microcontroller 64 and an electrical connector 66, for example of the zebra® type, for the execution of the desired electronic function.
  • the control device 1a comprises an upper frame 60 which is provided to cover the lower frame 2.
  • the union of these two lower frames 2 and upper 60 which are each for example of generally parallelepipedal shape, defines the external geometry of the control device 1a.
  • These two frames 2, 60 include the housings and surfaces suitable for receiving the constituent elements of the present control device 1a.
  • the control device 1a is provided with a single electrical switching element 8a.
  • This electrical switching element 8a is made in one piece and has a substantially "V" shape with first and second arms 44a, 44b interconnected by a connecting portion 36a.
  • This electrical switching element 8a comprises a connecting portion 36a at which these arms 44a, 44b are connected to one another and which makes it possible to secure the electrical switching element 8a on the contact pad.
  • attachment 18a for example by gluing, welding or interlocking.
  • the outer face 42a of the arms 44a, 44b of the "V” forms the first and second electrical contact areas 24a, 24b of the electrical switching element 8a, while the inner faces 42b of the free ends of the arms 44a, 44b of the " V ”define the mechanical contact zones 26a and 26b provided to cooperate with the mechanical contact zones 12a, 12b of the actuating element 6a. It will be understood that the arms 44a, 44b of the "V” of the electrical switching element 8a are kept spaced apart by the actuating element 6a against the elastic restoring force of the material. spring in which the electrical switching element 8a is made.
  • the control rod 4 is in its stable position T1 from which it will be understood that it can be pushed forward in its unstable position T0, or else be pulled back into its stable position T2.
  • the first stable position T1 of the control rod 4 corresponds to the position in which the ends 34 of the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 protrude into the first hollow 20a of the position indexing zone 10a defined in the actuating element 6a.
  • the electrical switching element 8a is in its rest position in which its mechanical contact zones 26a, 26b are in contact with and kept apart from each other by the element of. actuation 6a, while its first and second electrical contact zones 24a and 24b are not in contact with the first and second contact pads 16a and 16b.
  • the control rod 4 can be pushed forward into an unstable position T0.
  • the ends 34 of the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 come out of the first hollow 20a and follow the sloping profile 22 which gradually moves away from the longitudinal axis of XX symmetry of the control rod 4.
  • the user To force the ends 34 of the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 to come out of the first hollow 20a and to engage on this sloping profile 22 by moving away from each other , the user must therefore overcome a significant resistance force. This resistant force results from the fact that, following the sloping profile 22, the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 move away from each other from their rest position and tend to want to approach one another again.
  • the first electrical contact zone 24a of the electrical switching element 8a is in contact with the first contact pad 16a, and thus closes the electrical circuit between this first contact pad 16a and the fixing stud 18a.
  • the electric current will thus pass through the electric switching element 8a from the first contact pad 16a to the fixing pad 18a, which makes it possible to detect the closed position of the corresponding electric circuit.
  • the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 will spontaneously descend along the sloping profile 22, their ends 34 again coming to be housed in the first hollow 20a of the zone indexing position 10a of the actuating element 6a, forcing the control rod 4 to return to its stable position T1.
  • the first arm 44a of the electrical switching element 8a also returns to its rest position and therefore participates in the return movement of the control rod 4 in its stable position T1.
  • the control rod 4 is thus automatically recalled from its unstable position T0 to its first stable position T1.
  • the second electrical contact area 24b of the electrical switching element 8a is in contact with the second contact pad 16b, and thus closes the electrical circuit between the fixing pad 18a and this second contact pad 16b.
  • the electric current will thus pass through the electric switching element 8a from the fixing pad 18a to the second contact pad 16b, which makes it possible to detect the closed position of the corresponding electric circuit.
  • This control device 1b comprises first and second distinct electrical switching elements 8b and 8c.
  • the first end of each of these first and second electrical switching elements 8b and 8c comprises in its external face 42a a first connection part 36b, respectively a second connection part 36c, making it possible to ensure the fixing, in particular by gluing, welding. or interlocking of these two switching elements electric 8b, 8c on a first and a second fixing pad 18b, 18c corresponding to the control device 1b.
  • the second end of the electrical switching elements 8b and 8c for its part comprises a first and a second electrical contact zone 24c, 24d respectively, formed in the external face 42a of the electrical switching elements 8b, 8c.
  • first and second electrical switching elements 8b, 8c also comprise, between their first and second ends, a deformed part, for example a bend in the shape of a "V", which forms in their internal face 42b a first and a second zone of mechanical contact 26c, respectively 26d.
  • the mechanical contact areas 26c, 26d between the actuating element 6b and the electrical switching elements 8b and 8c, and the electrical contact areas 24c, 24d between the electrical switching elements 8c and 8d and the contact pads 16c and 16d are distinct areas from each other, so that the repeated friction between the actuating element 6b and the electrical switching elements 8b and 8c does not no influence on the quality of the galvanic contact between the electrical switching elements 8b, 8c and the contact pads 16c, 16d.
  • the position indexing zone 10b of the actuating element 6b comprises first and second recesses 20c and 20d separated by a vertex 38b.
  • the hollow 20c is extended by a sloping profile 62 which widens towards the rear end of the control rod 4.
  • the mechanical contact zone 12c of the actuating element 6b having to cooperate with the mechanical contact zones 26c, 26d of the first and second flexible electrical switching elements 8b, 8c during axial displacement of the control rod 4 is located in the front and rear faces as well as in a part of the peripheral wall of the actuating element 6b. It will be noted that the cooperation between the mechanical contact zone 12c of the actuating element 6b and the mechanical contact zones 26c, 26b generates a substantially pivotal movement of the first and second flexible electrical switching elements 8b, 8c around the points fixed formed by the fixing pads 18b, 18c and, in particular, the displacement of the electrical contact zones 24c, 24d defined in these flexible electrical switching elements 8b, 8c.
  • the control device 1b comprises two electrical circuits.
  • the first of these electrical circuits is constituted in particular by the contact pad 16c and by the fixing pad 18b, as well as by the first electrical switching element 8b.
  • the second electrical circuit for its part consists in particular of the contact pad 16d, the fixing pad 18c, as well as by the second electrical switching element 8c.
  • the control rod 4 can be pulled from its first stable position T1 backwards into a second stable position T2 or pushed forward in a third unstable position T0.
  • These three positions T0, T1 and T2 of the control rod 4 are indexed by cooperation between the position indexing zone 10b and the spring of positioning 14. More precisely, the stable position T1 corresponds to the position in which the ends 34 of the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 protrude into the first recess 20c of the position indexing zone 10b defined in the element of. actuation 6b.
  • the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 as well as the first flexible electrical switching element 8b are in their rest position, that is to say a position in which they are not subjected to a force of constraint.
  • the first flexible electrical switching element 8b of the control device 1b occupies a position in which the first electrical circuit is open.
  • the electrical contact zone 24c defined on the external face 42a of the free end of this first flexible electrical switching element 8b is not in contact with the third contact pad 16c corresponding to the control device 1b.
  • the second flexible electrical switching element 8c of the control device 1b occupies a position in which the second electrical circuit is closed.
  • the second flexible electrical switching element 8c of the control device 1b occupies a position in which the second electrical circuit is open. In this position in which the second electrical circuit is open, the electrical contact zone 24d defined on the external face 42a of the free end of this second flexible electrical switching element 8c is not in contact with the fourth contact pad. 16d corresponding to the control device 1b. Furthermore, in the second stable position T2 of the control rod 4, the position of the first flexible electrical switching element 8b remains unchanged. In this stable position T2, the first flexible electrical switching element 8b of the control device 1b still occupies a position in which the first electrical circuit is open and the electrical contact zone 24c defined on the outer face 42a of the free end of the device. this first flexible electrical switching element 8b is not in contact with the corresponding third contact pad 16c of the control device 1b.
  • the control rod 4 can be pushed forward into a third unstable position T0.
  • the ends 34 of the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 come out of the first hollow 20c and follow the sloping profile 62, for example of the frustoconical type, which gradually moves away from the longitudinal axis of symmetry.
  • the mechanical contact zone 12c of the actuating element 6b moves by rubbing against the mechanical contact zone 26d of the second flexible electrical switching element 8c which rests on this mechanical contact zone. 12c of the actuating element 6b, up to a point where this second flexible electrical switching element 8b is no longer in contact with the actuating element 6b and returns to its rest position under the effect of elastic restoring forces.
  • the second flexible electrical switching element 8c of the control device 1b occupies a position in which the second electrical circuit is open. In this position in which the second electrical circuit is open, the electrical contact zone 24d defined on the external face 42a of the free end of this second flexible electrical switching element 8c is not in contact with the fourth contact pad.
  • the first flexible electrical switching element 8b As for the first flexible electrical switching element 8b, it moves away from its rest position and abuts against the third contact pad 16c at the level of its electrical contact zone 24c when the ends 34 of the rods 28 of the positioning spring 14 are on the sloping profile 22. It will be noted that, during this movement, the mechanical contact zone 12c of the element d The actuator 6b moves by rubbing against the mechanical contact area 26c of the first flexible electrical switching element 8b. This movement generates sufficient deformation of this first flexible electrical switching element 8b to allow its electrical contact zone 24c to be brought into contact with the third contact pad 16c.
  • an additional function of the portable object 54 can be controlled by the control device 1b when the control rod 4 is in a new stable or unstable position in which the first and second control elements.
  • Flexible electrical switching 8b, 8c are in contact respectively with the third and fourth contact pads 16c, 16d, so that the first and second electrical circuits are simultaneously in a closed or switched state.
  • the present invention is not limited to the embodiments which have just been described, and that various modifications and simple variants can be envisaged by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention such as defined by the appended claims.
  • the actuating element and the control rod can both be electrically insulating, or the actuating element is electrically insulating, in which case the control rod can be insulating or electrically conductive, or else the actuator element is electrically conductive, in which case the actuator rod is non-electrically conductive.

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  1. Vorrichtung (1a, 1b) zur Steuerung (1a, 1b) mindestens einer elektronischen Funktion eines tragbaren Objekts (54), insbesondere eines Uhr, umfassend eine Steuerungswelle (4), die imstande ist, sich axial zwischen mindestens einer ersten und einer zweiten stabilen Position, oder zwischen mindestens einer stabilen Position und einer instabilen Position zu bewegen, wobei die Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) ebenfalls ein Betätigungselement (6a, 6b) umfasst, das aus einem elektrisch isolierenden Material gefertigt ist, fest mit der Steuerungswelle (4) verbunden, sowie mindestens ein flexibles elektrisches Schaltelement (8a, 8b, 8c), das vorgesehen ist, um mechanisch durch das Betätigungselement (6a, 6b) betätigt zu werden, wenn die Steuerungswelle (4) axial verschoben wird, wobei das mindestens eine flexible elektrische Schaltelement (8a, 8b, 8c) imstande ist, sich zwischen einer Schließposition, in der das mindestens eine flexible elektrische Schaltelement (8a, 8b, 8c) einen Stromkreis der Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) schließt, und einer Öffnungsposition zu bewegen, in der das mindestens eine flexible elektrische Schaltelement (8a, 8b, 8c) den Stromkreis öffnet, wobei mindestens ein elektrischer Kontaktklotz (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) vorgesehen ist, um mit dem mindestens einen flexiblen elektrischen Schaltelement (8a, 8b, 8c) zusammenzuwirken, wenn dieses letztere in die Schließposition bewegt wird, wobei die Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass das mindestens eine flexible elektrische Schaltelement (8a) aus einem einzigen Stück gefertigt ist, und eine "V"-Form mit zwei Armen aufweist, die jeweils eine elektrische Kontaktzone (24a, 24b) des flexiblen elektrischen Schaltelements (8a) umfassen.
  2. Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Betätigungselement (6a, 6b) eine Positionsindexierungszone (10a, 10b) umfasst, die ein Nockenprofil beinhaltet, das vorgesehen ist, um zur Indexierung der stabilen und instabilen Positionen beizutragen, in die die Steuerungswelle (4) bei einer axialen Verschiebung gebracht wird.
  3. Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Positionierungsfeder (14) umfasst, die angeordnet ist, um mit dem in der Positionsindexierungszone (10a, 10b) des Betätigungselements (6a, 6b) definierten Nockenprofil zusammenzuwirken, um jede stabile und instabile Position der Steuerungswelle (4) zu definieren.
  4. Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der mindestens eine elektrische Kontaktklotz (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) ein Ende umfasst, das mit einem Kontaktbereich des Stromkreises der Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) verbunden ist.
  5. Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einen mechanischen Befestigungsklotz (18a, 18b, 18c) umfasst, der das mindestens eine flexible elektrische Schaltelement (8a, 8b, 8c) feststehend an den Stromkreis der Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) anschließt.
  6. Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) nach Anspruch 3 oder nach einem der Ansprüche 4 oder 5, wenn diese von Anspruch 3 abhängig sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Nockenprofil durch mindestens eine Höhlung (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d) gebildet wird, die vorgesehen ist, um mit der Positionierungsfeder (14) der Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) zusammenzuwirken, um die stabile Position der Steuerungswelle (4) zu definieren, und/ oder ein Gefälle (22), das vorgesehen ist, um mit der Positionierungsfeder (14) der Steuerungswelle (4) zusammenzuwirken.
  7. Steurvorrichtung (1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie zwei unterschiedliche flexible elektrische Schaltelemente (8b, 8c) beinhaltet, die jeweils eine elektrische Kontaktzone (24c, 24d) umfassen.
  8. Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 6 und 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes flexible elektrische Schaltelement (8a, 8b, 8c) imstande ist, mit einer mechanischen Kontaktzone (12a, 12b, 12c) des Betätigungselements (6a, 6b) zusammenzuwirken, um die entsprechende elektrische Kontaktzone (24a, 24b, 24c, 24d) bei der Verschiebung dieses flexiblen elektrischen Schaltelements (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) in die Schließposition mit dem entsprechenden elektrischen Kontaktklotz (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) in Kontakt zu bringen.
  9. Tragbares Objekt (54), insbesondere ein Uhr, mindestens eine Steuervorrichtung (1a, 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10 umfassend.
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