JP2008152965A - Rotary electronic part - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an rotary electronic part capable of easily mounting another rotary member onto a rotary knob, even if the rotary knob is formed in a small-sized structure. <P>SOLUTION: The rotary electronic part is equipped with a rotary knob 200 having a rotary member housing 207 at its center; and a connector material 150 (a rotary member) housed in the rotary member housing 207 to integrally rotate with the rotary knob 200, and an other parts housing (an inserter 155 and a knob housing 167) at the center. Further, the part has an engaging member 209 comprising a projection projected from the inner peripheral face 207a of the rotary knob 200, and an engaged member 163 comprising a recess formed by cutting out the center face of the connector material 150. The engaging member 209 is slidably engaged with the engaged member 163 of the connector material 150 housed from the lower side of the rotary member housing 207, the lower part 209a of the engaging member 209 is exposed from the end of the engaged member 163, and the exposed lower part 209a is heated to fix the space between the connector material 150 and the rotary knob 200. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a rotary electronic component that changes its electrical output by rotating a rotary knob, and more particularly to a rotary electronic component in which another component such as a push button knob is accommodated inside the rotary knob.

  Conventionally, in rotary electronic components such as rotary switches and rotary variable resistors, a push button knob is installed at the center of the rotary knob, and rotates together with the rotary knob below the rotary knob and the push button knob. There is a rotary electronic component having a structure in which a circuit board on which a sliding pattern in which a slider attached to a rotary type comes into sliding contact, a switch pattern pressed by a pressing portion of the push button knob, or the like is installed (for example, Patent Document 1). ). Conventionally, in this type of rotary electronic component, there is a case where a connecting member is provided between the rotary knob and the rotary object so as to connect them. The connecting member is installed because the push button knob is installed at the center of the rotary knob, so that it is difficult to directly connect the rotary knob and the rotary mold due to its structure. Then, fixing between the rotary mold, the connecting member, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “rotary body”) and the rotary knob is performed by inserting a cylindrical protrusion protruding from the back surface of the rotary knob into a hole provided in the rotary body. It was done by methods such as caulking.

However, when the outer diameter of the rotary knob is reduced, and when other parts such as a push button knob are installed at the center of the rotary knob and the center of the rotary body, a protrusion protrudes from the back of the rotary knob, or a hole is formed in the rotary body. There has been a problem that the space to be provided is lost and it becomes difficult to connect the rotary knob and the rotary body.
JP 2005-183135 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rotary electronic component in which another rotary body can be easily attached to the rotary knob even if the rotary knob is downsized. .

  The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a rotary knob having a rotating body storage portion in the center, and is housed in the rotating body storage portion of the rotary knob and rotates integrally with the rotary knob, and another component storage portion is provided in the center. And a rotating knob and an electrical function unit that changes an electrical output according to the rotation of the rotating knob, and an inner surface of the rotating knob and an outer peripheral surface of the rotating body of the rotating knob. An engaging portion made up of concaves and convexes that are slidably engaged in the rotation center axis direction and an engaged portion are provided, and the rotating knob is engaged with the engaged portion of the rotating body housed in the rotating body housing portion of the rotating knob. The rotary electronic component is characterized in that the rotary knob and the rotating body are integrated by engaging and fixing the parts.

  In the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, the engaging portion is a convex portion protruding from the inner peripheral surface of the rotary knob, and the engaged portion is a concave portion formed by cutting out the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body. The rotary electronic component according to claim 1.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the engagement between the engaging portion of the rotary knob and the engaged portion of the rotating body is fixed by the rotating body received from below the rotating body storage portion of the rotating knob. The engaging portion of the rotary knob is slidably engaged with the joint portion, the lower end of the engaging portion is exposed from the end portion of the engaged portion, and the lower end of the exposed engaging portion is caulked. The rotary electronic component according to claim 2.

  In the invention according to claim 4 of the present application, the rotary body is inserted into the rotary body storage portion of the rotary knob at a position where the inner peripheral surface of the rotary body storage portion of the rotary knob faces the outer peripheral surface of the rotary body. 4. The rotary electronic component according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning portion for positioning which is engaged at the time.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the push button knob is housed in the other component housing portion so as to be movable toward the rotation center axis direction of the rotary knob, and is exposed from the other component housing portion of the push button knob. The rotary electronic component according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein a press switch is disposed at a position pressed by the pressing portion.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the engaging portion and the engaged portion are formed by the concave and convex portions that are slidably engaged with the inner peripheral surface of the rotary knob and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body in the rotation axis direction of the rotary knob. Since the rotary knob is downsized and the protrusion cannot protrude from the lower surface, the rotary knob and the rotating body can be easily integrated.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the convex engaging portion provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating body housing portion of the rotary knob is replaced with the notched engaged portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body. A rotating knob and a rotating body that are easily downsized can be integrated with a simple structure of engaging and fixing in a slidable manner.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the engaging portion of the rotary knob is slidably engaged with the engaged portion of the rotating body, and the lower end of the engaging portion exposed from the end portion of the engaged portion is extended. By simply tightening, the miniaturized rotary knob and the rotating body can be easily integrated.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the positioning portion is separately provided in addition to the engaging portion and the engaged portion, positioning of the rotary knob with respect to the rotating body can be performed.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, it is possible to provide a rotary electronic component with a pressing electronic component.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional side view of a rotary electronic component 1 with a pressing electronic component according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the upper part of the rotary electronic component 1 as viewed from above. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the lower part of the rotary electronic component 1 as viewed from above, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the upper part of the rotary electronic component 1 as viewed from below, and FIG. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the lower part of this from the lower side. As shown in these drawings, the rotary electronic component 1 has a circuit board (hereinafter referred to as “flexible circuit board”) 20, a support base 60, a slider 80 and a reinforcing plate 100 mounted on a mounting plate 10. A rotary mold 70, a case 120 to which a resilient member (hereinafter referred to as “spring”) 110 is attached, a rotating body (hereinafter referred to as “connecting member”) 150, a push button knob 180, and a rotary knob 200 are provided. It is configured. Each component will be described below.

  The mounting plate 10 is configured by providing a plurality of mounting portions 11 each having a small hole penetrating a predetermined position of a hard plate (in this embodiment, a stainless steel plate, but may be another metal plate or a resin plate). .

  The flexible circuit board 20 is configured by providing a desired circuit pattern on the surface of a flexible synthetic resin film (polyethylene terephthalate film in this embodiment), and has two substantially identical shapes (substantially circular). The push button switch part 25 formed by overlapping the 1st, 2nd board | substrate parts 21 and 23, and the rotary electronic component part 45 installed in the upper part of the push button switch part 25 are comprised. The first and second substrate portions 21 and 23 are connected by a connecting portion 27 and are overlapped by bending the connecting portion 27, and the second substrate portion 23 and the rotary electronic component portion 45 are connected by a connecting portion 29. The rotary electronic component part 45 is installed above the second substrate part 23 by bending the connecting part 29. A strip-shaped lead portion 31 protrudes outward from the first substrate portion 21 and is connected to another electric circuit (not shown). A pair of contact patterns 33 and 35 (see FIG. 1) are opposed to each other with a narrow space at the center of the overlapped first and second substrate portions 21 and 23 to form a press switch 37. A spacer layer 39 is formed around the pair of contact patterns 33 and 35 so as to surround them. Further, an inversion plate 41 in which an elastic metal plate is formed in a dome shape is installed on the upper part of the pressing switch 37 (on the second substrate portion 23). In addition, an insertion portion 43 formed of a small hole penetrating vertically is provided at a position facing each attachment portion 11 of the attachment plate 10 of the superimposed first and second substrate portions 21 and 23. The rotary electronic component 45 is substantially circular, and has a circular insertion hole 47 through which a shaft part 183 of the push button knob 180 described below is inserted at the center, and an upper surface around the insertion hole 47 (a region indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 3). A sliding contact pattern 49 serving as an electrical function portion is provided, and a mounting portion 53 having a tongue piece shape from a plurality of locations (three locations) on the outer periphery thereof and having an insertion hole 51 formed of a substantially circular through hole is provided. It is configured. In this embodiment, the sliding contact pattern 49 is a switch pattern (code switch pattern). A circuit pattern (not shown) connected to the sliding contact pattern 49 and the pair of contact patterns 33 and 35 is drawn out from the lead-out portion 31.

  The support base 60 is formed by forming a synthetic resin (for example, ABS resin) in a substantially disc shape, and has a circular insertion hole portion 61 through which a shaft portion 183 of the push button knob 180 described below is inserted at the center. A plurality of mounting protrusions 65 each having an insertion hole 63 made of a substantially circular through hole are provided in a tongue-like shape from a plurality of locations (three locations) on the outer periphery.

  The slider 80 serving as an electrical function part is formed by forming an elastic metal plate in a substantially ring shape, and is provided with an opening 81 formed of a circular through hole in the center, and three provided at substantially equal intervals. Three sets of sliding booklets 85 project from the base 83 in an arc shape. An elastic contact portion 87 is provided at the tip of each sliding booklet 85. Each base 83 is provided with a fixing portion 89 made of a small hole.

  The rotary mold 70 is formed by molding a synthetic resin (for example, POM resin) into a substantially disc shape, and an insertion portion 71 that penetrates vertically is provided at the center of the rotation mold 70, and on the same arc around the insertion portion 71. Three mounting holes 73 penetrating vertically are provided, three guide parts 75 that are arc-shaped and project upward are provided on the upper surface around the mounting hole 73, and two small protrusions are provided on the upper surface around the guide part 75. On the other hand, small protrusion-like slider mounting portions 79 inserted into the fixing portions 89 are provided at positions facing the respective fixing portions 89 of the slider 80 on the lower surface of the rotary mold 70. It is provided and configured.

  The reinforcing plate 100 is formed by forming a hard plate (in this embodiment, a stainless steel plate, but may be another metal plate or a resin plate) in a substantially ring shape, and a guide for the rotary mold 70 in the center. An opening 101 for inserting the portion 75 is provided, and an attachment fixing portion 103 including a small hole for inserting the attachment piece 77 is provided at a position facing each attachment piece 77 of the rotary mold 70.

  The spring 110 is formed of an elastic metal plate in a substantially ring shape, provided with a pair of mounting bases 111 at positions opposed to each other by 180 °, and provided with an insertion fixing part 113 having a small hole in each mounting base 111. The center of a pair of arm portions 115 connecting between the base portions 111 is bent so as to protrude downward (reinforcement plate 110 direction), and is configured as an elastic contact portion 117.

  The case 120 is made of a synthetic resin (for example, ABS resin) and is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape having an open bottom surface. That is, the upper surface portion 125 is provided on the upper surface of the cylindrical side wall portion 123, and the opened lower surface side portion is used as the storage portion 127. At the center of the upper surface portion 125, an insertion portion 129 is provided for rotatably inserting a support portion 151 of the connecting member 150 described below. A cylindrical guide part 131 protrudes around the insertion part 129, and a cylindrical side wall part 133 protrudes at a position surrounding the outer periphery of the guide part 131, and a recess between the guide part 131 and the side wall part 133. Is a grease filling portion 135. On the other hand, a small protrusion-like fixing portion 137 to be inserted into each attachment portion 11 is provided at a position opposite to each attachment portion 11 of the attachment plate 10 on the lower end side of the side wall portion 123. Four recessed portions 139 are provided at positions between the respective fixed portions 137, and small projection-like attachment fixing portions 141 protruding downward are provided in the three recessed portions 139. Although not shown, a pair of small protrusions that are inserted into the insertion fixing portions 113 are provided at positions on the lower surface of the upper surface portion 125 facing the pair of insertion fixing portions 113 provided on the spring 110.

  FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the connecting member 150 as seen from the lower surface side. As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 4, the connecting member 150 is a molded product of synthetic resin (for example, ABS resin). A fixing portion 153 is provided. At the center of the connecting member 150, there is provided an insertion portion 155 serving as another component storage portion that vertically penetrates and guides (through) a shaft portion 183 of the push button knob 180 described below. Three attachment engaging portions 157 protrude from the lower end side of the support portion 151. Each of the attachment engaging portions 157 is formed so as to be inserted into the attachment hole 73 of the rotary mold 70 so that its tip protrudes from the lower surface of the rotary mold 70. Four resistance applying portions 159 projecting downward are provided at a position surrounding the support portion 151 on the lower surface of the knob fixing portion 153 and inserted into the grease filling portion 135 of the case 120. It has been. The resistance applying portion 159 is curved in an arc shape when viewed from directly below (in the direction of the rotation center axis L of the connecting member 150) so as to surround the support portion 151. A substantially cylindrical side wall portion 161 projecting upward (in the direction of the push button knob 180) is provided on the outer periphery of the knob fixing portion 153, and the knob portion is stored in the center portion as another component storage portion having a circular concave shape. Part 167. That is, the insertion part 155 and the knob part storage part 167 together constitute another part storage part. Engaged portions formed by recesses formed by cutting out the outer peripheral surface of the knob fixing portion 153 of the connecting member 150 into a substantially rectangular shape at a plurality of substantially equal intervals (four locations in this embodiment) on the outer periphery of the knob fixing portion 153. A portion 163 is provided. That is, the engaged portion 163 is a notch that is opened outward in the radial direction of the connecting member 150. In addition, a concave positioning portion 165 that is cut out in a substantially rectangular shape is provided at one location on the outer peripheral surface of the knob fixing portion 153 of the connecting member 150. The positioning portion 165 is linearly provided in a direction parallel to the rotation center axis L direction of the connecting member 150. Further, one knob positioning portion 169 is provided on the side wall portion 161 of the knob fixing portion 153 of the connecting member 150 so as to cut out the concave portion from the upper end surface thereof.

  The push button knob 180 is a molded product of a synthetic resin (for example, ABS resin), and is configured by projecting a rod-shaped shaft portion 183 from the center of the lower surface of the substantially disk-shaped knob portion 181. A lower portion of the shaft portion 183 is a pressing portion 185 that presses the pressing switch 37. A ring-shaped collar portion 187 protrudes from the outer periphery of the knob portion 181, and a tongue-shaped positioning portion 189 that protrudes further outward is provided from a part thereof. The positioning portion 189 is formed in a shape that is engaged with the knob positioning portion 169 of the connecting member 150 so as to be movable up and down.

  FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the rotary knob 200 as viewed from the lower surface side. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, the rotary knob 200 is a molded product of synthetic resin (for example, PC / ABS resin), and is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape having an open bottom surface. And an upper surface portion 203, and an opening 205 is provided at the center of the upper surface portion 203, thereby having a rotating body storage portion 207 penetrating vertically in the center. On the inner peripheral surface 207a of the rotating body storage portion 207 of the rotary knob 200, four engaging portions 209 made of convex portions protruding from the inner peripheral surface 207a are provided. Each engaging part 209 is the same rectangular shape in this embodiment, and protrudes in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped from the inner peripheral surface 207a. Four of the rectangular parallelepiped sides are oriented in a direction parallel to the rotation center axis L. Each of these engaging portions 209 is provided at a position where it engages with each of the engaged portions 163 of the connecting member 150, and is formed in a shape that engages slidably in the direction of the rotation center axis L of the rotary knob 200. . In addition, a single positioning portion 211 including a convex portion protruding from the inner peripheral surface 207a is provided on the inner peripheral surface 207a of the rotating body storage portion 207 of the rotary knob 200. The positioning part 211 has a rectangular shape and protrudes from the inner peripheral surface 207a into a rectangular parallelepiped shape. Of the sides of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, four sides are oriented in a direction parallel to the rotation center axis. The positioning portion 211 is provided at a position where the positioning portion 211 is engaged with the positioning portion 165 of the connecting member 150, and is formed in a shape that is slidably engaged in the rotation center axis L direction of the rotary knob 200.

  Next, a method for assembling the rotary electronic component 1 will be described. First, the reinforcing plate 100 is installed in advance on the upper surface of the rotary mold 70, and at this time, each mounting piece 77 of the rotary mold 70 is inserted into each mounting fixing portion 103 of the reinforcing plate 100 to heat the tip of each mounting piece 77. Tighten and attach. On the other hand, the slider 80 is installed on the lower surface of the rotary mold 70, and at that time, the respective slider mounting portions 79 of the rotary mold 70 are inserted into the respective fixed portions 89 of the slider 80. The tip of 79 is attached by heat caulking. Further, the spring 110 is installed on the back surface of the upper surface portion 125 of the case 120, and a pair of small projections (not shown) provided on the back surface of the upper surface portion 125 are inserted into the pair of insertion fixing portions 113 provided on the spring 110, respectively. Attach the tip of the small protrusion by heat caulking. Note that grease is applied to the spring 110 in advance.

  Then, the push button knob 180 is installed on the connecting member 150. At that time, the shaft portion 183 of the push button knob 180 is inserted into the insertion portion 155 of the connecting member 150 so as to be movable up and down, and the knob portion 181 of the push button knob 180 is connected to the connecting member 150. And the positioning portion 189 of the push button knob 180 is simultaneously engaged with the knob positioning portion 169 of the connecting member 150 so that the push button knob 180 does not rotate with respect to the connecting member 150.

  Next, the rotary knob 200 is placed on the connecting member 150 to which the push button knob 180 is mounted, and the upper part of the connecting member 150 is stored in the rotating body storage portion 207 of the rotary knob 200. At that time, the respective engaging portions 209 of the rotary knob 200 are slid and engaged with the respective engaged portions 163 of the connecting member 150 in the direction of the rotation center axis L of the rotary knob 200. At the same time, the positioning portion 211 of the rotary knob 200 is slid and engaged with the positioning portion 165 of the connecting member 150 in the direction of the rotation center axis L of the rotary knob 200. At this time, the upper end surface of the connecting member 150 comes into contact with the back surface of the upper surface portion 203 of the rotary knob 200 and is positioned at this contacted position (sliding position). FIG. 8 is a view of the rotary knob 200 housing the connecting member 150 as seen from the lower surface side. In the drawing, the lower end 209 a of each engaging portion 209 is exposed at the lower end of the engaged portion 163. Then, the exposed lower end 209a of each engaging portion 209 is crushed by heat caulking as shown in FIG. 1, thereby fixing the engaging portion 209 and the engaged portion 163, and connecting the rotary knob 200 and the connecting member 150 together. Integrate.

  Next, the connecting member 150 with the integrated push button knob 180 and the rotary knob 200 are arranged on the case 120, and at this time, the support portion 151 of the connecting member 150 is rotatably inserted into the insertion portion 129 of the case 120. . At the same time, each resistance applying portion 159 of the connecting member 150 is inserted into the grease filling portion 135 of the case 120. The grease filling unit 135 is filled with grease in advance.

  Next, the rotary mold 70 to which the reinforcing plate 100 and the slider 80 are attached is stored in the storage section 127 from the lower surface side of the case 120, and each mounting engagement section 157 at the lower end of the connecting member 150 is connected to the rotary mold. The connecting engagement member 157 is inserted into each of the mounting holes 73 of the 70 and protrudes from the lower surface of the rotary mold 70, and the connecting member 150 and the rotary mold 70 are integrated.

  Next, the rotary electronic component part 45 of the flexible circuit board 20 is disposed on the lower surface of the case 120, and the support base 60 is installed on the lower side. At this time, each mounting fixing part 141 of the case 120 is connected to the rotary electronic component part. It inserts in each insertion hole 51 of 45 and each insertion hole part 63 of the support stand 60, and the front-end | tip of each attachment fixing | fixed part 141 exposed to the lower surface side of the support stand 60 is attached by heat crimping.

  And the pushbutton switch part 25 which overlap | superposed the 1st, 2nd board | substrate parts 21 and 23 is arrange | positioned at the lower surface side of the support stand 60, the mounting plate 10 is arrange | positioned under it, and each fixing | fixed part of case 120 in that case 137 is inserted into each insertion portion 43 of the push button switch portion 25 and each attachment portion 11 of the attachment plate 10, and the tip of each fixing portion 137 exposed from the lower surface of the attachment plate 10 is attached by heat caulking. Thereby, the assembly of the rotary electronic component 1 is completed.

  In the rotary electronic component 1 configured as described above, when the rotary knob 200 is rotated, the connecting member 150, the rotary mold 70, the slider 80, and the reinforcing plate 100 are rotated integrally with the rotary knob 200, and the slider 80 is rotated. Each of the elastic contact portions 87 slides on the sliding contact pattern 49 of the rotary electronic component portion 45 and changes its electrical output. When the rotary knob 200 is rotated, the resistance applying portion 159 of the connecting member 150 moves in the grease filled in the grease filling portion 135, and at the same time, the elastic contact portion 117 of the spring 110 to which the grease is applied on the reinforcing plate 100. Since they move in elastic contact with each other, a relatively strong resistance can be given to the rotation of the rotary knob 200 by the resistance of both. Therefore, this mechanism is suitable when such a strong resistance is required.

  On the other hand, when the knob portion 181 of the push button knob 180 is pressed and lowered, the pressing portion 185 presses the reversing plate 41 installed on the pressing switch 37 to reverse it, and the pressing switch 37 is turned on. When the pressing is released, the push button knob 180 is pushed up to the original position by the elastic restoring force of the reversing plate 41, and the pressing switch 37 is turned off.

  As described above, the rotary electronic component 1 includes the rotary knob 200 having the rotary body storage portion 207 at the center, and is stored in the rotary body storage portion 207 of the rotary knob 200 and rotates integrally with the rotary knob 200. In addition, a connecting member 150 provided with an insertion part 155 and a knob part accommodating part 167 serving as other parts accommodating parts in the center, and a slider 80 and a slidable contact that change electrical output by the rotation of the rotary knob 200 and the connecting member 150. And an electric function part composed of the pattern 49, and is slidable in the direction of the rotation center axis L of the rotary knob 200 on the inner peripheral surface 207a of the rotating body storage part 207 of the rotary knob 200 and the outer peripheral surface of the connecting member 150 Engagement portions 209 made of engaging irregularities and engaged portions 163 are provided, and the engaged members of the connecting member 150 housed in the rotating body housing portion 207 of the rotary knob 200 are engaged. A rotation knob 200 the engagement portion 209 of the rotational knob 200 by fixing engaging the part 163 is configured by integrating the connecting member 150. In this way, the engaging portion 209 provided on the inner peripheral surface 207a of the rotating body storage portion 207 of the rotary knob 200 and the engaged portion 163 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the connecting member 150 are slidably engaged and fixed. Because of the structure, even when the rotary knob 200 is downsized, the rotary knob 200 and the connecting member 150 can be easily integrated. That is, the rotary electronic component 1 includes a notch-like engaged portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the connecting member 150 with the convex engaging portion 209 provided on the inner peripheral surface 207 a of the rotating body storage portion 207 of the rotary knob 200. It is possible to integrate the rotary knob 200 and the connecting member 150 that are easily downsized with a simple structure of slidably engaging and fixing the joint portion 163. In particular, the rotary knob 200 and the connecting member 150 can be easily integrated even when the pressing electronic component is housed in the center of the rotary knob 200 and the connecting member 150 as in this embodiment.

  Further, in the rotary electronic component 1, the fixing of the engaging portion 209 of the rotary knob 200 and the engaged portion 163 of the connecting member 150 is stored from the lower side of the rotating body storage portion 207 of the rotary knob 200. The engaging portion 209 of the rotary knob 200 is slidably engaged with the engaged portion 163 of 150, and the lower end 209a of the engaging portion 209 is exposed from the end portion of the engaged portion 163, and the exposed engaging portion is exposed. Since it is performed only by caulking the lower end 209a of 209, the miniaturized rotary knob 200 and the connecting member 150 can be easily integrated.

  Further, in the rotary electronic component 1, the connecting member 150 is placed at a position where the inner peripheral surface 207 a of the rotating member storage portion 207 of the rotating knob 200 and the outer peripheral surface of the connecting member 150 face each other. Since positioning portions 165 and 211 for positioning that are engaged when inserted into 207 are separately provided in addition to the engaging portion 209 and the engaged portion 163, positioning of the rotary knob 200 with respect to the connecting member 150 in the rotational direction can be performed. Easy to do.

  In the rotary electronic component 1, the push button knob 180 is housed in the insertion portion 155 and the knob portion housing portion 167 serving as other component housing portions so as to be movable in the direction of the rotation center axis L of the rotary knob 200. Since the pressing switch 37 is disposed at a position pressed by the pressing portion 185 exposed from the other component storage portion of the knob 180, the rotary electronic component 1 with the pressing electronic component can be easily configured.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims and the specification and drawings. Is possible. It should be noted that any shape, structure, and material not directly described in the specification and drawings are within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention as long as the effects and advantages of the present invention are exhibited. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the coupling member 150 is accommodated from the lower side of the rotating body accommodating portion 207 of the rotary knob 200 and the engaging portion 209 and the engaged portion 163 are engaged and fixed. As described above, the connecting member 150 to which the push button knob 180 is attached is stored from the upper side of the rotating body storage portion 207 of the rotary knob 200 to engage the engaging portion 209 and the engaged portion 163, and You may fix both by crimping the upper end of the engaging part 209 exposed from an edge part. In this case, a ring-shaped cover plate (not shown) that covers the rotary member storage unit 207 of the rotary knob 200 is press-fitted and attached to prevent the push button knob 180 from being pulled upward by the cover plate. . At the same time, the knob portion 181 of the push button knob 180 is exposed in the hole in the center of the cover plate. A contact portion (not shown) that prevents the knob fixing portion 153 from moving downward by contacting the back surface of the knob fixing portion 153 of the connecting member 150 to the lower portion of the inner peripheral surface 207a of the rotary knob 200. Prepare it.

  In the above embodiment, the engagement portion 209 and the engaged portion 163 are fixed by heat caulking, but are fixed by using various other fixing methods such as ultrasonic welding, caulking without applying heat, or press fitting. Also good. In the above embodiment, the engaging portion 209 is convex and the engaged portion 163 is concave. However, the engaging portion 209 may be concave and the engaged portion 163 may be convex. In short, any structure may be used as long as the engaging part 209 of the rotary knob 200 is engaged and fixed to the engaged part 163 of the connecting member 150.

  In the above-described embodiment, the connecting member 150 that connects the rotary knob 200 and the rotary mold 70 is shown as the rotating body. However, the present invention is applied to a portion that fixes various rotating bodies other than the connecting member 150 and the rotary knob 200. You may apply. For example, the present invention may be applied to the case where the connecting member 150 is omitted (or integrated with the connecting member 150) and the rotating object 70 is directly connected to the rotating knob 200. . Further, in the above embodiment, the push button knob 180 is housed as the insertion part 155 and the knob part housing part 167 as the other part housing part provided at the center of the connecting member 150 which is a rotating body. Various components for another rotary electronic component (for example, another rotary knob) installed in the center of the electronic component 1, various light emitting means such as light emitting elements, and other various components are stored in other component storage units. Also good. Further, in the above embodiment, the slider 80 and the sliding contact pattern 49 are used as the electric function part, but the electric function part of other various structures may be used. As long as the electric output is changed with the rotation of the connecting member 150), the electric functional unit may have any configuration.

It is a schematic sectional side view of the rotary electronic component 1 with a press type electronic component. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the upper part of the rotary electronic component 1 as viewed from above. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the lower part of the rotary electronic component 1 as viewed from above. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the upper part of the rotary electronic component 1 as viewed from below. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the components of the lower part of the rotary electronic component 1 from the lower side. It is the perspective view which expanded the rotary knob 200 and was seen from the lower surface side. It is the perspective view which expanded the connection member 150 and was seen from the lower surface side. It is the figure which looked at the rotary knob 200 which accommodated the connection member 150 from the lower surface side. It is a figure which shows the rotary knob 200 concerning another embodiment, the connection member 150, and the pushbutton knob 180. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Rotating Electronic Component 10 Mounting Plate 20 Flexible Circuit Board (Circuit Board)
37 Press switch 49 Sliding contact pattern (electrical function part)
60 Support stand 70 Rotating type 80 Slider (electrical function part)
100 Reinforcing plate 110 Spring (elastic member)
120 Case 150 Connecting member (rotating body)
151 Supporting part 153 Knob fixing part 155 Insertion part (other parts storage part)
163 Engagement part 165 Positioning part 167 Knob part storage part (other parts storage part)
180 Push button knob 185 Pressing part 200 Rotating knob 207 Rotating body storage part 207a Inner peripheral surface 209 Engaging part 209a Lower end 211 Positioning part

Claims (5)

A rotating knob having a rotating body storage in the center;
A rotating body housed in the rotating body housing portion of the rotating knob and rotating integrally with the rotating knob and having another component housing portion in the center;
An electrical function unit that changes electrical output by rotation of the rotary knob and the rotating body,
An engaging portion and an engaged portion are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rotary knob and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, the engaging portion and the engaged portion being slidably engaged in the rotation center axis direction of the rotary knob,
A rotation characterized in that the rotary knob and the rotary body are integrated by engaging and fixing the engaging portion of the rotary knob to the engaged portion of the rotary body stored in the rotary body storage portion of the rotary knob. Electronic components. The engaging portion is a convex portion protruding from the inner peripheral surface of the rotary knob,
The rotary electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the engaged portion is a recess formed by cutting out an outer peripheral surface of the rotating body.   The engaging part of the rotating knob and the engaged part of the rotating body are fixed to each other by engaging the engaging part of the rotating knob with the engaged part of the rotating body housed from the lower side of the rotating body housing part of the rotating knob. The slidable engagement is performed by exposing the lower end of the engaging portion from the end portion of the engaged portion, and caulking the exposed lower end of the engaging portion. Rotary electronic component.   Positioning unit for positioning that engages when the rotary body is inserted into the rotary body storage part of the rotary knob at a position facing the inner peripheral surface of the rotary body storage part of the rotary knob and the outer peripheral surface of the rotary body The rotary electronic component according to claim 1, 2, or 3. In the other component storage section, a push button knob is stored so as to be movable in the direction of the rotation center axis of the rotary knob,
The rotary electronic component according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein a push switch is disposed at a position pressed by a pressing portion exposed from the other component storage portion of the push button knob.

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