JP2514710Y2 - Directional switch - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a directional switch for use in a video game device or a portable electronic game device, and more particularly to specify a moving direction of a display character or the like in the video game device or the portable electronic game device. The present invention relates to a directional switch that can be surely operated in a direction desired by an operator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a directional switch used in a video game device or a vattable type electronic game device, a key top is integrally formed, and a tip end portion at the center of the bottom surface thereof has a spherical shape. As a fulcrum, a seesaw type key top is widely used.

[0003]

In the directional switch used in the above-mentioned conventional video game device and vattable type electronic game device, the key top is integrally formed, and the spherical portion at the tip portion at the center of the bottom surface thereof. Since the key top is operated in a seesaw fashion with the fulcrum as the fulcrum, 36
Since it can be pressed in any direction of 0 °, there is a drawback that the reliability of the operation is lacking.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. In the cross key part of which is exposed from the hole formed in the housing, each key is A cross-shaped key that is a vertically and horizontally divided key that can be independently pressed and a cross-shaped key top that has an opening on the surface and that is formed by combining the four-divided key is exposed, and the four-divided adjacent keys are adjacent to each other. A cover that is a diagonal key that covers the surface of the key, exposes a part of it from the hole formed in the housing, and divides it into four parts so that each part can be pressed independently, and when each part is pressed down, the adjacent key is pressed down. A directional switch comprising a key, a rubber contact arranged at the bottom of each of the four-way cross keys, and a substrate having an electrode corresponding to the rubber contact on the lower surface of the rubber contact. A. In addition, a cross-shaped slit formed in the central portion of a cover key, which is four diagonal keys combined so that the outer shape on a plane forms a circle, and a key top divided into four crosses from the cross-shaped slit. Of the four cross keys, which are vertical and horizontal keys combined so that the outer shape on the plane forms a circle, the rubber contacts arranged at the bottom of each four-divided cross key, and the rubber contacts of the rubber contacts. The directional switch is composed of a substrate having an electrode corresponding to the rubber contact on the lower surface.

[0005]

According to the directional switch of the present invention, since the vertical and horizontal keys and the diagonal keys protruding from one hole formed in the housing are each divided into four, any direction of 360 ° as in the conventional case. It is a directional switch that can be reliably operated in the direction desired by the operator, not by pressing.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a plan view of a directional switch of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an oblique key, and FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of a key.

Longitudinal and lateral keys 31.32.33.34 and diagonal keys, a portion of which protrudes from one hole 7 formed in the housing 1.
21.22.23.24 is divided into four parts. That is,
Diagonal keys 21.22.23.24 divided as shown in Figure 4
As shown in FIG. 3, the outer shapes on the plane are combined so as to form a circle, and a cross-shaped slit 4 is formed at the center of these four diagonal keys. The vertical and horizontal keys 31.32.33.34 divided as shown in FIG. 5 are combined so that the outer shape on the plane constitutes a circle as shown in FIG. 3, and the vertical and horizontal keys 31.32. Part of 33.34 is inserted and protrudes as shown in FIG.

At the bottom of the vertical and horizontal keys 31.32.33.34, rubber contacts 51.52.5 corresponding to the vertical and horizontal keys 31.32.33.34, respectively.
3.54 are arranged, and electrodes 61.62.63.64 corresponding to the respective rubber contacts 51.52.53.54 are provided on the substrate 6 on the lower surface thereof.

When the vertical and horizontal keys 31.32.33.34 are individually pressed, the electrodes 61.62.63.64 are individually short-circuited and the characters and the like are moved in the vertical and horizontal directions. Also, as you can see in Figure 2, the diagonal keys 21.22.
If you press 23.24, the vertical and horizontal keys 31 and 32, 32 and 32 respectively
The combination of 33, 33 and 34, and 34 and 31 is used to press the vertical and horizontal keys to move the character diagonally. In this case, every two rubber contacts come into contact with every two electrodes,
The circuit is configured to determine the oblique pressing direction by the combination of the two contacts that are turned on.

[0010]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention has the structure as described above, an operator can control the direction of a display character or the like in a video game device or a portable electronic device. You can surely operate in the direction you think. Each vertical and horizontal key can be pressed independently, and can be pressed with a light touch. Also, by pressing the diagonal keys, only the adjacent vertical and horizontal keys can be pressed. As a result, in the present application, since the vertical and horizontal keys can be pressed directly downward, a force is applied to the rubber contact from directly above, and when the pressing is released, the vertical and horizontal keys return to directly above, so that the keys can be moved straightforwardly. Furthermore, since the vertical and horizontal keys can be independently moved, key input can be performed not only in the vertical, horizontal and diagonal directions but also in three directions and all directions.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a diagonal key.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of vertical and horizontal keys.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. Housing 21.22.23.24. Diagonal key 31.32.33.34. Vertical / horizontal key 4. Cross slit 51.52.53.54. Rubber contact 6. Substrate 61.62.63.64. Electrode 7. Hole

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A portion from a hole formed in a housing
In the cross key exposed, the four-divided cross-shaped key that can be pressed independently and the four-divided key having an opening on the surface are combined.
Expose the combined cross-shaped key tops and divide into 4
Formed on the housing, covering the surfaces of the adjacent keys
Part of the hole is exposed, and it is divided into four parts and each part is pressed independently.
It is possible to lower, and when pressing each part, the adjacent key is pressed
A cover key that can be lowered and a mule placed at the bottom of each four-way cross key
-Contact and an electrode corresponding to the rubber contact on the bottom surface of the rubber contact
Directional switch, characterized in that composed of a substrate, which. 2. A cross shape formed in the central portion of four cover keys combined so that their outer shapes on a plane form a circle.
The slit and the key top divided into four crosses from the cross slit
Protruding and combining so that the outer shape on the plane constitutes a circle
4 cross keys and the four horizontal keys on the bottom of each
A bar contact and an electrode corresponding to the rubber contact are provided on the lower surface of the rubber contact.
Directional switch, characterized in that consisted the substrate, the.