JPH10125181A - Switch - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change the switching different circuit by the respective operation of the vertical movement and rotation of a lever provided on a single unit switch. SOLUTION: A spindle 6, provided in the hole of a housing 11, is rotatable and vertically movable, and a protruded part, constantly pushed to the inner side surface of the hole 24 and directed to outside, is provided on a pair of conductive contacts provided on the spindle 6 and insulated with each other. Lateral grooves 16 and 17 and electrodes 20 and 21 are provided on the half of the inner side surface of the hole 24 and along the vertical side surface of the lateral groove 16 respectively. Moreover, lengthwise grooves 18 and 19 and electrodes 22 and 23 are provided on the other portions of the inner side surface of the hole 24 and along both the side surfaces of the lengthwise groove 18 respectively. Here, the raise of the lever 5 of the spindle 6 pushes the protruded part of the contact 14 into the lateral groove 16, resulting in the closed circuit between the electrodes 20 and 21. The rotation of the lever 5 in a counterclockwise direction pushes the protruded part of a contact 15 into the lengthwise groove 18, resulting in the closed circuit between the electrodes 22 and 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a switch for manually opening and closing an electric circuit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 7A and 7B are perspective views of a conventional switch 2, in which a pair of terminals 33.37 are soldered to pads on a circuit board 4, and the switch 2 is mounted on the circuit board 4. FIG. Is done. FIG. 7C is a circuit diagram of the switch 2 and the terminal 33.
And 34 are shown. A shaft 32 is provided at the center of the switch 2, and a button 31 is provided at an upper end of the shaft 32. The button 31 as shown in FIG.
The circuit between the terminals 33 and 34 is switched between the state where the terminal 31 is pulled up and the state where the button 31 is pressed down as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 8A and 8B are perspective views of another conventional switch 3, in which a pair of terminals 36 and 37 are soldered to pads on a circuit board 4, and the switch 2 is mounted on the circuit board 4. FIG. Is done. FIG. 8C is a circuit diagram of the switch 3 and the terminal 3
This shows that the circuit between 6 and 37 is opened and closed. A lever 35 is provided at the center of the upper surface of the switch 3.
The circuit between the terminals 36 and 37 is switched between a state where the lever 35 is turned clockwise as shown in FIG. 8A and a state where the lever 35 is turned counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 8B.

[0004]

As described above, conventionally,
There was a separate switch for the push button operation and a switch for the lever operation, but there was no switch that could perform the push button operation and the lever operation with one switch. Therefore, when both the push button operation and the lever operation are to be performed, the switch by the push button operation and the switch by the lever operation have to be separately provided.

[0005]

The switch according to the present invention comprises a lever (5 in FIG. 1) which can rotate and move up and down, and a first pair of switches which can be electrically opened and closed by rotation of the lever. (9, 10 in FIG. 1) and a pair of second electrodes (7, 8 in FIG. 3) whose electric opening and closing are switched by the vertical movement of the lever.

The switch of the present invention comprises a housing (11 in FIG. 4) and a hole (2 in FIG. 4) provided in the housing.
4) a shaft (6 in FIG. 4) having a lever (5 in FIG. 4) provided at the center of the hole so as to be rotatable and movable in the center axis direction and protruding outside the housing and having a lever (5 in FIG. 4); Mutually insulated first and second contacts (15, 14 in FIG. 4) having protrusions mounted and pressed against the inner surface of the hole in the housing, and provided on the inner surface of the housing and parallel to the axis. A plurality of vertical grooves (1 in FIG. 5)
8, 19) and a portion of the inner surface of the hole of the housing where the plurality of vertical grooves are not provided, and the second contact is formed when the convex portion of the first contact is positioned in the plurality of vertical grooves. A plurality of lateral grooves (1 in FIG. 4) are provided at a portion where the convex portion of the contact is located and provided along a plane perpendicular to the axis.
6, 17), a pair of insulated first electrodes (22, 23 in FIG. 5) provided along both sides for at least one of said longitudinal grooves, and at least one of said transverse grooves. A pair of insulated second electrodes (20, 21 in FIG. 4) provided along both side surfaces, and a portion provided with the plurality of vertical grooves on an inner surface of the hole of the housing; A stopper which the protrusion of the contact cannot exceed at the boundary between the portions provided with the plurality of lateral grooves (FIG. 5)
26) is desirably provided.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 are a perspective view, a side view, and a plan view, respectively, of a switch 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 are a longitudinal sectional view and an AA sectional view, respectively. It is a figure and a circuit diagram.

The switch 1 is a housing 1 made of an insulating material.
1 is provided with a hole 24 at the center thereof, and the shaft 6 is provided with a hole 25 provided on the lower end surface thereof so as to be rotatable and vertically movable by fitting into a column 13 planted on the bottom surface of the hole 24. The shaft 6 is fitted into the hole provided at the center to cover the upper surface of the housing 11. External electrodes 7-1 provided on the side surface of housing 11
0 is soldered to the circuit board 4. A pair of mutually insulated conductive contacts 14 and 15 are provided symmetrically around the center of the lower periphery of the shaft 6. The conductive contacts 14 and 15 are provided with convex portions facing outward, and a force for constantly pressing the convex portions against the inner surface of the hole 24 is applied by elasticity. A lateral groove 1 (in a direction along a plane perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft 6) is provided in almost half of the inner surface of the hole 24.
6 and 17 are provided, and electrodes 20 and 21 insulated from each other are provided along the upper and lower side surfaces of the upper lateral groove 16. The other portion of the inner side surface of the hole 24 has a vertical direction (axis 6).
Vertical grooves 18, 19 in a direction parallel to the central axis of
Electrodes 22 and 23 which are insulated from each other are provided along both side surfaces of the vertical groove 18. Electrode 20, external electrode 7, electrode 2
1 and the external electrode 8, the electrode 22 and the external electrode 9, and the electrode 23 and the external electrode 10 are connected by wiring (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 2 (a), when the lever 5 provided at the upper end of the shaft 6 is pulled up, the convex portion of the contact 14 is pushed into the lateral groove 16, and the electrodes 20 and 21 both contact the contact 14. , Between the electrodes 20 and 21, that is, between the external electrodes 7 and 8 form a closed circuit. When the lever 5 is pushed down as shown in FIG. 2B, the convex portion of the contact 14 is pushed into the lateral groove 17 and an open circuit is formed between the electrodes 20 and 21, ie, between the external electrodes 7 and 8.

When the lever 5 is turned counterclockwise as shown in FIG.
8 and the electrodes 22 and 23 are both brought into contact 15
Between the electrodes 22 and 23, that is, the external electrodes 9 and 10
The interval is an open circuit. When the lever 5 is turned clockwise as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the convex portion of the contact 15 is pushed into the vertical groove 19, and an open circuit is formed between the electrodes 22, 23, that is, between the external electrodes 9, 10. Becomes A pair of vertical ridge stoppers 26 provided at the boundary between the portion of the inner surface of the hole 24 where the horizontal grooves 16 and 17 are provided and the portion where the vertical grooves 18 and 19 are provided are formed by the contacts 14 and 15. To prevent the contact 15 from entering the portion where the lateral grooves 16 and 17 are provided by rotating the shaft 6 too much.

Therefore, the switch 1 constitutes the circuit shown in FIG. 6, and the opening and closing between the external electrodes 7 and 8 is performed by the vertical movement of the lever 5, and the opening and closing between the external electrodes 9 and 10 is performed by the rotation of the lever 5.

If a pair of electrodes which are insulated from each other are also provided in the lateral groove 17 along both side surfaces, a closed circuit is formed between the pair of electrodes when the lever 5 is pushed down, and an open circuit is formed when the lever 5 is pulled up. The lever 5 is opened and closed by inverting the lever 5 in a state opposite to each other between the pair of electrodes and between the electrodes 20 and 21.

Similarly, if a pair of electrodes insulated from each other are provided on both sides of the vertical groove 19, the space between the pair of electrodes and the electrode 2
The levers 2 and 23 are opened and closed by turning the lever 5 in the opposite state.

If three or more lateral grooves are provided instead of two, the opening and closing of three or more circuits can be switched by the vertical movement of the lever 5. However, only one of them is closed. Similarly, if three or more vertical grooves are provided, opening and closing of three or more circuits can be switched by turning the lever 5.

[0016]

As described above, the switch of the present invention can switch the opening and closing of one circuit by moving one lever up and down, and can switch the opening and closing of another circuit by turning it. Opening and closing of two or more circuits can be switched by operating one lever provided in the device, and a circuit that conventionally required two or more switches can be constituted by one switch, and the required space can be reduced. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a switch according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a side view of the switch according to the embodiment of the present invention in a state where a lever 5 is pulled up. (B) It is a side view of the state which depressed the lever 5 of the switch of embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 3A is a plan view showing a state in which a lever 5 of the switch according to the embodiment of the present invention is turned counterclockwise. (B) It is a top view in the state where lever 5 of the switch of an embodiment of the invention was turned clockwise.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the switch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an AA cross-sectional view of the switch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of a switch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a state in which a button 31 of a conventional switch is pulled up. (B) It is a perspective view of the state which pushed down button 31 of the conventional switch. (C) is a circuit diagram of a conventional switch.

FIG. 8A is a perspective view of a state in which a lever 35 of another conventional switch is turned counterclockwise. (B) It is a perspective view of the state which turned the lever 35 of the other conventional switch clockwise. (C) is a circuit diagram of another conventional switch.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,2,3 switch 4 circuit board 5,35 lever 6 axis 7,8,9,10,20,21,22,23,33,3
4, 36, 37 Electrode 11 Housing 12 Cover 13 Pillar 14, 15 Contact 16, 17 Lateral groove 18, 19 Vertical groove 24 hole 26 Stopper

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A lever capable of rotating and moving up and down, a first electrode forming a pair whose electric opening and closing are switched by rotation of the lever, and an electric opening and closing of each other by moving the lever up and down And a pair of second electrodes that are switched. 2. A housing, a hole provided in the housing, a shaft provided at the center of the hole so as to be rotatable and movable in the central axis direction, and provided with a lever at a tip protruding outside the housing, and a shaft provided with the lever. A first and a second contact insulated from each other and having a convex portion pressed against an inner surface of the hole of the housing, and a plurality of vertical grooves provided on the inner surface of the housing in a direction parallel to the axis. When the protrusions of the first contact are located on the inner surface of the hole of the housing where the plurality of vertical grooves are not provided and the protrusions of the first contact are located in the plurality of vertical grooves, A plurality of lateral grooves provided in a portion located along a plane perpendicular to the axis, and a pair of first electrodes insulated from each other provided along both side surfaces for at least one of the vertical grooves When, A pair of mutually insulated second grooves provided along both sides for at least one of the transverse grooves.
A switch comprising: 3. A stopper which cannot be exceeded by a projection of the contact is provided at a boundary between a portion where the plurality of vertical grooves are provided and a portion where the plurality of horizontal grooves are provided on the inner surface of the hole of the housing. 3. The switch according to claim 2, wherein: