KR101155265B1 - Multi-Direction Switch - Google Patents
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- KR101155265B1 KR101155265B1 KR1020100136772A KR20100136772A KR101155265B1 KR 101155265 B1 KR101155265 B1 KR 101155265B1 KR 1020100136772 A KR1020100136772 A KR 1020100136772A KR 20100136772 A KR20100136772 A KR 20100136772A KR 101155265 B1 KR101155265 B1 KR 101155265B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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- B60R16/00—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
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- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
- H01H25/04—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick
- H01H25/041—Operating part movable angularly in more than one plane, e.g. joystick having a generally flat operating member depressible at different locations to operate different controls
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The present invention relates to a multidirectional switch device. In more detail, the operation buttons can be configured to be pushed forward, backward, left, and right in four directions and the center can be operated to perform five functions with one switch device, thereby reducing the total number of switch devices mounted in the vehicle interior. Accordingly, the space efficiency of the vehicle interior is improved and the operation by the user is simple, thereby providing a safer driving performance. Also, each pressing operation area according to each pressing operation direction, especially the center part, is provided for the operation button operated by the user. By forming the pressing operation area in the form of one integrated operation button without forming the pressing operation area separately from the other pressing operation area, the multi-directional switch can reduce the number of parts and facilitate the manufacturing and assembly process, and also reduce the manufacturing cost. Relates to a device.
BACKGROUND ART A vehicle such as an automobile has a function as a variety of convenience means for enabling a user to provide a more stable and comfortable running state beyond a function as a moving means. Accordingly, the vehicle is equipped with various convenience facilities and various switches for operating and controlling the same.
In general, when an operation in the opposite direction is required, for example, opening and closing a window of a vehicle, a seesaw switch device or a sliding switch device or the like for allowing the vertical movement of the window to correspond to the operation of the front and rear ends is provided. In order to select each operation mode, a rotary switch device or the like capable of selecting a plurality of modes is used.
Such switch devices are generally equipped with a PCB substrate inside the housing, and one side of the housing is equipped with an operation knob operated by a user, and a contact switch mounted on the PCB substrate is operated according to the operation of the operation knob by the user. In accordance with the operation of the contact switch, the PCB is configured to generate an electrical signal.
Such switch devices are configured in such a way that one switch device typically performs one function. For example, in the case of a window open / close switch device, a signal for opening or closing one window is generated, and a vehicle audio system In the case of the control switch, one switch device for adjusting the volume and the other switch device for changing the track are arranged in a separate manner.
Therefore, a plurality of switch devices for controlling various electronic devices are installed in a vehicle interior, and in recent years, the number of such switch devices is increasing due to the increase of various convenience equipments. As the number of switch devices increases, the configuration of the vehicle interior becomes complicated. In particular, since the driver operates various switch devices while driving, the method of operation is not easy and causes serious obstacles in safe driving. there was.
The present invention has been invented to solve the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to configure the operation button to be able to push the front and rear, left and right four directions and the center push operation can perform five functions with one switch device Overall, the number of switch devices mounted in a vehicle interior can be reduced, and accordingly, the space efficiency of the vehicle interior is improved and a user can easily operate the multidirectional switch device to provide safer driving performance.
Another object of the present invention is to form a single integrated operation button without forming each pressing operation area according to each pressing operation direction, especially the central pressing operation area, separately from the other pressing operation areas with respect to the operation button operated by the user. By forming, it is possible to provide a multi-directional switch device that reduces the number of parts to facilitate the manufacturing and assembly process, and also reduce the manufacturing cost.
The present invention, the base plate; A moving block coupled to the base plate so as to be movable up and down linearly and having a spherical guide block formed at an upper end thereof; An operation button wrapped around an outer circumferential surface of the guide block and coupled to the guide block to be mounted in a multi-directional push operation with respect to the guide block; A plurality of plungers penetratingly coupled to the base plate so as to be movable up and down linearly and moving up and down according to a multi-directional pressing operation of the operation button; And a main PCB board disposed under the base plate and mounted with a switch terminal to be pressed and operated according to the downward movement of the moving block and the plunger, wherein the moving block is operated by pressing a center of the operation button. Provided is a multi-directional switch device characterized in that it is mounted to move up and down with the operation button.
In this case, the operation button includes a button coupling block coupled to the guide block, and a button knob coupled to an upper end of the button coupling block, wherein the button coupling block is separately formed into first and second blocks. Coupling grooves of the first and second blocks may be coupled to each other so as to be in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the guide block.
In addition, a guide protrusion may be formed in the guide block so as to guide the pushing operation direction of the manipulation button, and a guide groove may be formed in the button coupling block so that the guide protrusion is inserted and guided for a predetermined period of movement.
In addition, the distance that the moving block moves downward for the operation of the switch terminal corresponding to the moving block may be shorter than the distance that the plunger moves downward for the operation of the switch terminal corresponding to the plunger.
On the other hand, the operation button is provided with a plurality of illumination display parts to which the illumination light can be emitted to the outside corresponding to each of the pressing direction of the operation button, a separate illumination PCB substrate is mounted between the base plate and the main PCB substrate The plurality of lighting lamps may be mounted on the lighting PCB board to correspond to the lighting display unit, and the lighting lamps may operate to light corresponding lighting lamps according to a pressing operation direction of the operation button.
In addition, a plurality of lighting guide holes corresponding to the plurality of lighting lamps may be formed in the base plate to guide the traveling path of the illumination light of the lighting lamp.
According to the present invention, it is possible to perform the five functions with a single switch device by configuring the operation button to the front and rear, right and left four-way push operation and the center push operation can reduce the total number of switch devices mounted in the vehicle interior, Accordingly, the space efficiency of the vehicle interior is improved and the operation by the user is simple, thereby providing a safer driving performance.
In addition, by forming the respective pressing operation area, especially the center pressing operation area, according to each pressing operation direction with respect to the operation button operated by the user in the form of one integrated operation button without forming the pressing operation area separately from other pressing operation areas, By reducing the number, the manufacturing and assembly process can be easily performed, and manufacturing cost can be reduced.
1 is a perspective view schematically showing the assembly shape of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 3 is a perspective view schematically showing a coupling state of the moving block and the plunger of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal structure of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a state of the center pressing operation state of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
6 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a front and rear direction pressing operation state of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
7 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a left and right pressing operation state of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.
1 is a perspective view schematically illustrating an assembly shape of a multidirectional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view schematically illustrating a configuration of a multidirectional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a perspective view schematically illustrating a coupling state of a moving block and a plunger of a multi-directional switch device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
The multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention is formed so as to be operated by pressing the operation knob to the front and rear, left and right four directions and the center to perform five functions with a single switch device, each of the respective pressing operation direction The pressing operation area is formed in the form of one integrated operation knob, and includes a
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As described above, the
According to this structure, the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be operated by pressing the
Therefore, the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention does not need to separately configure the
On the other hand, as described above, the
In this case, a separate
Therefore, when the
4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the internal structure of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a schematic view showing a pressing state of the center of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention 6 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating a front and rear direction pressing operation state of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a left and right side of the multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows schematically a direction pressing operation state.
Multi-directional switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to enable the front and rear left and right four-way pressing operation and the center pressing operation, as described above, the front and rear left and right four-way pressing operation is the
Therefore, since the
At this time, the plurality of
In other words, since the end of the moving
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the center push operation is performed on the
6 and 7 are cross-sectional views taken along the lines “AA” and “BB” of FIG. 1, respectively, and as shown in FIG. 6, when the
The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.
100: base plate 300: operation button
310: button coupling block 314: coupling groove
320: button knob 400: moving block
410: guide block 411: guide projection
500: plunger 600: main PCB substrate
610: switch terminal 700: illuminated PCB board
710: lighting lamp
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A moving block coupled to the base plate so as to be movable up and down linearly and having a spherical guide block formed at an upper end thereof;
An operation button wrapped around an outer circumferential surface of the guide block and coupled to the guide block to be mounted in a multi-directional push operation with respect to the guide block;
A plurality of plungers penetratingly coupled to the base plate so as to be movable up and down linearly and moving up and down according to a multi-directional pressing operation of the operation button; And
A main PCB board disposed under the base plate and mounted with a switch terminal to be pressed and operated according to the downward movement of the moving block and the plunger;
It includes, The moving block is mounted to move up and down with the operation button according to the pressing operation of the center of the operation button,
The operation button
And a button coupling block coupled to the guide block, and a button knob coupled to an upper end of the button coupling block, wherein the button coupling block is separately formed into first and second blocks. Coupling surfaces facing each other is characterized in that the coupling groove is formed so as to be in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the guide block.
A guide protrusion is formed in the guide block to guide the pressing operation direction of the operation button, and the guide coupling is formed in the button coupling block so that the guide groove is inserted to guide the movement of a predetermined section. Device.
The distance that the moving block is moved downward for the operation of the switch terminal corresponding to the moving block is shorter than the distance that the plunger is moved downward for the operation of the switch terminal corresponding to the plunger Device.
The operation button is provided with a plurality of illumination display unit for the illumination light can be emitted to the outside corresponding to each of the pressing direction of the operation button,
A separate lighting PCB board is mounted between the base plate and the main PCB board, and a plurality of lighting lamps are mounted on the lighting PCB board so as to correspond to the lighting display unit, and the lighting lamp is in a pressing operation direction of the operation button. According to the multi-directional switch device, characterized in that the corresponding operating lamps are operated to light.
The base plate is a multi-directional switch device characterized in that a plurality of illumination guide holes respectively corresponding to the plurality of illumination lamps are formed so that the traveling path for the illumination light of the illumination lamp is guided.
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