WO1999066521A2 - Bedienelement zum schalten elektrischer kontakte - Google Patents
Bedienelement zum schalten elektrischer kontakte Download PDFInfo
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- WO1999066521A2 WO1999066521A2 PCT/DE1999/001650 DE9901650W WO9966521A2 WO 1999066521 A2 WO1999066521 A2 WO 1999066521A2 DE 9901650 W DE9901650 W DE 9901650W WO 9966521 A2 WO9966521 A2 WO 9966521A2
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- handle
- switching
- control element
- tilting
- elements
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- 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
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- the present invention relates to an operating element for the selective production of electrical contacts
- Known control elements which combine at least two switching functions, are usually constructed in the form of a rocker.
- an elongated button is rotatably supported in its center, so that an actuation of the button on one side slight rotation around the bearing axis
- a second axis is also provided, which is arranged perpendicular to the first one, so that the key surface can be tilted in a total of four directions.
- the electrical contacts are attached to the back of the key surface Push buttons triggered, press the push buttons behind them or similar switching elements
- the control element according to the invention for the selective production of electrical contacts with the features of claim 1 has the advantage that the tilting movement of the handle according to the invention is only transmitted indirectly to the switching elements.
- a mechanical overload is effectively absorbed by the provision of the bearing surfaces according to the invention and the housing, which absorb the main load when actuating the operating element in the direction of the handle.
- Providing the switching elements in a switching link means that only finely adjustable lateral forces in the tilting direction act on the switching elements
- the shape of the shifting gate defines the tilting directions of the handle and furthermore prevents an uncontrolled actuation of several shifting elements at the same time. Depending on the design of the shifting pad, more than two shifting elements can also be actuated. An odd number of retaining elements is also possible
- both the first bearing surface, on which the handle is mounted, and the counterpart, the second bearing surface in the lower part of the operating element, are hemispherical.
- the handle has an actuating member, which is designed as an extension and which is tilted when it is tilted, below the first bearing surface the handle moved in the switching link and thereby actuates the switching elements.
- the housing consists of a lower part which receives the switching link and the switching elements and an upper part which limits the tilting of the handle
- the possible tilting directions of the handle are determined by the shape of the switching link.
- the switching link is preferably designed with cross-slot-shaped slots, so that there are four tilting directions for the handle.
- a switching element is preferably provided at the ends of the four slots be used
- the switching elements are arranged in the lower region of the lower part on the inside of a frame.
- the switching elements each consist of a flexible contact element which is pressed against a fixed contact element by the lower end of the actuating member, as a result of which an electrical connection between the two Contacts is established
- 1 shows a longitudinal section through the control unit according to the invention
- 2 shows a section along the line AA in FIG. 1, which shows the cross-slot-shaped shifting gate and the four shifting elements
- Fig. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of the four switching elements on a frame of the lower part
- the control element shown in FIG. 1 enables the selective switching of several independent holding elements.
- the control element can thus be used to control a wide variety of electronic devices.
- the compact design suggests use in particular for devices with small user interfaces, such as car radios.
- other applications are also possible, for example conceivable in household appliances
- a shift lever 10 together with a shift button 11 attached to its upper end, forms a handle for the control element.
- the connection between the two components can be made by gluing or clipping on.
- the shift lever 10 and the shift button are also possible
- the shift lever 10 has in the middle a bearing surface 12, preferably in the form of a hemispherical widening, which comes to rest in a corresponding bearing surface 41, preferably in the form of a hemispherical recess in the lower part 40 of the operating element. Because of this storage the
- Shift lever 10 can be tilted in all directions from the vertical.
- the restoring force in the event of tilting is preferably generated by leaf springs 30 which are bent upward when the switching lever 10 is tilted through the upper side of the hemispherical bearing surface 12.
- the maximum Tilt is determined by the walls 22 of the opening 21 in the upper part 20 of the control element
- the restoring force required is generated by an elastomer sleeve which surrounds the upper region of the shift lever 10.
- the flexible walls of the elastomer sleeve between the shift lever 10 and the walls 22 of the upper part 20 are pressed together and produced thereby the necessary restoring force on the shift lever 10
- the shift lever preferably has an actuating member 13 which is formed as an extension and which, when the handle (10, 11) is tilted, projects into a slot in the shifting link 43 (see FIG. 2) of the lower part 40 when the shift button 11 and thus the shift lever are tilted 10, the lower end of the actuating member 13 essentially moves along a slot.
- the directions of the slots in the shifting gate 43 thus determine the possible tilting directions of the shift lever 10 (see FIG. 4).
- the switching link 43 is designed in the form of a cross slot and thus allows a total of 4
- Pushbutton switch facing away from the lower end of the actuating member 13 is actuated.
- the pushbutton switches 42i are arranged on a printed circuit board 50 (cf. FIG. 1) which is connected to the electronics of the device to be controlled.
- the length of the slots in the switching link 43 defines the required tilt angle, around the of the shift lever 10 for actuating one Pushbutton switch 42i must be tilted If the control element is to trigger the electrical contact at different speeds in different directions, the corresponding slots are of different lengths. From the arrangement of the slots and the pushbutton switch 42i described and shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, it follows immediately that an unintentional simultaneous
- FIG. 3 there is a in the lower region of the lower part 40 (see FIG. 1)
- the frame 46 has an essentially square shape.
- a flexible contact element 45 and a fixed contact element 44 are arranged one above the other on its four inner sides.
- the flexible contact element 45 is in each case fastened to a small projection 47 of the inner surface of the frame 46 with sufficient tilting of
- the flexible contact element 45 is printed from the lower end of the actuating member 13 against the underlying fixed contact element 44 and an electrical contact is closed. While the flexible contact element 45 preferably consists of a flat leaf spring, the fixed contact element 44 has a semicircular projection to increase the flexible contact element 45 .
- the components described above are preferably made of plastic by injection molding.
- a flexible metal sheet is preferably used for the leaf springs and the contact elements.
- the alloy used, the thickness and the length of the leaf springs 30 are used here in the essentially the mechanical resistance when the control element is actuated.
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- Switches With Compound Operations (AREA)
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Priority Applications (2)
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EP99936416A EP1036395A2 (de) | 1998-06-15 | 1999-06-05 | Bedienelement zum schalten elektrischer kontakte |
JP2000555266A JP2003516603A (ja) | 1998-06-15 | 1999-06-05 | 電気的な接触の切換えのための操作部材 |
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DE19826527.1 | 1998-06-15 | ||
DE1998126527 DE19826527A1 (de) | 1998-06-15 | 1998-06-15 | Bedienelement zum Schalten elektrischer Kontakte |
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WO1999066521A2 true WO1999066521A2 (de) | 1999-12-23 |
WO1999066521A3 WO1999066521A3 (de) | 2002-09-26 |
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JP (1) | JP2003516603A (de) |
DE (1) | DE19826527A1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO1999066521A2 (de) |
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DE10013630C2 (de) * | 2000-03-18 | 2002-10-31 | Kostal Leopold Gmbh & Co Kg | Elektrischer Schalter |
JP2006286331A (ja) * | 2005-03-31 | 2006-10-19 | Alps Electric Co Ltd | 多方向入力装置 |
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GB627545A (en) * | 1944-11-21 | 1949-08-11 | Miles Aircraft Ltd | Improvements in selecting and actuating mechanism for electric switches, valves and like controlling devices |
GB1098971A (en) * | 1964-02-13 | 1968-01-10 | Herbert Ltd A | Improvements in or relating to an electrical switch for selecting the direction of movement of an electrically-driven member, such as a table or slide, of a machine tool |
DE6941764U (de) * | 1969-10-27 | 1970-02-12 | Adolf Ehinger | Elektrische schaltvorrichtung mit mehreren schaltstellungen |
US3708636A (en) * | 1971-06-28 | 1973-01-02 | Stewart Warner Corp | Microswitch universally pivoted handle assembly with improved x-y directional programming plate |
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DE443867C (de) * | 1926-05-15 | 1927-05-06 | Dreefs Ernst | Fuehrungsrille fuer den Schalthebel bei elektrischen Dosenschaltern |
US3115555A (en) * | 1961-01-30 | 1963-12-24 | Telemecanique Electrique | Hand lever switch |
US4408103A (en) * | 1982-01-06 | 1983-10-04 | Smith Engineering | Joystick operated multiple position switch |
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- 1999-06-05 JP JP2000555266A patent/JP2003516603A/ja active Pending
- 1999-06-05 WO PCT/DE1999/001650 patent/WO1999066521A2/de not_active Application Discontinuation
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GB627545A (en) * | 1944-11-21 | 1949-08-11 | Miles Aircraft Ltd | Improvements in selecting and actuating mechanism for electric switches, valves and like controlling devices |
GB1098971A (en) * | 1964-02-13 | 1968-01-10 | Herbert Ltd A | Improvements in or relating to an electrical switch for selecting the direction of movement of an electrically-driven member, such as a table or slide, of a machine tool |
DE6941764U (de) * | 1969-10-27 | 1970-02-12 | Adolf Ehinger | Elektrische schaltvorrichtung mit mehreren schaltstellungen |
US3708636A (en) * | 1971-06-28 | 1973-01-02 | Stewart Warner Corp | Microswitch universally pivoted handle assembly with improved x-y directional programming plate |
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JP2003516603A (ja) | 2003-05-13 |
DE19826527A1 (de) | 1999-12-23 |
WO1999066521A3 (de) | 2002-09-26 |
EP1036395A2 (de) | 2000-09-20 |
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