EP0144916A2 - Bouton poussoir - Google Patents

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EP0144916A2
EP0144916A2 EP84114473A EP84114473A EP0144916A2 EP 0144916 A2 EP0144916 A2 EP 0144916A2 EP 84114473 A EP84114473 A EP 84114473A EP 84114473 A EP84114473 A EP 84114473A EP 0144916 A2 EP0144916 A2 EP 0144916A2
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key
housing part
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key body
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EP0144916A3 (en
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Jaroslav Keprda
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Siemens AG
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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
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2215/00—Tactile feedback
    • H01H2215/004—Collapsible dome or bubble
    • H01H2215/012—Positioning of individual dome
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/066—Actuators replaceable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2223/00—Casings
    • H01H2223/054—Mounting of key housings on same printed circuit
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2233/00—Key modules
    • H01H2233/03—Key modules mounted on support plate or frame
    • H01H2233/034—Snap coupling
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2233/00—Key modules
    • H01H2233/05—Actuator part on body
    • H01H2233/054—Snap coupling
    • H01H2233/056—Snap coupling with limited freedom
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2239/00—Miscellaneous
    • H01H2239/008—Static electricity considerations

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  • the invention relates to a key with a bell-shaped or dome-shaped, made of elastic material key body, which can be clamped with an edge delimiting its open side between a base plate and a key housing part.
  • Such a key is known from DE-OS 30 41 470.
  • the key body referred to there as the sealing membrane sits with its flat outer edge on the surface of a base plate referred to there as a support part and is pressed against the base plate by a housing part called a cap there.
  • a housing part called a cap there As a result, the space enclosed by the key body and the base plate, in which the contacts of the key are located, is sealed off from the outside world, in particular from the operating side of the key, so that, at least from this side, no foreign bodies in the contact space formed by the key body and base plate can reach.
  • the key known from .DE-OS 30 41 470 can also be used as a key module, that a keyboard can be formed from several such keys that are attached to a plate.
  • buttons efforts are made to arrange the fixed contacts directly on a plate; at the button is attached. In such a case, the number of parts that make up the key can be further reduced. The outer edge of the key body can then be clamped between a housing part of the key and this plate.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to design a key of the type mentioned in the introduction in such a way that only a single key part has to be handled when such keys are attached to a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the keys.
  • the key body and the key housing part can be connected to one another even before these parts are fixed to a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key, without the need for special connecting means such as adhesive.
  • the niche-like recesses consist of a continuous circumferential groove of the key housing part and that the key body has a web-like approach corresponding to the groove on its edge.
  • the key housing part is provided with snap pins on its side parallel to the open side of the key body.
  • the composite body consisting of the key housing part and the key body can be particularly easily attached to the plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key.
  • the key body has on its edge a wedge-shaped circumferential web projecting from this edge parallel to the direction of the axis of the key, that the key housing part is provided on the outside in the region of the edge with a circumferential edge attachment, which has a wedge-shaped, circumferential web projecting parallel to the direction of the axis, and that the key housing part has a hollow cylindrical projection on its side facing away from the open side of the key body, that the projection is provided on its inside with grooves directed parallel to the axis, and that ramp bodies are arranged in the grooves, each of which has a steeper sliding surface on its side facing the key body than on the side facing away from the key body.
  • the figure shows, enlarged and in section, a side view of the composite body consisting of the key housing part and the key body, which is locked on a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key.
  • the key housing part 1 which is made of a dimensionally stable plastic and with side walls 3 extending at right angles to a base plate 2, encloses a space 4 in which the key body 5, which is made of an elastic plastic material or rubber, is arranged.
  • The. approximately dome-shaped or bell-shaped key body 5 has a thickened edge 6 facing the plate 2, which is provided with a web-like extension 7 directed parallel to the plate 2 and to the key housing part 1.
  • This approach 7 is fitted into a circumferential groove 8 of the key housing part 1, which is delimited by two webs 9, 10.
  • the webs 9, 10 are directed towards the center of the key body 5 and thereby include the shoulder 7 together with the side walls 3 of the key housing part 1 such that the key body 5 fitted with the web-like extension 7 into the groove 8 in this way with the key housing part 1 is connected.
  • the web 10 of the key housing part 1, which is more distant from the base plate 2, also serves as an abutment, so that when the composite body 11 consisting of the key housing part 1 and the key body 5 is placed on the base plate 2, the edge 6 of the key body protruding toward the base plate 2 via the key housing part 1 to press against the base plate 2.
  • radially resilient dowel pins 12 penetrate holes 13 provided in the base plate 2 and adapted to the dowel pins 12.
  • these are provided with a collar 14 which increases their diameter.
  • This collar 14 can pass through the bore 13 in the base plate 2 through the radial compression of the dowel pins 12 and then, by returning to its original circumference, locks the composite body 11 on the base plate 2.
  • the radial compressibility of the dowel pins 12 can e.g. caused by a slit 15 of these pins.
  • a contact space 16 is sealed off from the outside world, in particular from the operating side of the button, since the edge of the bell-shaped or dome-shaped button body 5 is pressed against the base plate 2.
  • the sealing effect can be further improved by a wedge-shaped web 17 of the key body 5 projecting from this edge 6 against the base plate 2.
  • the fixed contacts 18, fixed in the manner of a printed circuit on the base plate 2 below the key body 5, which are insulated from one another when the key is not actuated, are connected to one another by an electrically conductive covering 19 which is arranged on the ceiling 20 of the key body 5, when the dome-shaped or bell-shaped key body 5 is caused to break in by a pressure acting on the key body in the direction of the axis 21 of the key, and as a result the conductive coating 19 comes to rest on the base plate 2, in particular on the fixed contacts 18. If the pressure on the key body 5 is ended, the Ta jumps main body 5 automatically back to its original shape.
  • the sealing of the contact space 16 with respect to the outside of the key can be further improved if the key housing part 1 is provided in the region of the edge 6 of the key body 5 with an outer circumferential edge attachment 25 which has a circumferential, wedge-shaped web directed towards the base plate 2 28 has.
  • this web 28 presses into an elastic mat 29, indicated in dashed lines in the figure, placed on the plate 2, which for the area of the plate 2, which is delimited by one of the webs 9, Has recesses.
  • Such a mat 29 is e.g. to shield electrostatic interference from a keyboard.
  • the housing part 1 is provided in the direction of the axis 21 on its side facing away from the open side of the key body 5 with a hollow cylindrical projection 22 which has grooves 24 directed parallel to the axis 21 on its inside.
  • Ramp bodies 23 are arranged in these grooves, which have flatter sliding surfaces on one side 26, which faces away from the key body 5, than on their other side 27.
  • a key cap provided with resilient snap arms, the snap arms of which slide in the grooves 24, can thereby be easily connected to the housing part 1.
  • the snap arms which spring back to the axis 21 can slide over the ramp bodies 23 slightly from the sides 26, but are then locked by the sides 27 with projections provided at the ends of the snap arms and directed against the grooves 24. If you press the key cap further, it touches the central one The key body 5 protrudes and finally brings it to collapse or collapse. If the key cap is released, it is brought back into the starting position by the key body 5.
  • keyboards can be built in an uncomplicated manner, keyboards can be changed in their structure, and finally key modules can be exchanged.

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  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Switches With Compound Operations (AREA)
  • Eye Examination Apparatus (AREA)
  • Massaging Devices (AREA)
  • Input From Keyboards Or The Like (AREA)
  • Exchange Systems With Centralized Control (AREA)
  • Cable Accessories (AREA)
  • Insulated Conductors (AREA)
  • Lock And Its Accessories (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Mechanical Control Devices (AREA)
EP84114473A 1983-12-02 1984-11-29 Bouton poussoir Expired EP0144916B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT84114473T ATE29335T1 (de) 1983-12-02 1984-11-29 Taste.

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DE8334679U DE8334679U1 (de) 1983-12-02 1983-12-02 Taste
DE8334679U 1983-12-02

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EP0144916A2 true EP0144916A2 (fr) 1985-06-19
EP0144916A3 EP0144916A3 (en) 1985-07-17
EP0144916B1 EP0144916B1 (fr) 1987-09-02

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US (1) US4641004A (fr)
EP (1) EP0144916B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPS60136115A (fr)
AT (1) ATE29335T1 (fr)
CA (1) CA1246645A (fr)
DE (2) DE8334679U1 (fr)
DK (1) DK571384A (fr)
ES (1) ES293430Y (fr)
NO (1) NO844734L (fr)
YU (1) YU200784A (fr)

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EP0558239A1 (fr) * 1992-02-22 1993-09-01 McKechnie UK Limited Commutateur à bouton-poussoirs
WO2001015186A1 (fr) * 1999-08-24 2001-03-01 Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg Commutateur a monter sur un element structural dans l'habitacle d'un vehicule automobile
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CA1246645A (fr) 1988-12-13
DK571384A (da) 1985-06-03
JPS60136115A (ja) 1985-07-19
DE3465824D1 (en) 1987-10-08
EP0144916B1 (fr) 1987-09-02
ATE29335T1 (de) 1987-09-15
ES293430Y (es) 1987-04-16
DK571384D0 (da) 1984-11-30
ES293430U (es) 1986-08-01
US4641004A (en) 1987-02-03
DE8334679U1 (de) 1984-03-01
YU200784A (en) 1986-10-31
EP0144916A3 (en) 1985-07-17
NO844734L (no) 1985-06-03

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