EP1416506A2 - Organe de commande à bouton de manipulation rotatif autour de plusieurs axes - Google Patents
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- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
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- 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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- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
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- 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
- H01H2025/043—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 the operating member being rotatable around wobbling axis for additional switching functions
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- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
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- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
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- H01H2300/012—Application rear view mirror
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
- H01H25/008—Operating part movable both angularly and rectilinearly, the rectilinear movement being perpendicular to the axis of angular movement
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- the present invention relates to a control member provided with a button.
- rotary manipulation for actuating a first function said button which can in addition in certain cases function as a push button and be operated along different axes of movement, for example by axial pressure at certain points on its periphery.
- the slots corresponding devices are then of course indicated to the user by means of appropriate signaling, and each generates the activation work of a separate function.
- This type of control device finds its place in particular in passenger compartments of motor vehicles, for example for controlling different parts of a seat, or for adjusting the right-hand mirrors and left, etc ...
- the main objective of the present invention is the optimization of the design of the various elements participating in the operation of the control member, in order to propose a global solution simplified as much as possible, and therefore reliable and offering a high durability.
- the control member which is the object uses only one of the faces of the printed circuit with which it cooperates, which provides an appreciable gain in space, as well as an advantage. undeniable economic, both in terms of the number of parts to be assembled and in terms of assembly time.
- control member according to the invention is provided with a rotary manipulation button around a first axis, and which can be rotated around at least one secondary axis contained in a plane perpendicular to the first axis, by elastic support on at least one location located in the vicinity of the periphery of said manipulation button, and of an electrical circuit provided with components capable of switching according to the stresses applied to the button.
- the button can be in certain configurations manipulated in translation around the first axis.
- said button is secured to a actuator which transmits the manipulation movement to the components, which are arranged on one side of a circuit support facing opposite of the button, the transmission taking place via at least two parts forming interface between said actuator and said circuit, firstly a rotor integral with rotation of the actuator around the first axis, the mechanical connection between them being further provided for authorizing relative movements according to the secondary axes, and on the other hand a fixed plate comprising means elastic connecting to the electrical circuit, which are arranged substantially to the right of the peripheral support locations.
- the essential elements of the organ of the invention are therefore, in addition to the manipulation button, an actuator, an electrical circuit and two parts, the rotor and plate, one of which is fixed relative to the frame in which is installed the control member and the other is movable in rotation about the first axis button manipulation, and whose action is performed on components arranged substantially in the same plane and oriented towards the elements constitutive of said organ.
- This organ is therefore done either by doing it rotate around said axis, either by exerting pressure, centrally or by specific points on the periphery.
- the electrical circuit is located on the same face of a printed circuit, which therefore constitutes the aforementioned support.
- This solution is economically very favorable because it allows mounting simplified different components on said printed circuit on the one hand, and the control unit in its environment on the other hand, without having to provide for the additional installation of other components / printed circuits, for example for the operation of a light emitting diode signaling.
- a sheet of elastic insulating material can be interposed between on the one hand the fixed plate and its elastic connection means with the electrical circuit, and on the other hand said circuit.
- This sheet plays a mechanical role, and can for example include moving parts of circuit switching contacts. She then ensures, by its mechanical properties, in particular elastic properties, the return to a stable position said moving parts in the rest phase, as well as a tactile sensation particular when requested. Other solutions without this tablecloth are of course perfectly usable.
- the fixed plate forming one of the constituents of the control unit, takes the form of a thin plate of which protrude studs parallel to the first axis, in number corresponding to the number of peripheral support locations, said studs projecting from at least one side of the plate and being arranged at the free end of at least one flexible tab for each location support, the tab or tabs being formed in the plate and produced in an elastic material allowing them to return to the rest position after action on the studs.
- the tabs there are two flexible ones. They are superimposed and linked between they at their end by a same direction pad parallel to the first axis. This improves the direction of transmission of forces by pressing on the contact in a direction parallel to said first axis.
- this plate is used to transmit pressure - exerted on the periphery of the manipulation button - to the electrical circuit, via the case the above-mentioned tablecloth. A reset is required after each handling, hence the need for elastic tabs.
- This piece is from preferably made of rigid plastic, but with characteristics mechanical elasticity implemented via the tabs.
- the plate also comprises means for guiding the actuator to the studs, which in fact manage the rotations around the axes secondary. More specifically, it presents, in its central area, a orifice of complex shape, formed by a number of radial slots converging at most equal to the number of pads / tabs arranged in periphery, and developing towards them. Preferably, the number of radial slots is equal to that of the studs, and said slots are develop precisely in the direction of said studs.
- the plate has on one side, on the periphery immediately of the ends of said slots, a relief crown and depressions, cooperating with a protruding protrusion of the rotor.
- said crown could be integrated into the rotor.
- said crown cooperates with a relief, boss, finger, etc. located respectively on the rotor or disposed fixed relative to the frame, that is to say by example fixed to said frame or to the plate.
- this rotor has a central housing delimited by a cylindrical wall placed on a base made up of a flat plate, for example circular.
- the actuator located between the manipulation button and the fixed plate, has a central shaft arranged along the first axis of rotation, dimensions provided so that it can be guided through the slots in the stage, and comprising a perpendicular disc whose radius is such that it can, when the actuator is manipulated along a secondary axis, exert an action on the peripheral stud (s) of said plate, on which it rests in the absence of such manipulation.
- the central shaft and the disc are, according to a variant in which the button cannot be used as a push button (i.e. undergo a axial translation), integral with one another.
- the disc can be seen as an amplifying organ which transmits, when certain conditions are met (travel possible depending in particular the existence of a radial slot in the direction of movement), the movements along the secondary axes of rotation printed on the button manipulation.
- the actuator cooperates as mentioned previously with the mobile rotor rotating around the first axis.
- an end portion of the central shaft adjusts, with a clearance radial, in the central housing of the rotor, said portion being limited by a flange forming an axial stop in contact with the wall, the radial clearance allowing a angular movement of the shaft relative to the secondary axes, means being further provided for securing them in rotation relative to the first axis.
- the rotor transmits to the electrical circuit rotary movement around the first axis printed on the manipulation button.
- the wall is cylindrical and the portion end of the actuator, also cylindrical, has at least one radial lug which can be inserted into a notch in said wall, in order to secure them in rotation.
- This configuration is also favorable in that it allows the transmission of cylindrical movements around secondary axes, another function fulfilled by the rotor.
- said end portion has two lugs opposite radials fitting into two diametrically opposite notches of the low wall.
- the angular movement along the axes secondary is obtained by pressing the flange providing the central shaft with the actuator on the wall housing the end of the latter, creating punctually a pivot axis only during the movement of rotation and when the latter is authorized by the radial slots of the plate, whose ends then act as a stop.
- these stops, or even the guidance of the displacement relative to these secondary axes can be managed at the crossing level by the central tree of the switchboard exceeds the manipulation button.
- the central shaft and the disc can be secured only in rotation, but left free, relatively to one the other, in translation.
- the button can be used as a button pusher free in translation along a central axis.
- the disc can be guided during the rotations around the secondary axes, between the plate and the array crossed by the central shaft and separating the button from the other elements of the ordered.
- the table in question hides the operation of the different control elements, of which only external buttons or joysticks are accessible to the user.
- This table and the plate each comprise for example a dome of which the top is drilled for the passage of the central shaft, said domes being coaxial and forming a space in which the disc is guided, equipped with a part of radial ribs with rounded end on its face opposite said table, and on the other hand a domed recess on the other side, said rounded ends and said recess having curvatures corresponding respectively to that of their opposite dome.
- the dome of the table and the dome recess of the disc have, at their base, an annular relief having an interior surface whose shape is designed to adapt respectively to the rounding of ribs and dome of the plate.
- Said annular reliefs make it possible to achieve correct guiding in reducing stresses, in particular friction, during movements relative of the different parts involved in the connection.
- the central shaft can include grooves fitting into axial slides of an axial duct crossing the disc, in order to block them in rotation and to allow a translational guidance.
- Said axial duct also includes a stop limiting the translation in the direction of the operating button.
- the rotor is rotated, in this variant, by the disc.
- This one has for this purpose two tabs oriented parallel to the orifice of guiding the central shaft, and housed in notches in the rotor wall with a view to securing in rotation, the dimensions respective notches and tabs allowing angular travel around the secondary axes of rotation.
- the translational freedom of the central shaft in relation to the disc a obviously a goal. This is to allow to activate, via a push strictly axial, at least one other circuit switch.
- the free end of the central shaft rests on a pusher guided in translation inside the wall of the rotor, and comprising at least one lug likely to cross the base of the rotor to actuate at least one switch, the rotor having at least one orifice for this purpose.
- a spring is further provided for recalling said pusher and the central shaft in position non-actuation of the switch or switches, in the absence of solicitation axial of the button.
- the pusher has a surface which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the central shaft and two guided side legs in slides made in the inner wall of the wall so that said pusher can be pushed into said wall by action of the shaft central, the spring being interposed between said circular surface and the base of the rotor.
- the free end of the central shaft is hemispherical, of so as not to hinder the possibility of movements along the axes secondary.
- a second coaxial low wall can be provided.
- cylindrical surmounted by a boss which cooperates with the crown indexing plate, which is also secured to the base of the rotor.
- This second wall takes in this case, the indexing of the rotation, in cooperation with the relief crown of the fixed plate with peripheral studs.
- one of the main functions of this rotor is to transmit a rotary movement along the first axis.
- the transmission has of course meaningless compared to the electrical circuit for example arranged on a printed circuit.
- the base of the rotor includes, associated with its face opposite to that which presents the walls, means of cooperate with components, contacts or tracks of the electrical circuit, aiming to carry out at least one switching during the rotation according to the first axis, said means allowing, where appropriate, the passage of at least one pawl tab.
- These means can be various, for example consisting of a plate conductive comprising at least one conductive member projecting from the plane of the plate, able to slide at least temporarily on tracks of the circuit electric to switch the state of at least one contact of said circuit.
- the subject of said electrical circuit may include microswitches placed under the elastic pads protruding from the platinum.
- the peripheral pads of the plate are in fact moved according to a path which is approximately straight, i.e. parallel to first axis, in order to exert an adequate action on these switches.
- the means for detecting the change of state can be magnetic, and in particular use the Hall effect.
- Each sensor Hall effect can detect changes to the magnetic field by a movable magnet either in translation like the aforementioned studs, or in rotation if it is linked to the first rotating part.
- Other solutions, for example optical, are obviously also possible.
- the central shaft of the actuator can be arranged in the axis of a diode electroluminescent of the electrical circuit, and be provided in material transparent, for example polycarbonate, to transmit information luminous at the level of the manipulation button.
- the manipulation button (1) of the control of the invention is located substantially in the middle of a plate (2) simultaneously integrating other control keys (3, 4) and a zone (5) conveying information as to the commands implemented.
- control member according to the invention allows you to move each element of the vehicle seat beforehand selected using the control keys referenced (3).
- This body without the manipulation button (1) which appears in Figure 1, is shown in more detail in FIG. 2. It comprises, superimposed, an actuator (6), an intermediate plate (7), which is fixed relative to the frame of the assembly (2), a rotor (8) movable in rotation driven by the actuator (6), and a sheet (9) surmounting a printed circuit (10) integrating the different electrical circuit components. These elements have a symmetry of revolution compared to the first axis.
- the actuator (6) has a central shaft (11) whose upper end is fixed to the button manipulation (1) appearing in figure 1.
- the lower end of this tree central (11) has a portion (12) of diameter greater than that of the shaft (11) provided with two diametrically opposite cylindrical pins (14, 14 ').
- the actuator (6) has a disc (15) surmounted by ribs (16) the operation of which will be explained below.
- the shaft (11) and the disc (15) are secured, or even made in one piece.
- the end portion (12) of the shaft (11) is intended to be housed in the housing (17) of the rotor (8), housing (17) which is delimited by a wall (18) having two notches (19, 19 '). These are designed to house the lugs (14, 14 '), so as to block the connection in rotation.
- the rotor (8) further comprises an outer wall (20), of thickness higher than the low wall (18).
- the plate (7) fixed relative to the frame (2), is interposed between the disc (15) and the portion (12), that is to say above the rotor (8). It includes, in its center, an orifice (22) in the shape of a cross, that is to say having four radial slots of width such that the central shaft (11) can move there. In periphery, this plate (7) has four tabs (23), each provided with its end of a stud (24) protruding with respect to its two faces.
- the manipulation button (1) When the manipulation button (1) is rotated around an axis secondary perpendicular to the axis (A), by pressing on one of the zones represented in Figure 1 by triangles arranged opposite the button manipulation (1), the disc (15) reflects this rotation to one of the pins (24), which moves by bending the corresponding strip (23).
- the stud (24) then undergoes a displacement substantially parallel to the axis (A), towards the bottom, and exerts pressure on a protuberance (25) of the ply (9) (see Figure 7) located in the axis of its movement.
- the protuberance (25) contains a metal patch forming the movable part of a contact arranged on the printed circuit (10).
- pressure device on the manipulation button is like closing a contact of the printed circuit (10).
- the plate (7) is made of a rigid material, but which has elasticity properties such that each strip comes back in its initial position when pressing the manipulation button (1) stops.
- Figure 4 shows this same plate (7) isolated.
- the cross hole (22) appears more clearly than in Figure 3.
- Rotation around a secondary axis is possible due to the play of the portion (12) in the wall (18), but is only possible if the central shaft (11) is guided in a radial slot of the orifice (22) of the plate (7).
- the underside of the rotor (8) is shown in Figure 5. It has a metal part (27), which is fixed on said face, and is itself provided with two curved tabs (28, 28 ') which can slide on tracks corresponding of the printed circuit (10), so as to switch the state of minus one contact of said circuit (10).
- the blades (28,28 ') are slightly bent so as to project beyond the plane of the part (27), the elasticity of the metal allowing sliding contact on the tracks of the printed circuit (10).
- the object of Figure 6 is to specify the mechanical connection between the actuator (6) and the rotor (8), as explained above.
- the lugs (14, 14 '), integrated in the notches (19, 19'), ensure the connection rotation.
- This figure shows the existence of four ribs (16) of stiffening of the disc (15) of the actuator (6).
- Figure 7 The purpose of Figure 7 is to show more particularly the electrical interactions that take place at the base of the organ of command of the invention.
- the conductive plate (27) in principle fixed to the rotor (8), is here represented directly on the printed circuit (10) with which it interacts with.
- a light emitting diode (not shown) can by example be placed in the center of the plate (27), in the axis of the shaft (11), which will then be made of a light-conducting material.
- FIGS. 8 and 9 the variant in which the disc (15) is free in translation with respect to the tree (8) is presented.
- the references of the different components found in the previous figures remain the same.
- the main changes relate to the existence of a pusher (29) disposed in the axis of the shaft (8), and on the upper surface of which the latter rests.
- This pusher (29) has two lateral tabs (30, 30 ') which can slide in slides (31, 31') provided in the internal wall (18).
- this wall (18) has notches (19, 19 ') provided to accommodate this time the tabs (32, 32') which protrude towards the bottom of the disc (15).
- the width of these legs (32, 32 ') is less than the width of the notches (19, 19'), so as to absorb, for example, an angular movement around an axis of rotation passing through said legs (32, 32 ') and perpendicular to the primary axis of rotation.
- a spring (33) is interposed between the pusher (29) and the bottom of the rotor (8). This is provided with holes allowing the passage of the legs (30, 30 '), in view to carry out switches, by axial pushes on the button (1), to microswitches placed on the printed circuit (10).
- the metal part (27) with curved tongues (28, 28 ') itself has two orifices (34, 34 ') for the passage of the legs (30, 30').
- the shaft (8) rests on the pusher (29) by means of its hemispherical free end (40). This geometric peculiarity of the end of the shaft (8) allows rotations around axes secondary of the disc (15), which is guided for this purpose between the domes (35, 36) projecting respectively from the fundamental wall (2) and the plate (7).
- annular bead (37) projecting from the inner wall of the dome (35), and in contact with which the ribs (16) of the disc (15), and on the other hand an annular bead (38) projecting from domed recess (39) formed in the bottom of the disc, and which is in contact the dome (36) of the plate (7).
- the pusher (29), guided in the wall (18) of the rotor (8) exerts a downward action counteracted by the spring (33), until the free ends of the legs (30, 30 ') can exercise their electrical switching action by cooperation with the printed circuit (10).
- the spring (33) recalls the shaft (8) and the pusher (29) in the initial rest position.
- control unit described above does not of course constitute than a possible example of this invention. This includes other variants of shapes and configurations that are within the reach of man from art.
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De fait, l'organe de commande selon l'invention est doté d'un bouton de manipulation rotatif autour d'un premier axe, et qui peut être sollicité en rotation autour d'au moins un axe secondaire contenu dans un plan perpendiculaire au premier axe, par appui élastique sur au moins un emplacement localisé au voisinage de la périphérie dudit bouton de manipulation, et d'un circuit électrique doté de composants aptes à commuter selon les sollicitations appliquées au bouton. Outre en rotation, le bouton peut être dans certaines configurations manipulé en translation autour du premier axe.
- la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un pavé de commande de fonctions associées à un siège de véhicule automobile intégrant un organe de commande selon l'invention ;
- la figure 2 montre, toujours en perspective, les différents composants constituant l'organe de commande de l'invention, à l'exception du bouton de manipulation dans une première version à bouton dépourvu de la fonction poussoir ;
- la figure 3 représente les trois éléments mécaniques principaux de la figure précédente ;
- la figure 4 montre le verso de la platine fixe ;
- la figure 5 représente également le verso du rotor, celle qui est mobile en rotation ;
- la figure 6 illustre la liaison mécanique entre l'actionneur et le rotor de la figure précédente ;
- la figure 7 représente en perspective les éléments qui sont directement au contact du circuit imprimé disposé à la base de l'organe de commande de l'invention ;
- la figure 8 est une perspective éclatée d'une configuration selon la seconde variante offerte par l'invention ; et
- la figure 9 est une vue en coupe de cette configuration assemblée.
Comme dans la variante précédente, ce muret (18) comporte des encoches (19, 19') prévues pour loger cette fois les pattes (32, 32') qui dépassent vers le bas du disque (15). Comme cela a été indiqué auparavant, la largeur de ces pattes (32, 32') est inférieure à la largeur des encoches (19, 19'), de manière à absorber par exemple un débattement angulaire autour d'un axe de rotation passant par lesdites pattes (32, 32') et perpendiculaire à l'axe de rotation primaire.
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- Organe de commande doté d'un bouton de manipulation rotatif autour d'un premier axe et qui peut être au moins sollicité en rotation autour d'au moins un axe secondaire contenu dans un plan perpendiculaire au premier axe, par appui élastique sur au moins un emplacement localisé au voisinage de la périphérie du bouton de manipulation, et d'un circuit électrique muni de composants aptes à commuter selon les sollicitations appliquées au bouton, caractérisé en ce que ce dernier est solidarisé à un actionneur qui transmet le mouvement de manipulation qui lui est imprimé auxdits composants, lesquels sont disposés sur une face d'un support de circuit électrique orientée en regard dudit bouton, transmission effectuée via au moins deux pièces formant interface entre ledit actionneur et ledit circuit, d'une part un rotor solidaire en rotation de l'actionneur selon le premier axe, la liaison mécanique entre eux étant prévue pour autoriser des déplacements relatifs selon le ou les axes secondaires, et d'autre part une platine comportant des moyens élastiques de liaison avec le circuit électrique, lesquels sont disposés sensiblement au droit des emplacements périphériques d'appui.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le support du circuit électrique est un circuit imprimé.
- Organe de commande selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la platine fixe prend la forme d'une plaque mince de laquelle dépassent des plots d'allure parallèle au premier axe, en nombre correspondant au nombre des emplacements d'appui périphériques, lesdits plots dépassant d'au moins un côté de la platine et étant disposés à l'extrémité libre d'au moins une languette flexible pour chaque emplacement d'appui pratiqué dans la platine, la ou les languettes étant réalisées en un matériau élastique leur permettant de revenir en position de repos après action sur les plots.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que les languettes flexibles sont au nombre de deux superposées pour chaque emplacement d'appui.
- Organe de commande selon l'une des revendications 3 et 4, caractérisé en ce que la platine comporte des moyens de guidage de l'actionneur vers les plots.
- Organe de commande selon l'une des revendications 3 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la platine comporte, dans sa zone centrale, un orifice complexe formé d'un nombre de fentes radiales convergentes au plus égal au nombre de plots / languettes disposés en périphérie, et se développant en direction de ceux-ci.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le nombre de fentes radiales est égal au nombre de plots, et en ce que lesdites fentes se développent en direction desdits plots.
- Organe de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens d'indexation de la position en rotation du rotor.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que la platine comporte sur un côté, en périphérie immédiate des extrémités desdites fentes, une couronne à reliefs et dépressions, coopérant avec une protubérance saillante du rotor.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le rotor comporte une couronne à reliefs et dépressions, coopérant avec un doigt élastique disposé fixe par rapport au bâti de l'organe de commande.
- Organe de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le rotor comporte un logement central délimité par un muret cylindrique disposé sur une base constituée d'une plaque plane.
- Organe de commande selon l'une des revendications 7 à 11, caractérisé en ce que l'actionneur comporte un arbre central disposé selon le premier axe de rotation, de dimensions prévues pour qu'il puisse être guidé dans les fentes pratiquées dans la platine, et comportant un disque perpendiculaire dont le rayon est tel qu'il peut, lorsque l'élément de liaison est manipulé selon un axe secondaire, exercer une action sur le ou les plots périphériques de ladite platine, sur lesquels il repose en l'absence d'une telle manipulation.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que l'arbre central et le disque sont solidaires l'un de l'autre.
- Organe de commande selon l'une des revendications 11 et 12, caractérisé en ce qu'une portion d'extrémité de l'arbre central s'ajuste avec un jeu radial dans le logement central du rotor, ladite portion étant limitée par une collerette formant butée axiale au contact du muret, le jeu radial autorisant un débattement angulaire de l'arbre par rapport aux axes secondaires, des moyens étant en outre prévus pour les solidariser en rotation par rapport au premier axe.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le muret est cylindrique et la portion d'extrémité de l'élément de liaison comporte au moins un ergot radial pouvant s'insérer dans une encoche pratiquée dans ledit muret afin de les solidariser en rotation.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que ladite portion d'extrémité comporte deux ergots radiaux opposés s'insérant dans deux encoches diamétralement opposées du muret.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce l'arbre central et le disque sont solidaires en rotation et libres en translation.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce le disque est guidé, lors des rotations autour des axes secondaires, entre la platine et un tableau séparant le bouton des autres éléments de l'organe de commande, et traversé par l'arbre central.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le tableau surmonté du bouton et la platine comportent chacune un dôme dont le sommet est percé pour le passage de l'arbre central, lesdits dômes étant coaxiaux et formant un espace dans lequel est guidé le disque, équipé d'une part de nervures radiales à extrémité arrondie sur sa face en regard dudit tableau, et d'autre part d'un évidement en dôme sur l'autre face, lesdites extrémités arrondies et ledit évidement présentant des courbures correspondant respectivement à celle de leur dôme en vis-à-vis.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le dôme de la paroi surmontée du bouton et l'évidement en dôme du disque comportent, à leur base, un relief annulaire présentant une surface extérieure dont la forme et prévue pour s'adapter respectivement à l'arrondi des nervures et au dôme de la platine.
- Organe de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications 17 à 20, caractérisé en ce que l'arbre central comporte des cannelures s'adaptant dans des glissières axiales d'un conduit axial traversant le disque, en vue de les bloquer en rotation et permettre le guidage en translation, ledit conduit comportant une butée limitant la translation en direction du bouton.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le disque comporte deux pattes orientées parallèlement à l'orifice de guidage de l'arbre central, et logées dans des encoches pratiquées dans le muret du rotor en vue d'une solidarisation en rotation, les dimensions respectives des pattes et des encoches autorisant un débattement angulaire autour des axes de rotation secondaires.
- Organe de commande selon l'une des revendications 17 à 22, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité libre de l'arbre central repose en appui sur un poussoir guidé en translation à l'intérieur du muret interne du rotor, et comportant au moins une patte susceptible de franchir la base du rotor pour actionner au moins un commutateur, le rotor comportant au moins un orifice à cet effet, un ressort étant prévu pour rappeler ledit poussoir et l'arbre central en position de non-actionnement du ou des commutateurs en l'absence de sollicitation axiale du bouton.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que le poussoir comporte une surface sensiblement perpendiculaire à l'axe de l'arbre central et deux pattes latérales guidées dans des glissières pratiquées dans la paroi interne du muret de sorte que ledit poussoir puisse être enfoncé dans ledit muret par action de l'arbre central, le ressort étant interposé entre ladite surface circulaire et la base du rotor.
- Organe de commande selon l'une des revendications 17 à 24, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité libre de l'arbre central est hémisphérique.
- Organe de commande selon l'une des revendications 11 à 25, caractérisé en ce qu'un second muret coaxial d'allure cylindrique surmonté d'un bossage coopérant avec la couronne d'indexation de la platine est également solidaire de la base du rotor.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que la base du rotor comporte, associés à sa face opposée à celle qui présente les murets, des moyens de coopérer avec des composants, contacts ou pistes du circuit électrique visant à réaliser au moins une commutation au cours de la rotation selon le premier axe, et permettant le passage d'au moins une patte du poussoir.
- Organe de commande selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens sont constitués d'une plaque conductrice comportant au moins un organe conducteur saillant du plan de la plaque, apte à glisser au moins temporairement sur des pistes du circuit électrique pour commuter l'état d'au moins un contact dudit circuit.
- Organe de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 28, caractérisé en ce que le circuit électrique comporte des commutateurs disposés sous les plots de la platine.
- Organe de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le circuit électrique comporte des moyens de détection magnétique des déplacements de l'organe de commande, par exemple basés sur des capteurs à effet Hall.
- Organe de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le circuit électrique comporte des moyens de détection optique des déplacements de l'organe de commande.
- Organe de commande selon l'une quelconque des revendications 12 à 31, caractérisé en ce que le circuit électrique comporte une diode électroluminescente disposée dans l'axe de l'arbre central de l'actionneur, lequel est réalisé en un matériau conduisant la lumière émise par la diode vers le bouton de manipulation.
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