EP3387663B1 - Elektronische vorrichtung mit mindestens einem leuchtenden knopf und verfahren zur montage solch einer vorrichtung - Google Patents

Elektronische vorrichtung mit mindestens einem leuchtenden knopf und verfahren zur montage solch einer vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP3387663B1
EP3387663B1 EP16816236.0A EP16816236A EP3387663B1 EP 3387663 B1 EP3387663 B1 EP 3387663B1 EP 16816236 A EP16816236 A EP 16816236A EP 3387663 B1 EP3387663 B1 EP 3387663B1
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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
    • H01H13/83—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 characterised by legends, e.g. Braille, liquid crystal displays, light emitting or optical elements
    • 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
    • H01H13/86—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 characterised by the casing, e.g. sealed casings or casings reducible in size
    • 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
    • H01H13/88—Processes specially adapted for manufacture of rectilinearly movable switches having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboards
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/054—Optical elements
    • H01H2219/062—Light conductor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/054—Optical elements
    • H01H2219/064—Optical isolation of switch sites
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/024—Transmission element
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2223/00—Casings
    • H01H2223/01—Mounting on appliance
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2229/00—Manufacturing
    • H01H2229/062—Maintenance or repair facilities

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  • the present invention relates to the manufacture of electronic equipment.
  • It is known electronic equipment comprising a frame which is engaged in a housing having a facade parallel to the direction of engagement of the frame in the housing and which is provided with push buttons which are mounted to slide perpendicular to said facade.
  • the push buttons have an end received in orifices in the facade for flush with it and have a parallepipedic light guide projecting into the housing behind the facade to allow illumination of each push button.
  • An electronic card is mounted in the frame to extend parallel to the front and is provided with switches for cooperating with the push buttons and light sources each surrounded by a light sealing frame in which the free end of the guide of light is intended to engage so that each push button is illuminated independently of the others.
  • the housing and the facade are designed as two separate parts.
  • the electronic card and the push buttons are initially mounted on the frame, the housing is engaged in a second time on the frame and the front, provided with receiving holes of the push buttons, is fixed on the housing in a third time.
  • the document " DE 20 2008 014509 U1 "describes electronic equipment comprising a frame engaged in a housing having a face provided with at least one push button which is slidably mounted perpendicular to said face and which has a light guide projecting into the housing, at least one electronic card being mounted in the frame to extend parallel to said face of the housing and being provided with at least one switch for cooperating with the push button and at least one light source receiving the free end of the light guide, end of the light guide having a height decreasing in the opposite direction to not being in contact together until the end of the engagement of the frame in the housing.
  • An object of the invention is to simplify the design and assembly of such electronic equipment.
  • a electronic equipment comprising a frame engaged in a housing having a face parallel to the direction of engagement of the frame in the housing and provided with at least one push button which is mounted to slide perpendicularly to said face and which comprises a parallelepipedal light guide protruding into the housing.
  • At least one electronic card is mounted in the frame to extend parallel to said face of the housing and is provided with a switch for cooperating with the push button and a light source surrounded by a light sealing frame receiving the free end of the light guide.
  • the frame has a decreasing height in a direction away from the frame and the end of the light guide has a decreasing height in the opposite direction to not being in contact with each other until the end of the engagement. chassis in the case.
  • the push button is mounted on the housing before the engagement of the frame in the housing, commitment in which the free end of the light guide is applied against the frame at the end of the engagement. There is therefore no risk of shearing the light guide or the sealing frame.
  • said face of the housing is provided with several buttons aligned parallel to the direction of engagement and the electronic card is equipped with as many switches similarly aligned, the push buttons and the switches being provided with surfaces of mutual support having heights varying according to complementary slopes to not be in contact together until the end of the engagement of the frame in the housing.
  • the equipment according to the invention is here a television decoder but could be an Internet gateway or other multimedia electronic equipment or not.
  • the electronic equipment generally designated 1, comprises a plate 2, forming a frame and having a rectangular shape here, which has a lower face provided with pads for resting flat on a support and an upper face provided with electronic cards each having a printed circuit board (or PCB), one of which bears the reference 3 extends perpendicular to the plate 2 and along one side of the plate 2.
  • PCB printed circuit board
  • the printed circuit board 3 here carries a display 4 of the LCD type, three 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 switches aligned in a direction perpendicular to the plate 2, three light-emitting diodes 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 each disposed next to one of the 5.1 switches. , 5.2, 5.3, and light sealing frames 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 surrounding the light-emitting diodes 6.1, 6.2, 6.3.
  • the switch 5.1, the light emitting diode 6.1 and the light sealing frame 7.1 are the closest to the plate 2.
  • the switch 5.3, the light-emitting diode 6.3 and the light sealing frame 7.3 are closest to the free edge of the light-emitting diode.
  • Light sealing frames 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 are here assembled in one piece.
  • the frame 2 is engaged, in a direction of engagement D, in a housing 10 having four side walls 11, 12, 13, 14 and an upper wall 15.
  • the engagement direction D is parallel to the plate of printed circuit 3 and here normal to the plate 2 and the upper wall 15 which is here parallel to the plate 2.
  • the side wall 11 extends opposite the printed circuit board 3 parallel to it and is provided with a window 16 for viewing the display 4, and three orifices 17.1, 17.2, 17.3 for slidably receiving a free end of buttons 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 respectively.
  • buttons 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 are here tubular, but of very short length, and have a closed free end received in the orifice 17.1, 17.2, 17.3 to slide perpendicularly to the side wall 11 and an open end projecting into the housing 10.
  • the closed free end has a translucent or transparent portion.
  • the buttons 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 are secured to an intermediate support 21 fixed inside the housing 10 against the side wall 11.
  • the intermediate support 21 is resiliently clipped in the corresponding corner of the housing 10.
  • a first open end of a tubular light guide 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 is attached to the open end of each knob 20.1, 20.2, 20.3.
  • the light guides 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 have a second open end engaged in the light sealing frame 7.1, 7.2, 7.3.
  • the light guides 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 also comprises a stud 23.1, 23.2, 23.3 projecting, opposite and in close contact with the switch 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.
  • the switches 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and the light sealing frames 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 have a decreasing height in a direction away from the plate 2 (this difference in height of the switches is not visible on the figures 1 , 5 and 6 ).
  • the switch 5.1 is higher than the switch 5.2 which is itself higher than the switch 5.3.
  • the height variation of the switches 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 follows a slope P1.
  • the light sealing frame 7.1 is higher than the light-tight sealing frame 7.2 which is itself higher than the light-tight sealing frame 7.3.
  • the height variation of the sealing frames 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 follows a slope P2.
  • the light guides 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 and the studs 23.1, 23.2, 23.3 have a decreasing height in a direction of approach towards the plate 2.
  • the variation in height of the studs 23.1, 23.2, 23.3 follows the slope P1.
  • the height variation of the light guides 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 follows the slope P2.
  • the slope P1 is determined so that the switches 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 come into contact with the pads 23.1, 23.2, 23.3 at the end of the engagement of the plate 2 in the housing 10.
  • the slope P2 is determined so that the sealing frames 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 come into contact with the light guides 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 at the end of the engagement of the plate 2 in the housing 10.
  • the slope P1 is here stronger than the slope P2.
  • the switches 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and the pads 23.1, 23.2, 23.3 have free faces intended to be in mutual abutment which extend parallel to the engagement direction D.
  • the sealing frames 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and the Light guides 22.1, 22.2, 22.3 have mutually abutting edges that extend parallel to slope P2.
  • the mounting of the equipment includes a frame mounting phase, a housing mounting phase and a chassis and housing assembly phase.
  • the mounting phase of the housing comprises the step of mounting the push buttons 20.1, 20.2, 20.3 and the light guides 23.1, 23.2, 23.3 on the face 11 of the housing 10 so that the push buttons slide perpendicular to said face and the light guides protrude into the housing.
  • the mounting phases of the housing and the frame can be carried out in parallel with one another or successively.
  • the assembly phase consists of engaging the frame 2 in the housing 10 in the engagement direction D until the engagement is complete and the light sealing frames and the ends of the light guides come into contact with each other. .
  • the final fixing of the frame 2 to the housing 10 is obtained by screwing, clipping, riveting, riveting or any other means.
  • the slopes of variation of the heights may be identical.

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  1. Elektronisches Gerät (1), umfassend einen Baugruppenträger (2), der in ein Gehäuse (10) eingefügt ist, das eine Fläche (11) hat, die parallel zur Einfügungsrichtung (D) des Baugruppenträgers in das Gehäuse ist und die mit mindestens einem Druckknopf (20.1, 20.2, 20.3) versehen ist, der zu der genannten Fläche senkrecht verschiebbar gelagert ist und der eine in das Gehäuse vorstehende Lichtführung (23.1, 23.2, 23.3) umfasst, wobei mindestens eine elektronische Karte (3) in dem Baugruppenträger gelagert ist, um sich parallel zu der genannten Fläche des Gehäuses zu erstrecken, und die mit mindestens einem Schalter (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) versehen ist, der dazu bestimmt ist, mit dem Druckknopf zusammenzuwirken, sowie mit mindestens einer Lichtquelle (6.1, 6.2, 6.3), die von einem lichtundurchlässigen Rahmen (7.1, 7.2, 7.3) umgeben ist, der das freie Ende der Lichtführung aufnimmt, wobei der lichtundurchlässige Rahmen eine Höhe hat, die in Richtung weg von dem Baugruppenträger abnimmt, und das Ende der Lichtführung eine Höhe hat, die in umgekehrter Richtung abnimmt, um nur am Ende des Einfügens des Baugruppenträgers in das Gehäuse miteinander in Kontakt zu sein.
  2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, bei dem die genannte Fläche (11) des Gehäuses (10) mit mehreren Knöpfen (20.1, 20.2, 20.3) versehen ist, die parallel zur Einfügungsrichtung (D) ausgerichtet sind, und die elektronische Karte (3) mit ebenso vielen Schaltern (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) ausgestattet ist, die gleich ausgerichtet sind, wobei die Knöpfe und die Schalter mit Oberflächen zur gegenseitigen Anlage versehen sind, die Höhen haben, die sich gemäß komplementären Neigungen (P1, P2) verändern, um nur am Ende des Einfügens des Baugruppenträgers (2) in das Gehäuse miteinander in Kontakt zu sein.
  3. Gerät nach Anspruch 2, bei dem die Schalter (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) eine Höhe haben, die in Richtung weg von dem Baugruppenträger (2) abnimmt, wobei die Neigung (P1) der Abnahme der Höhe der Schalter stärker ist als die Neigung (P2) der Abnahme des undurchlässigen Rahmens.
  4. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, bei dem der lichtundurchlässige Rahmen mit Flügeln versehen ist, die an einem Rand des lichtundurchlässigen Rahmens angelenkt sind, um von dem lichtundurchlässigen Rahmen seitlich vorzustehen, jede über einem der Schalter, wobei die Flügel unterschiedliche Dicken haben, die sich gemäß einer Neigung verändern, sowie obere Flächen, die Flächen zur gegenseitigen Anlage bilden.
  5. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, bei dem jeder Knopf (20,1, 20.2, 20.3) fest mit einem Zwischenträger (21) verbunden ist, der am Gehäuse (10) befestigt ist.
  6. Montageverfahren zur Montage eines Geräts nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, umfassend die Schritte:
    - Montieren des Schalters (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) auf der elektronischen Karte, wobei der Schalter (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) dazu bestimmt ist, mit dem Druckknopf und der von dem lichtundurchlässigen Rahmen (7.1, 7.2, 7.3) umgebenen Lichtquelle (6.1, 6.2, 6.3) zusammenzuwirken;
    - Montieren der elektronischen Karte (3) in dem Baugruppenträger, damit sie sich parallel zur Einfügungsrichtung erstreckt;
    - Montieren des Druckknopfes (20.1, 20.2, 20.3) und der Lichtführung (23.1, 23.2, 23.3) auf der Fläche (11) des Gehäuses (10) parallel zur Einfügungsrichtung (D) derart, dass sich der Druckknopf senkrecht zur genannten Fläche verschieben kann und dass die Lichtführung in das Gehäuse vorsteht;
    - Einfügen des Baugruppenträgers (2) in das Gehäuse (10) in Einfügungsrichtung (D), bis der lichtundurchlässige Rahmen und das Ende der Lichtführung miteinander in Kontakt kommen.
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