JPH09282974A - Movable contact body for panel switch and method of manufacturing panel switch using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: A movable contact body that constitutes a panel switch used for a thin operation panel of an electronic device, etc. The purpose is to prevent adhesion. SOLUTION: A hole 4A in which a metal diaphragm 3 which is a movable contact of a movable contact body 6 is inserted is formed into a metal diaphragm 3.
During the storage and transportation of the movable contact body 6, the film 12 is attached so as to cover the concave side of the metal so that the metal diaphragm 3 is not exposed, and the film 12 is peeled off immediately before being combined with the substrate having the fixed contact. It is possible to prevent a decrease in reliability of the contact portion of the.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a movable contact body for a panel switch which constitutes a panel switch used for a thin operation panel of an electronic device and a manufacturing method of the panel switch using the movable contact body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional movable contact member for a panel switch of this type, one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-320591 is known.

As shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 5 (a) and the sectional view of FIG. 5 (b), the technique involves fixing a metal diaphragm 3 serving as a movable contact facing a fixed contact 2 on a substrate 1 to a fixed contact. 2 is inserted into the center of the hole 4A of the film 4 having a hole 4A slightly larger than the metal diaphragm 3 at the same position as 2, and the film 4 is attached from the convex side of the upper surface of the metal diaphragm 3 to the adhesive tape 5 larger than the hole 4A. A panel switch is formed by stacking the sheet-shaped movable contact member 6 fixedly attached to the substrate 1 on the substrate 1 having the fixed contact 2.

[0004]

However, when the above panel switch is mounted on the circuit board of the equipment used,
Since a connector for connecting the switch substrate 1 to the circuit board of the device used and a space for mounting the connector and a mounting man-hour are required, the fixed contact 2 of the panel switch is aimed at cost reduction and space saving of the device used. It has come to be formed integrally with a circuit board of a device to be used, which is provided with a board 1 provided in advance.

That is, the movable contact body 6 of the panel switch.
A method has been adopted in which only a panel is prepared, and this is combined with the substrate 1 of the used device having the fixed contact 2 in the assembly process of the used device to form a panel switch.

However, in the conventional method using the movable contact body 6, the metal diaphragm 3 which is the movable contact is formed until the movable contact body 6 is assembled to the circuit board of the device used.
Since the concave portion side of the contact was exposed, the surface of the contact could become dirty or foreign matter could adhere during storage or transportation, leading to poor contact.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem and protects a movable contact for a panel switch during storage and transportation until the fixed contact is combined with the movable contact to ensure reliability as a contact. An object of the present invention is to provide a movable contact body for a panel switch capable of preventing a decrease and a manufacturing method of a panel switch using the movable contact body.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a film so as to cover and protect a hole, in which a metal diaphragm, which is a movable contact of a movable contact member, is inserted from a concave side of the metal diaphragm. Bonding is performed so that the contacts of the metal diaphragm are not exposed.

As a result, it is possible to protect the contact portion during storage and transportation of the movable contact member and prevent a decrease in reliability.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided with a dome-shaped reversing operation type movable contact made of a metal plate having a spring property and a through hole into which the movable contact fits. A film that forms a portion, an adhesive tape that fixes and fixes the movable contact inserted in the storage portion of the film together with the film from the upper surface side, and is attached to the lower surface side of the film so as to close the storage portion. This is a movable contact for a panel switch made of a film with adhesive that protects the movable contact.The film with adhesive that is attached to cover the hole of the film from the bottom side of the movable contact of the movable contact is movable. In order to prevent the contact part of the movable contact from being exposed during storage and movement of the contact body, the surface of the contact does not get dirty and foreign matter such as dust and fiber dust does not enter the contact part, and this film has an adhesive. Even foreign matter entering before bonding the film because it is has an effect of adhering to the adhesive does not adhere to the surface of the contact.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the film for accommodating the movable contact is provided with a through hole by punching after the film and the separator are bonded together with an adhesive and integrated. A storage part is formed, and a film with an adhesive for protecting the movable contact is attached to the lower surface side of the separator.
The movable contact sheet can be laminated on the substrate provided with the fixed contact so that the movable contact sheet can be attached to the substrate, and the adhesive agent is not exposed on the surface of the punched residue, which makes it easier to remove the residue.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the film with an adhesive for protecting the movable contact is a resin film having flexibility, Since the film that covers the concave portion of the metal diaphragm, which is the movable contact, is made of resin, fiber waste does not come out unlike, for example, paper and the like, and thus there is little risk of foreign matter being attached during handling.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the movable contact housed in the film storage portion is formed by using the panel switch movable contact body according to any one of the first to third aspects. After peeling off the adhesive-attached film for protecting the movable contact that was attached to the panel switch, the movable contact is fixed to the film with adhesive tape, and the panel is fixed by stacking it on the fixed contact provided on the substrate. This is a manufacturing method for assembling, and has an effect that a panel switch which is easy to assemble and has high accuracy and reliability can be manufactured at low cost.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, parts having the same configurations as those of the above-mentioned conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows a movable contact for a panel switch according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is an exploded perspective view and FIG. 1 (b) is a sectional view.

In the figure, 3 is a metal diaphragm serving as a movable contact, 4 is a film having a hole 4A which is slightly larger than the metal diaphragm 3, and the metal diaphragm 3 is inserted into this hole 4A to form the upper surface of the metal diaphragm 3. It is the same as the conventional example that the movable contact body 6 is fixed to the film 4 with the adhesive tape 5 larger than the hole 4A from the convex portion side, but it is the same as the conventional example. A film 12 for preventing contamination of the metal diaphragm 3 which is a movable contact and adhesion of foreign matter is adhered by an adhesive 11 to form a movable contact body 13 with a protective film.
It has become.

The film 12 has a thickness of 25 to 125.
It is made of a resin such as polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene having a thickness of μm and has flexibility.

The movable contact member 1 with a protective film
FIG. 2 shows a method of stacking the one prepared in the state of No. 3 in advance on the circuit board 15 of the used equipment provided with the fixed contacts 14 in the assembly process of the used equipment.

That is, as shown in the figure, the movable contact member 6 is peeled off by removing the film 12 with the adhesive 11 from the movable contact member 13 with the protective film immediately before the two are superposed.
Metal diaphragm 3 which is a movable contact of the state
The panel switch is completed by overlapping and fixing the position of (1) on the position of the fixed contact 14 of the substrate 15.

By making the adhesive 11 of the film 12 with the adhesive 11 of the movable contact member 13 with the protective film slightly adhesive, the film 12 with the adhesive 11 can be easily peeled off. Of course.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 3 shows a movable contact member for a panel switch according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 (a) is an exploded perspective view and FIG. 3 (b) is a sectional view.

In the figure, a separator 17 is attached by an adhesive 16 to the back surface of a film 4 to which a metal diaphragm 3 serving as a movable contact is fixed by an adhesive tape 5, and a hole 4B into which the metal diaphragm 3 is inserted is formed in the film 4. And the separator 17.

This separator 17 has a pressure-sensitive adhesive 16 on the release-treated surface of polyethylene terephthalate film or the like.
The above-mentioned metal diaphragm 3
The hole 4B into which is inserted is formed by sticking the film 4 and the separator 17 with the adhesive 16 and then punching them at the same time.

In this punching process, since the adhesive 16 is sandwiched between the film 4 and the separator 17 and does not appear on the surface, it is difficult for the adhesive 16 to adhere to the mold, and the frequency of mold maintenance is low. At the same time, the adhesive 16 is not exposed on the surface of the dregs, so that the dregs can be easily treated.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, a film 12 for preventing contamination of the metal diaphragm 3 which is a movable contact and adhesion of foreign matter is adhered to the back surface of the separator 17 by an adhesive agent 11, and a movable film with a protective film is attached. Contact body 1
Setting 8 is the same as in the first embodiment.

The movable contact member 18 with the protective film is superposed on the circuit board 15 of the used device having the fixed contact 14 in the process of assembling the device to be used. It is necessary to peel off the film 17 with the adhesive 11 together with the separator 17 of the movable contact body 18.

Since the upper surface of the separator 17 is subjected to the release treatment as described above, it is easily peeled off from the adhesive 16, but as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, by inserting the half cut 19 up to
The film 12 with 1 can be easily peeled off as one body.

Then, the movable contact body 20 having the adhesive 16 on the back surface of the film 4 can be superposed on the circuit board 15 of the equipment used and fixed by the adhesive 16.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, only the movable contact body of the panel switch is prepared, and this is combined with the circuit board of the equipment to be used which has the fixed contacts in the assembly process of the equipment to be used for the panel. When forming a switch,
There is a practical effect that the contamination of the movable contact and the adhesion of foreign matter are prevented during the storage and transportation of the movable contact member, and the reliability as the contact is not deteriorated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is an exploded perspective view of a movable contact member for a panel switch according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.

FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating a method of stacking the movable contact body on a substrate having a fixed contact.

FIG. 3A is an exploded perspective view of a movable contact for a panel switch according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a method of peeling off a protective film attached to the movable contact body.

FIG. 5A is an exploded perspective view of a conventional panel switch, and FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Metal diaphragm 4,12 Film 4A, 4B Hole 5 Adhesive tape 6,20 Movable contact body 11,16 Adhesive 13,18 Movable contact body with protective film 14 Fixed contact 15 Substrate 17 Separator 19 Half cut

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A dome-shaped reversing operation type movable contact made of a metal plate having a spring property, a film having a through hole into which the movable contact fits to form a storage portion, and the storage portion of the film. For panel switches, which consists of an adhesive tape that secures and fixes the inserted movable contact together with the film from the upper surface side, and an adhesive film that is attached to the lower surface side of the film so as to close the storage part and protects the movable contact. Movable contact body. 2. A film for accommodating a movable contact, wherein the film and the separator are bonded together with an adhesive to be integrated and then punched to form a through hole to form an accommodating portion, and the separator is placed on the lower surface side to make the movable contact. A film with a pressure-sensitive adhesive for protecting the film is attached.
The movable contact body for the panel switch described. 3. The movable contact member for a panel switch according to claim 1, wherein the film with an adhesive for protecting the movable contact is a resin film having flexibility. 4. A movable contact housed in a storage part of a film is peeled off from a film with a pressure-sensitive adhesive for protecting the movable contact, which is attached to the lower surface of the film, and then the movable contact is bonded to the film by an adhesive tape. A panel using a movable contact for a panel switch according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the panel switch is assembled by stacking and fixing the panel switch on a fixed contact provided on the substrate in a fixed state. Switch manufacturing method.