JP4638829B2 - Compound operation input device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a composite operation input device including a rotary electric mechanism that outputs a signal in accordance with a rotation operation of an operation member, and a switch mechanism that operates in response to a pressing operation by sliding of the operation member.

  As this type of prior art, there are those shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2. In Patent Document 1, a rotary encoder that has a rotatable shaft, that is, a rotating body, and that outputs an electrical signal along with the rotation of the rotating body, that is, a rotary electric mechanism, and the above-described rotating plate are rotated, A drive body that can perform a pressing operation by sliding, that is, an operation member, and a push switch that operates in accordance with the above-described pressing operation of the operation member, that is, a switch mechanism are disclosed. Further, an Oldham joint is disclosed in which the rotation operation of the operation member can be transmitted to the rotary electric mechanism and the pressing operation of the operation member is allowed.

  The Oldham joint shown in this Patent Document 1 has a concave ridge portion, that is, a groove portion, which slidably accommodates a convex portion provided on an operation member, and is extended in a direction perpendicular to the groove portion. The transmission part which has another groove part, ie, groove part, which accommodates the convex part provided in slidably in the back surface, ie, a coupling member, is provided.

In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, a signal is output from the rotary electric mechanism via an Oldham joint and a rotating body by rotating the operating member. For example, the operating member is rotated by a predetermined angle in this way. In this state, the switch mechanism is actuated by performing a pressing operation by sliding the operation member through an Oldham joint in a direction orthogonal to the rotation center of the operation member. Note that Patent Document 2 also discloses a configuration equivalent to the configuration disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above.
Japanese Patent No. 3720942 Japanese Patent No. 3720952

  In the prior art described above, for example, grooves that extend in directions orthogonal to each other are formed on the front and back surfaces of the driving body, that is, the joint member disclosed in Patent Document 1, and these groove portions are convex portions of the operation member, and the rotating body. The depth of this joint member is required because a depth dimension is required to ensure engagement with the convex portion of the groove, and a thickness portion having a predetermined strength is required between the groove portion on the front surface and the groove portion on the back surface. There is a problem that the size becomes large and it is difficult to reduce the thickness of the entire apparatus.

  The present invention has been made from the actual situation in the above-described prior art. The purpose of the present invention is to transmit the operation of rotating the operation member to the rotary electric mechanism and to allow the thickness of the joint member to allow the operation member to press. An object of the present invention is to provide a composite operation input device in which the size can be set small and the entire device can be thinned.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention includes a rotating electric mechanism that has a rotating body and outputs an electric signal as the rotating body rotates, and rotates the rotating body. An operation member that can be pressed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, a switch mechanism that operates in accordance with the pressing operation of the operation member, and a rotation operation of the operation member can be transmitted to the rotary electric mechanism. , and a joint member for permitting the pressing operation of the operation member comprises the rotating body from the rotary plate, the upper Symbol joint members, respectively a first opposing side portions of the pair are orthogonal to each other and second opposing sides as well as organic, is disposed between the operating member and the rotating plate, the surface of the rotating plate, thereby forming a second recess in which the joint member is housed, said second recess, the coupling member The pair of second opposing sides The rotating plate in a state where the joint member is accommodated in the second recess is accommodated on the back surface of the operating member facing the surface of the rotating plate. When the first concave portion is formed and the first concave portion has a pair of first inner wall surfaces respectively opposed to the pair of first opposed side portions of the joint member, and the operation member is pressed. The first inner wall surface of the first recess is guided in one direction by the first opposing side portion of the joint member, and the second inner wall surface of the second recess is the second opposing side portion of the joint member. It is characterized by being guided relatively in a direction orthogonal to the one direction .

Thus the present invention constructed through the first opposing side portion and the second opposing side portion of the joint hand member, the operating member in one direction, the rotary plate in a direction perpendicular to the one direction, for guiding each be able to. That is, the guide function for the operation member and the rotating plate can be ensured by utilizing the first opposing side portion and the second opposing side portion of the joint member without forming grooves on the front and back surfaces of the joint member. . Thereby, it becomes possible to set small the thickness dimension of the joint member which had to be set large by providing a groove part in the surface and back surface of a joint member.

Further, the present invention configured as this, since it is possible to accommodate a rotating plate in a first recess of the operating member, can be set small thickness of the portion including the the operating member and the rotary plate it can.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the outer wall of the first recess of the operation member is formed in a cylindrical shape, and is disposed on the outside of the outer wall so as to face the operation member in the pressing direction of the operation member. Is provided with a pair of elastic members for urging the operation member in the direction of the rotation center of the operation member. According to the present invention configured as described above, a stable rotation operation and pressing operation of the operation member can be performed via the biasing force of the elastic member.

Further, in the above invention, with the above pressing operation of the operation member, and rotates about the different turning axis and the rotation axis of the rotating body, the rotating pressing to actuate the switch mechanism It is characterized by having a member. According to the present invention configured as described above, when the operation member is pressed, the switch mechanism can be smoothly and reliably operated via the rotation of the rotation pressing member.

In the present invention, the rotation operation of the operation member can be transmitted to the rotary electric mechanism, and the joint members that allow the operation member to perform the pressing operation are a pair of first opposed side portions and second opposed side portions that are orthogonal to each other. And a second recess that accommodates the joint member is formed on the surface of the rotary plate, and the second recess is a pair of second opposing portions of the joint member. A first recess having a pair of second inner wall surfaces facing the side portions and accommodating a rotating plate in a state where the joint member is accommodated in the second recess on the back surface of the operation member facing the surface of the rotating plate And the first recess has a pair of first inner wall surfaces respectively facing the pair of first opposing side portions of the joint member, and when the operation member is pressed, the first inner portion of the first recess The wall surface is guided in one direction by the first opposing side of the joint member. Is, since the second inner wall surface of the second recess are then to the configuration to be guided in the direction perpendicular to the relative direction by the second opposing side portion of the joint member, as in the prior art joint member The operating member and the rotating plate can be guided without providing groove portions on the front surface and the back surface, and the thickness dimension of the joint member can be set smaller than the conventional one. This makes it possible to reduce the thickness of the device, which has been difficult in the past. In addition, since the rotating plate can be accommodated in the first recess of the operating member, the thickness dimension of the portion including the operating member and the rotating plate can be set small.

  The best mode for carrying out the composite operation input device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[Configuration of this embodiment]
1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a composite operation input device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a knob and a screw are removed from the state shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a state shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the principal part of FIG. 3 cut away and FIG. 5 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the state shown in FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which the small diameter portion of the operation member is removed from the state shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which the operating member is slid from the state shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state in which the large-diameter portion of the operation member is removed from the state shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a state in which the operation member is slid from the state shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a state in which an operation member is rotated from the state shown in FIG. 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the present embodiment includes a synthetic resin case 1 that forms a base, and a metal cover 2 that covers the upper surface of the case 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the cover 2 is attached to the case 1 by snapping the hole 2 b of the cover 2 to the engagement protrusion 1 a of the case 1.

The upper surface of the cover 2 holes 2a are formed, from this hole portion 2a so as to protrude, the small diameter portion 5 b of synthetic resin operating member 5 is disposed movably. That, is set larger diameter of the hole 2a of the cover 2 than the outer diameter of the small diameter portion 5 b of the operating member 5.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a knob 3 is arranged on the cover 2, and this knob 3 is attached to the operation member 5 with a screw 4. The operation member 5 has a hole 5a into which the screw 4 is inserted. As a result, the knob 3 and the operation member 5 rotate together and can slide together.

  A synthetic resin joint member 6 and a rotating body, for example, a synthetic resin rotating plate 7 are arranged on the back side of the operation member 5. The joint member 6 is disposed between the operation member 5 and the rotating plate 7. The joint member 6 can move in two axial directions, that is, can move in one plane, and can transmit the rotation operation of the operation member 5 to the rotary electric mechanism as described later. The pressing operation by sliding of the member 7 is allowed.

The rotating plate 7 is rotatably held by a synthetic resin shaft (rotating shaft) 8 implanted in the case 1 as shown in FIGS. The joint member 6 is formed with a hole 6c having a diameter sufficiently larger than the outer diameter of the shaft 8.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, a movable contact, for example, a slider 9 is attached to the back surface of the rotating plate 7, and a plurality of fixed contacts with which the slider 9 is in sliding contact with the bottom of the case 1, for example, A plurality of conductive patterns 10 are arranged. The rotary plate 7, the slider 9, and the conductive pattern 10 constitute a rotary electric mechanism that outputs an electrical signal as the rotary plate 7 rotates.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a rotation pressing member 13 that abuts on the operation member 5 and can rotate about an axis ( rotation shaft) 12 is provided and can be pressed by a pressing portion 13 a of the pressing member 13. A movable contact 14 formed in the shape of a metal dome is provided. Below the movable contact 14, a peripheral fixed contact 15a that is always conductive to the peripheral edge of the movable contact 14 and a central fixed contact 15b that is selectively conductive at the center of the movable contact 14 are disposed. The movable contact 14 described above, the peripheral fixed contact 15a, and the central fixed contact 15b constitute a switch mechanism that operates in accordance with a pressing operation on the rotation pressing member 13 by sliding of the operation member 5.

  The operation member 5 described above has a large-diameter portion 5c having an outer diameter sufficiently larger than the diameter of the hole 2a of the cover 2 below the small-diameter portion 5b, as shown in FIGS. Further, a projecting portion 5d is provided below the large diameter portion 5c.

The above-described joint member 6 provided in the present embodiment includes a pair of first opposing side portions 6a and a second opposing side portion 6b that are orthogonal to each other, as shown in FIGS. The first opposing side portion 6a is to guide the operating member 5 in one direction, the second opposing side portion 6b is adapted to guide in the direction perpendicular to the rotational plate 7 and one-way described above.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the surface of the rotating plate 7 is formed with a second recess 7 a that accommodates the joint member 6, and the second recess 7 a is a pair of second opposing surfaces of the joint member 6 described above. It has a pair of 2nd inner wall surface 7a1 which each opposes the edge part 6b. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, on the back surface of the operation member 5 facing the surface of the rotating plate 7, the rotating plate 7 in which the joint member 6 is accommodated in the above-described second recess 7a is accommodated. A recess 5c1 is formed, and the first recess 5c1 has a pair of first inner wall surfaces 5c1a respectively facing the pair of first opposing side portions 6a of the joint member 6 as shown in FIG. ing. The outer wall of the first recess 5c1 is formed in a cylindrical shape.

  The rotating force of the operating member 5 is reduced by the joint member 6, the second inner wall surface 7 a 1 of the second recess 7 a of the rotating plate 7, and the first inner wall surface 5 c 1 a of the first recess 5 c 1 of the operating member 5. And a joint mechanism that allows the pressing force generated by the sliding of the operation member 7 to be transmitted to the rotary pressing member 13 is configured.

  In the present embodiment, the operation member 5 includes at least a pair of opposed surface portions, and includes a guide member that guides the above-described opposed surface portion of the operation member 5 in the pressing direction of the operation member 5. The switch mechanism described above is configured to operate in accordance with a pressing operation in which the operating member 5 is rotated to the aligned position and the rotating pressing member 13 is pressed.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 10 and the like, the above-described facing surface portion includes a facing surface portion 5d1 formed on the above-described protruding portion 5d of the operation member 5. The projecting portion 5d of the operation member 5 is formed in a polygon having a plurality of pairs of opposed surface portions 5d1, for example, a hexagon having three pairs of opposed surface portions 5d1.

  The above-described guide member that guides the opposing surface portion 5d1 formed in the protruding portion 5d in the pressing direction of the operating member 5 is formed of an elastic member. The elastic member is configured such that the protruding surface 5d of the operating member 5 is the opposing surface portion 5d1. Energize to be consistent with For example, as shown in FIG. 10 and the like, the elastic member is composed of a pair of leaf springs 11, each extending along the pressing direction of the operation member 5, arranged to face each other, and the operation member 5 is made to be the operation member 5. Is biased toward the center of rotation.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10 and the like, a top portion 5d2 is provided between the adjacent facing surface portions 5d1 of the projecting portion 5d of the operation member 5 described above to give a click feeling as the plate spring 11 is engaged and disengaged. ing.

  In the present embodiment, when the operating member 5 is in the position shown in FIG. 10, that is, the operating member 5 is in a position where the opposing surface portion 5d1 of the protruding portion 5d is aligned with the leaf spring 11 and can slide in the pressing direction. Sometimes, the above-described rotary electric mechanism outputs a predetermined electric signal, and the arrangement relationship between the opposing surface portion 5d1 of the protruding portion 5d of the operation member 5 and the leaf spring 11 and the slider attached to the rotary plate 7 9 and a plurality of conductive patterns 10 are set in advance. For example, each of the six sides constituting the three pairs of opposed surface portions 5d1 of the projecting portion 5 of the operation member 5 made of hexagonal shape corresponds to different rotation forms formed by aligning the plate springs 11 against each other. Thus, the arrangement of the plurality of conductive patterns 10 and the attachment positions of the sliders 9 that are in sliding contact with these conductive patterns 10 are set in advance so that electrical signals unique to each rotation form are output.

  In the rotation mode described above, assuming that the first rotation mode is a mode in which the operation member 5 is rotated in one direction by 60 degrees from the initial position (rotation angle 0 degree), the operation member 5 is 120 degrees and 180 degrees from the initial position, respectively. , 240 degrees, and 300 degrees rotated form the second rotating form, the third rotating form, the fourth rotating form, and the fifth rotating form. Therefore, the electrical signal specific to each of the rotation angles described above due to the contact between the slider 9 and the conductive pattern 10 caused by rotating the operation member 5 by 60 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, and 300 degrees, respectively. Is output.

  For example, in the case where the present embodiment is used as an apparatus that performs processing for selecting any one of a plurality of items and confirming the selected item, the first to fifth rotations described above are used. Different items may be set in advance corresponding to each form. In this case, the operation member 5 is selectively rotated in the same direction at 60 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, and 300 degrees, respectively, so that an electrical signal corresponding to the specific item is generated. Output from the rotating electrical mechanism.

[Operation of this embodiment]
In a state where the operation member 5 is held at the initial position (rotation angle 0 degree), as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the pressing and rotating member 13 is moved by the urging force of the dome-shaped movable contact 14 constituting the switch mechanism. The large-diameter portion 5c of the operation member 5 is in contact with the inner wall surface of the case 1, for example, and the sliding thereof is restricted. As shown in FIG. 10, the pair of opposed surface portions 5d1 of the protruding portion 5d of the operating member 5 are aligned with the pair of leaf springs 11, and the urging force of the leaf spring 11 is applied to the protruding portion 5d. ing. Thus, the operation member 5 is positioned at a predetermined position, and the knob 3 is held at the initial position via the screw 4.

  From the state in which the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are held in the initial position as described above, the knob 3 is resisted against the urging force of the movable contact 14 constituting the switch mechanism, for example, as shown by an arrow 16 in FIGS. When a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the shaft 8 is applied to the operation member 5 and these are slid to perform a pressing operation, the rotation pressing member 13 rotates about the shaft 12, and the rotation pressing member 13. The movable contact 14 of the switch mechanism is bent by the pressing portion 13a, the central portion of the movable contact 14 is connected to the central fixed contact 15b, and this switch mechanism is activated. That is, the central fixed contact 15b and the peripheral fixed contact 15a are brought into conduction through the movable contact 14, and the switch is turned on. By this switch-on, it is detected that the knob 3 and the operation member 5 have been pressed.

When the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are slid, each of the pair of opposed surface portions 5d1 of the protruding portion 5d of the operation member 5 is guided to the leaf spring 11 as shown in FIG. Further, when the operation member 5 is slid, the joint member 6 is rotated by the engagement between the first inner wall surface 5c1a of the first recess 5c1 of the operation member 5 and the first opposing side portion 6a of the joint member 6. The second recess 7 a is guided relatively to the second inner wall surface 7 a 1 and moves integrally with the operation member 5.

  When the pressing force applied to the knob 3 and the operation member 5 is removed from the state in which the switch mechanism is operated in this way, the movable contact 14 is separated from the center fixed contact 15a by the restoring force of the movable contact 14 and switched off. At the same time, the restoring force of the movable contact 14 described above is transmitted to the rotation pressing member 13, and the rotation pressing member 13 rotates about the shaft 12 in the direction opposite to that described above. Thus, the operation member 5 is pushed back toward the initial position until the large diameter portion 5c abuts against the inner wall of the case 1 and the movement is restricted. Thereby, the knob | pick 3 and the operation member 5 return to the initial position mentioned above.

  6 and 7, when the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are rotated, for example, by 60 degrees in one direction, the pair of opposed surface portions 5d1 of the protruding portion 5c of the operation member 5 which are different from the above are provided with the leaf spring 11. It will be in a state that matches. As a result, an electric signal corresponding to a rotation angle of 60 degrees is output from the rotary electric mechanism. That is, the rotational force of the operation member 5 that rotates integrally with the knob 3 is caused by the engagement between the first inner wall surface 5c1a of the first recess 5c1 of the operation member 5 and the first opposing side portion 6a of the joint member 6. It is transmitted to the joint member 6. Further, the rotational force transmitted to the joint member 6 is caused by the engagement between the second opposing side portion 6b of the joint member 6 and the second inner wall surface 7a1 of the second recess 7a of the rotary plate 7. The rotating plate 7 rotates around the shaft 8. As the rotating plate 7 rotates, the slider 9 attached to the rotating plate 7 comes into contact with the conductive pattern 10 arranged at a position corresponding to a rotation angle of 60 degrees among the plurality of conductive patterns 10. An electrical signal corresponding to a rotation angle of 60 degrees is output.

  In addition, when the operation member 5 is rotated, the top portion 5d2 of the protruding portion 5d of the operation member 5 is engaged and disengaged with each of the leaf springs 11 to obtain a click feeling with the leaf springs 11 being bent. Can do.

  Further, when the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are pressed after the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are rotated, the first inner wall surface 5c1a of the first recess 5c1 of the operation member 5 becomes the first opposing side portion of the joint member 6. 6a is guided in one direction, and the second inner wall surface 7a1 of the second recess 7a of the rotating plate 7 is guided in the direction orthogonal to the above-described one direction relative to the second opposing side portion 6b of the joint member 6. As a result, the joint member 6 moves in two axial directions, that is, moves in one plane, and the sliding of the operating member 5 is permitted. The member 13 rotates. By this rotation, the movable contact 14 is electrically connected to the central fixed contact 15b and is switched on.

  Similarly, when the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are rotated 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, and 300 degrees from the initial position, electrical signals specific to the respective rotation angles are output from the rotary electric mechanism. The In addition, when the pressing operation is performed by sliding the knob 3 and the operation member 5 at the respective rotation angles described above, the switch mechanism is accurately associated with the electric signal of the rotary electric mechanism at the corresponding rotation angle. Can be activated.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are rotated at a small rotation angle of less than 60 degrees from the initial position, for example, about 15 degrees, when rotating, the leaf spring 11 is operated by the operation member. As shown by an arrow 17 in FIG. 12, the urging force applied to the top 5d2 of 5 gives the operating member 5 a rotational force in a direction to return to the initial position. Therefore, when the rotational force applied to the knob 3 is removed, the knob 3 and the operation member 5 return to the initial positions. Further, when the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are rotated at a large rotation angle of less than 60 degrees from the initial position, for example, about 45 degrees, the position of the operation member 5 depends on the positional relationship between the leaf spring 11 and the top 5d2. A rotational force in the direction opposite to that of the arrow 17 described above works. Therefore, when the rotational force applied to the knob 3 is removed, the knob 3 and the operation member 5 rotate from the initial position to a position with a rotation angle of 60 degrees, and the opposing surface portion 5d1 of the protruding portion 5d of the operation member 5 is the plate at this position. Align with the spring 11.

  The same applies to the case where the knob 3 and the operation member 5 are rotated to the vicinity of 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, and 300 degrees from the initial position. If the rotational force applied to the knob 3 at that time is removed, the operation is performed. The knob 3 and the operation member 5 are correctly positioned at the rotation angles of 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, and 300 degrees at which the opposing surface portion 5d1 of the protruding portion 5d of the member 5 is aligned with the leaf spring 11, respectively.

  When an electric signal is output from the rotary electric mechanism by rotating the knob 3 and the operation member 5, and then the switch mechanism is operated by pressing the knob 3 and the operation member 5, the knob is selected as described above. It is only necessary to perform a pressing operation after positioning 3 and the operation member 5 at a predetermined rotation angle.

  In the case where the present embodiment is used as an apparatus that performs processing for selecting any one of a plurality of items and confirming the selected item, as described above, the first rotation mode ( 60 degrees), second rotation mode (120 degrees), third rotation mode (180 degrees), fourth rotation mode (240 degrees), and fifth rotation mode (300 degrees), for example, different items Is preset. Therefore, by selectively rotating the knob 3 and the operation member 5 in the same direction at 60 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, and 300 degrees, an electrical signal corresponding to a specific item corresponding to the corresponding rotation angle. Is output from the rotary electric mechanism. When the pressing operation is performed by sliding the knob 3 and the operation member 5 at the respective rotation angles, the switch mechanism is actuated to perform a process of determining the selected specific item. As described above, when the composite operation input device according to the present embodiment is used, it is possible to perform a process of reliably selecting and confirming a specific item among a plurality of items.

[Effect of this embodiment]
According to the present embodiment configured as described above, the operating member 5 is placed in one direction via the first opposing side portion 6a and the second opposing side portion 6b of the joint member 6 that forms the guide portion, and the rotating plate 7 is provided. Each of the guides can be guided in a direction orthogonal to the one direction. That is, the guide function for the operation member 5 and the rotating plate 7 is made to utilize the first opposing side portion 6a and the second opposing side portion 6b of the joint member 6 without forming grooves on the front and back surfaces of the joint member 6. Can be ensured by. Thereby, it becomes possible to set the thickness dimension of the joint member 6 that had to be set large by providing grooves on the front surface and the back surface of the joint member 6, and to realize thinning of the apparatus. it can. In addition, since the above-described joint member 6 slidable in the biaxial direction is provided, the operation member 5 can be smoothly slid through the joint member 6 to perform a favorable pressing operation.

  Further, since the rotating plate 7 can be accommodated in the first recess 5c1 of the operating member 5, the thickness dimension of the portion including the operating member 5 and the rotating plate 7 can be set small. Thinning of the device can be realized.

  Further, since the elastic member constituting the guide member, that is, the operation member 5 is provided with a pair of leaf springs 11 for urging the operation member 5 in the direction of the rotation center of the operation member 5, the knob is picked up via the urging force of the leaf spring 11. 3 and the operation member 5 can be stably rotated and pressed, and a highly reliable device with excellent operability can be obtained. Further, when the operation member 5 is rotated, the operation member 5 can be reliably positioned at a predetermined rotation angle position by the biasing force of the leaf spring 11. Furthermore, the leaf spring 11 allows the operation member 5 to smoothly slide along the extending direction of the leaf spring 11 and contributes to the realization of a good pressing operation. Such a leaf spring 11 can have a simple configuration, which can reduce the production cost.

  Further, in this embodiment, if the operation member 5 is rotated to a position where the opposing surface portion 5d1 of the protruding portion 5d is aligned with the guide member, that is, the leaf spring 11, and then a pressing operation by sliding is performed, the operation member 5 Signals are output from the rotary electric mechanism at rotation angles of 60 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, and 300 degrees at which the opposing surface portion 5d1 is aligned with the leaf spring 11, and then the movable contact 14 and the peripheral fixed contact 15a The switch mechanism comprising the central fixed contact 15b can be operated. That is, it is possible to obtain a desirable operation relationship between the output of the electrical signal from the rotary electric mechanism corresponding to the predetermined rotation angle of the knob 3 and the operation member 5 and the operation of the switch mechanism. Accordingly, the knob 3 and the operation member 5 can be accurately and easily operated without causing an erroneous operation, that is, so that an electric signal that does not cause an erroneous operation is output from the rotary electric mechanism. In this respect as well, a highly reliable device can be realized.

  Further, since the top portion 5d2 of the projecting portion 5d of the operation member 5 forms a click member, there is no need to provide any other special click member, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Further, since the click feeling is obtained by sliding contact between the top 5d2 of the protruding portion 5d and the leaf spring 11, a good click feeling can be obtained in a quiet situation where no hitting sound is generated. Can do. In this respect as well, a highly reliable device can be realized.

[Other Embodiments]
In the above embodiment, the leaf spring 11 is provided as a guide member for guiding the operating member 5 in the pressing direction. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and the guide member is a torsion coil spring. The structure containing these may be sufficient.

  In the above-described embodiment, the rotary electric mechanism is configured to output the electric signal by bringing the slider 9 into sliding contact with the conductive pattern 10, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. However, this rotary electric mechanism can also be configured as a non-contact type equipped with a magnet.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the composite operation input device which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the knob and the screw from the state shown in FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the state shown in FIG. 2 from the other direction. It is the perspective view which fractured | ruptured and showed the principal part of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the state shown in FIG. 2. It is a top view which shows the state which remove | excluded the small diameter part of the operation member from the state shown in FIG. It is an AA cross-sectional enlarged view of FIG. It is a top view which shows the state which made the operating member slide from the state shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 6. It is a top view which shows the state which remove | excluded the large diameter part of the operation member from the state shown in FIG. It is a top view which shows the state which made the operating member slide from the state shown in FIG. It is a top view which shows the state which rotated the operation member from the state shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 1a Engagement protrusion 2 Cover 2a Hole part 2b Hole part 3 Knob 4 Screw 5 Operation member 5a Hole part 5b Small diameter part 5c Large diameter part 5c1 1st recessed part 5c1a 1st inner wall surface 5d Projection part 5d1 Opposite surface part 5d2 Top part 6 Joint Member 6a 1st opposing edge part 6b 2nd opposing edge part 6c Hole part 7 Rotating plate (rotating electric mechanism)
7a 2nd recessed part 7a1 2nd inner wall surface 7b Hole part 8 axis | shaft 9 Slider (movable contact) [rotation type electric mechanism]
10 Conductive pattern (fixed contact) [Rotating electrical mechanism]
11 leaf spring (elastic member) [guide member]
12 shaft 13 rotation pressing member 13a pressing portion 14 movable contact (switch mechanism)
15a Peripheral fixed contact (switch mechanism)
15b Center fixed contact (switch mechanism)

Claims (3)

A rotating electrical mechanism that has a rotating body and outputs an electrical signal along with the rotation of the rotating body, and can rotate the rotating body and perform a pressing operation in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the rotating body. An operating member, and a switch mechanism that operates in accordance with the pressing operation of the operating member;
A joint member capable of transmitting a rotation operation of the operation member to the rotary electric mechanism and allowing a pressing operation of the operation member;
The rotating body is composed of a rotating plate ,
Upper Symbol joint member is configured to have a the first opposing side portion and the second opposing side portions of the pair respectively orthogonal to each other, it is disposed between the operating member and the rotary plate,
A pair of second inner wall surfaces are formed on the surface of the rotating plate so as to accommodate the joint member and the second recess faces the pair of second opposing sides of the joint member. Have
On the back surface of the operating member facing the surface of the rotating plate, a first recess is formed in which the rotating plate is housed in the state in which the joint member is housed in the second recessed portion, and the first recessed portion is A pair of first inner wall faces respectively facing the pair of first opposing sides of the joint member;
When the operation member is pressed, the first inner wall surface of the first recess is guided in one direction by the first opposing side portion of the joint member, and the second inner wall surface of the second recess is A composite operation input device characterized in that it is guided relatively in a direction orthogonal to the one direction by the second opposing side portion of the joint member . In the invention of 請 Motomeko 1,
While forming the outer wall of the first recess of the operation member in a cylindrical shape,
A composite operation input device comprising a pair of elastic members arranged on the outer side of the outer wall so as to face each other along the pressing direction of the operation member and urge the operation member toward the rotation center of the operation member. . In the invention of 請 Motomeko 1 or 2,
With the above pressing operation of the operation member, a composite, characterized in that rotates about a different pivot axis as the rotation axis of the rotating body, equipped with a rotating pressing member for actuating the switch mechanism Operation input device.

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