CN109313512A - Multi-directional inputting device - Google Patents

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CN109313512A
CN109313512A CN201780035124.5A CN201780035124A CN109313512A CN 109313512 A CN109313512 A CN 109313512A CN 201780035124 A CN201780035124 A CN 201780035124A CN 109313512 A CN109313512 A CN 109313512A
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内田亮介
佐佐木和彦
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In there is the multi-directional inputting device for carrying out mobile sliding component by the tilting action of operating shaft, the shaking between the insertion hole of sliding component and operating shaft is eliminated.Using base portion, (4a carries out tilting action as fulcrum to operating shaft (4), and along with the tilting action of operating shaft (4), the 2nd sliding component (26) is to transverse shifting.By the reply cam (26c) of the 2nd sliding component (26), the restoring force to neutral pose is assigned from the 2nd sliding component (26) to operating shaft (4).The ring bodies (29) of retractility is maintained in operating shaft (4), by the return action power of central elastic portion (11), the rake (26b) of ring bodies (29) and the 2nd sliding component (26) is contacted with pressure.Shaking of the operating shaft (4) in the insertion hole (26a) of the 2nd sliding component (26) is suppressed as a result,.

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Multi-directional inputting device
Technical field
The present invention relates to the multi-direction input dresses for carrying out indentation movement and skew movement etc. by operating shaft by operating force It sets.
Background technique
Patent document 1, which describes, is related to the invention of multi-directional inputting device.
In the multi-directional inputting device, operating stick protrudes upwards from shell, and operating stick is supported to be able to carry out indentation Movement, skew movement and spinning movement.In shell be equipped be equipped with detection aforesaid operations bar indentation movement, skew movement with And the test section of spinning movement.
Sliding block is equipped in shell.Operating stick is inserted through the through hole formed in sliding block, the crooked operation force of operating stick from Through hole is transmitted to sliding block, and sliding block is moved to the direction axially intersected with operating shaft.It is formed with bell jar shape recess portion in sliding block, is supported Junctor is contacted with pressure by the power of spring in bell jar shape recess portion.By the contact pressure, sliding block is assigned to neutral position and is put back into Multiple restoring force.
Existing technical literature
Patent document
Patent document 1: Japanese Utility Model logs in No. 3173137 bulletin
Summary of the invention
Problem to be solved by the invention
In multi-directional inputting device described in Patent Document 1, need to form gap between operating stick and through hole, with Crooked movement is carried out in the through hole for enabling operating stick to be formed on sliding block.
As a result, operating stick can generate shaking in through hole when operating stick is in neutral pose, it is being installed on behaviour The operation button for making bar, which shakes, generates shaking.Furthermore, it is possible to which can linkedly generate operating shaft with external vibration shakes sound.
The present invention is in order to solve above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to provide a kind of multi-directional inputting devices, can press down The shaking of operating shaft processed, is able to carry out and smoothly operates.
The means used to solve the problem
The present invention is a kind of multi-directional inputting device, equipped be able to carry out indentation movement and skew movement operating shaft, with And the test section of indentation movement and the skew movement of detection aforesaid operations axis, above-mentioned multi-directional inputting device are characterized in that, on State multi-directional inputting device and include sliding component, topple over power by what aforesaid operations axis carried out crooked movement, to aforesaid operations The direction that the central spindle of axis is intersected is mobile;Insertion hole is formed in above-mentioned sliding component;And biasing member is replied, to aforesaid operations The axial direction force opposite with indentation movement, is equipped with the abutting member of retractility, aforesaid operations in the periphery of aforesaid operations axis Axis is inserted through above-mentioned insertion hole, above-mentioned abutting member by above-mentioned reply biasing member active force and with above-mentioned sliding component Pressure contact, the above-mentioned power of toppling over are transmitted to above-mentioned sliding component via above-mentioned abutting member.
In multi-directional inputting device of the invention, when aforesaid operations are axially forced to direction of action movement, above-mentioned abutting structure Part is far from above-mentioned sliding component.
In multi-directional inputting device of the invention, rake, the rake and above-mentioned insert are equipped in above-mentioned sliding component Hole is continuous, and with the base portion towards aforesaid operations axis and open width slowly becomes larger, above-mentioned abutting member and above-mentioned inclination Portion's pressure contact.
It can be configured in multi-directional inputting device of the invention, be formed in aforesaid operations axis and extend in a circumferential direction Retention groove, above-mentioned retention groove is assemblied in by the ring bodies that elastic component is formed and forms above-mentioned abutting member.
Preferably, in multi-directional inputting device of the invention, the axis branch that is supported equipped with the base portion to aforesaid operations axis Bearing member, it is above-mentioned be pivotally supported component be formed with aforesaid operations are pivotally supported for be pressed into the thrust receiving portion that moves freely and Aforesaid operations are pivotally supported to the crooked supporting part to move freely for skew.
In multi-directional inputting device of the invention, be equipped with crooked actuating member, above-mentioned crooked actuating member be formed with by The sliding eye that aforesaid operations are pivotally supported to move freely to indentation direction of action, when aforesaid operations axis carries out skew movement, on It states crooked actuating member and carries out skew together, above-mentioned test section is acted.
In multi-directional inputting device of the invention, being equipped in above-mentioned sliding component makes in the axial skew movement of aforesaid operations The reply cam that vertical position is replied.
Invention effect
In multi-directional inputting device of the invention, the abutting member of retractility is installed in operating shaft, by applying from reply The back stretch that power component assigns operating shaft, abutting member and sliding component contact with pressure.Therefore, it can prevent in middle standing position The operating shaft of gesture generates shaking.In addition, sliding component is pressed and is moved by abutting member when operating shaft carries out skew movement, When operating shaft carries out indentation movement, sliding component is far from abutting member.With this configuration, operating shaft can swimmingly be carried out Movement to all directions.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the perspective view for indicating the appearance of multi-directional inputting device of embodiments of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of multi-directional inputting device shown in FIG. 1,
Fig. 3 is the exploded solid for indicating the sliding component and reply pin that are arranged in multi-directional inputting device from below Figure,
Fig. 4 is to indicate operation with the cross-sectional view of the multi-directional inputting device of IV-IV line shown in Fig. 2 cutting embodiment Axis is in the state of neutral pose,
Fig. 5 is the enlarged cross-sectional view of a part amplification to Fig. 4,
Fig. 6 is to indicate operation with the cross-sectional view of the multi-directional inputting device of IV-IV line shown in Fig. 2 cutting embodiment The skew movement of axis,
Fig. 7 is the enlarged cross-sectional view of a part amplification to Fig. 6,
Fig. 8 is to indicate operation with the cross-sectional view of the multi-directional inputting device of IV-IV line shown in Fig. 2 cutting embodiment The indentation of axis acts,
Fig. 9 is the enlarged cross-sectional view of a part amplification to Fig. 8.
Specific embodiment
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, multi-directional inputting device 1 has shell.Shell is made of lower case 2 and upper housing 3.Under Shell 2 and upper housing 3 are all synthetic resin systems.Spring secures rail to sleeper 2a is formed in multiple positions in lower case 2, on upper housing 3 It hooks protrusion 3a and is formed in multiple positions.It combines the open end of lower case 2 and the open end of upper housing 3, by spring secures rail to sleeper 2a It is hooked in and hooks protrusion 3a, to be assembled into shell.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, in the top plate portion 3c of upper housing 3, it is formed with circular opening portion 3b in central portion, in shell The operating shaft 4 of the inside setting of body protrudes upwards from opening portion 3b.Opening portion 3b is circular hole, and internal diameter is formed Diameter than operating shaft 4 is big.Operating shaft 4 is made of metal, as shown in figure 4, the base portion 4a of operating shaft 4 be located at lower case 2 with bottom The portion close position 2b.Top from opening portion 3b operating shaft 4 outstanding is operated unit 4b.Have in operated unit 4b interlocking Operation knob.
As shown in figure 4, the lower inside in lower case 2 is equipped with fixed base 5.Fixed base 5 is synthetic resin system.For another example Shown in Fig. 2, multiple fixed protrusion 5a directed downwardly are formed in fixed base 5.As shown in figure 4, in the bottom 2b of lower case 2 Multiple positions be formed with fixation hole 2c, above-mentioned fixed protrusion 5a is inserted into fixation hole 2c, and the front end of fixed protrusion 5a is (under diagram End) by the deformation such as hot riveting process, fixed base 5 is fixed in lower case 2.
As shown in Fig. 2, discoid flange portion 7 is formed in fixed base 5, in the bottom 2b and method of lower case 2 It is clipped between blue portion 7 and is fixed with film 10.Film 10 is formed by dielectric tartan.As shown in Fig. 2, in film 10 1 Body is formed with central elastic portion 11, is formed with surrounding elastomeric portion 12 at 8 around the central elastic portion 11.Central elastic Portion 11 protrudes upward, when operating shaft 4 is pressed into, plays a role as the reply biasing member for replying operating shaft 4 upward. Surrounding elastomeric portion 12 at 8 is also played when being pressed by the bottom 2b towards lower case 2 to the elastic force of prominent recovery of shape.
As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4, it is arranged in the bottom 2b of lower case 2 and is fixed with insulating substrate 13.In insulating substrate 13 Upper surface be equipped with center contact portion 14 and surround center contact portion 14 8 at surrounding's contact portion 15.
Center contact portion 14 has a pair of conductive portion.The central elastic portion 11 of film 10 lower surface integrally provided with conduction Body constitutes indentation test section by the electric conductor in a pair of conductive portion in center contact portion 14 and the lower surface in central elastic portion 11.? The indentation test section, electrical on state between a pair of conductive portion in center contact portion 14 by under central elastic portion 11 The contact or separation of the electric conductor on surface switches over, thus to be detected.Surrounding's contact portion 15 at 8 respectively also has A pair of conductive portion.The surrounding elastomeric portion 12 of film 10 lower surface integrally provided with electric conductor, by a pair of contact portion 15 around The electric conductor of the lower surface in conductive part and surrounding elastomeric portion 12 constitutes the crooked test section at 8.Even if in crooked test section And electrical on state the leading by the lower surface with surrounding elastomeric portion 12 between a pair of conductive portion of surrounding contact portion 15 The contact or separation of electric body switches over, thus to be detected.
Component 6 is pivotally supported as shown in Fig. 2, being integrally formed with upward in fixed base 5 from central portion.In as shown in figure 4, Centre elastic portion 11 enters in the space for being pivotally supported the inside of component 6.Support holes up and down are formed with being pivotally supported component 6 The 6a and continuous tapered surface 6b in open end with the upside of support holes 6a.Tapered surface 6b is formed towards top and diameter is slow It is slow to expand.The diameter of the base portion 4a of operating shaft 4 is able to be processed to the size in insertion support holes 6a, and base portion 4a is inserted into branch Bearing bore 6a.Support holes 6a is played as being the thrust receiving portion slid freely to the direction along central spindle O by the bearing of operating shaft 4 Effect.
As shown in figure 4, being folded with pushing liner 8 between the base portion 4a of operating shaft 4 and the central elastic portion 11 of film 10.It pushes away Pressure liner 8 is synthetic resin system and is formed as discoid.When operating shaft 4 is pressed into along central spindle O, across push liner 8 and Central elastic portion 11 is pressed into.The internal diameter for the support holes 6a for being pivotally supported the formation of component 6 formed than operating shaft 4 base portion 4a Diameter is slightly larger, and therefore, the base portion 4a of operating shaft 4 and the abutting part for pushing liner 8 become crooked supporting part, can be with skew bearing Portion is as fulcrum and operating shaft 4 carries out crooked movement.
As shown in Fig. 2, in the flange portion 7 of fixed base 5, the detection hole that is open out at 8 7a.As shown in figure 4, in 10 shape of film At 8 at surrounding elastomeric portion 12 have respectively entered the inside of detection hole 7a.
As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4, be accommodated with guiding elements 20 in the inside of upper housing 3, upper housing 3 top plate portion 3c with Between guiding elements 20, the 1st sliding component 25 and the 2nd sliding component 26 are sandwiched with moving freely.Guiding elements 20 is by synthesizing Resin material is formed.Spring secures rail to sleeper 22 is integrally formed in multiple positions of the peripheral part of guiding elements 20.Spring secures rail to sleeper 22 Be formed as the cantilever beam-like that downside is integrally formed with guiding elements 20, be equipped with the outer pleurapophysis to guiding elements 20 in the end of upside Protrusion out.In the inside of upper housing 3, the 1st sliding component 25 and the 2nd sliding component 26 are accommodated with since downside, from upper When the lower laterally inner side of shell 3 is packed into guiding elements 20, as shown in figure 4, the spring secures rail to sleeper 22 that curl insertion is scratched on side is hooked in In a part of upper housing 3, in the inside of upper housing 3, guiding elements 20 is positioned and is fixed.
As shown in figure 3, being formed with the slide protrusion extended in the Y direction in the lower surface of the 1st sliding component 25 25a.As shown in Fig. 2, being formed with the guiding groove 23 extended in the Y direction on the top of guiding elements 20, slide protrusion 25a is drawn It leads to be slid freely in guiding groove 23 along Y-direction.As shown in figure 3, being formed in the lower part of the 1st sliding component 25 in X-direction The guide recess 25b of upper extension, the 2nd sliding component 26 is remained and is moved freely in X direction in guide recess 25b.1st is sliding Dynamic 25 and the 2nd sliding component 26 of component is formed by synthetic resin material.
It is prominent in sliding that sliding assembly made of 2nd sliding component 26 is inserted into the guide recess 25b of the 1st sliding component 25 It plays 25a to be inserted into the state of guiding groove 23, is clipped and received between the top plate portion 3c and guiding elements 20 of upper housing 3 It receives.The opposite guiding elements 20 of 1st sliding component 25 moves freely in the Y direction, opposite 1st sliding component of the 2nd sliding component 26 25 move freely in the X direction.As a result, the 2nd sliding component 26 in the x direction and the y direction on this two direction it is mobile freely.
As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 9, the central portion of the 2nd sliding component 26 be formed with insertion hole 26a up and down, with And the continuous rake 26b in downside with insertion hole 26a.Insertion hole 26a is columnar hole, and internal diameter becomes than behaviour The diameter for making axis 4 is big.The open end of rake 26b from the downside of insertion hole 26a is continuous.Rake 26b is with towards lower casing The bottom 2b of body 2 and it is pivotally supported component 6 and opening size slowly widened tapered surface.As shown in figure 3, in the 1st sliding component 25 are formed with the long hole 25c being open to the moving area of X-direction towards above-mentioned insertion hole 26a.
As shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 etc., in operating shaft 4, retention groove 4c is formed between base portion 4a and operated unit 4b. The section shape of retention groove 4c has multiple corners, is similar to trapezoidal.It is assembled in retention groove 4c and maintains ring bodies 29.Ring Shape body 29 by tartan etc. there is retractility and the material of elasticity to be formed, the internal diameter in no imparting external force Diameter than the bottom of retention groove 4c is small.Ring bodies 29 in the state of being forced to expand in inside inserted with operating shaft 4, and fill Retention groove 4c assigned in operating shaft 4.The ring bodies 29 of retention groove 4c its internal diameter is assemblied in be retracted to and the bottom of retention groove 4c The identical size of diameter is maintained as being not easy to deviate from from retention groove 4c.The ring bodies 29 becomes on the outer peripheral surface edge of holding shaft 4 Circumferentially continuous abutting member.In addition, abutting member be without that must be tubular shape, for example, it is also possible to be configured to bullet Property body discontinuously configures in a circumferential direction, and each elastomer is embedded in operating shaft 4.
As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, in the operating shaft 4 that remain ring bodies (abutting member) 29, operated unit 4b upward, from Downside is inserted into the insertion hole 26a of the 2nd sliding component 26 and the long hole 25c of the 1st sliding component 25, in turn, is inserted into upper casing The opening portion 3b that the top plate portion 3c of body 3 is formed.When lower case 2 and upper housing 3 combine, the central bullet of the central portion formation of film 10 Property portion (reply biasing member) 11 the back stretch base portion 4a that are applied to operating shaft 4 via liner 8 is pushed, to 4 court of operating shaft It exerts a force to as the top for replying direction.As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, by the return action power, ring bodies (abutting member) 29 with It is formed in the rake 26b pressure contact of the 2nd sliding component 26.
The internal diameter of insertion hole 26a is bigger than the diameter of operating shaft 4, so that in the insertion hole 26a of the 2nd sliding component 26 Inside, operating shaft 4 are able to carry out tilting action.But as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, cyclic annular when operating shaft 4 is in neutral pose Body 29 and rake 26b are contacted with pressure, and therefore, the operating shaft 4 of neutral pose will not generate shaking in the inside of insertion hole 26a.
Ring bodies 29 is formed by the material of retractility, when operating shaft 4 as shown in Figure 7 carries out skew movement, is located at skew A part (i) of the ring bodies 29 of side is deformed between operating shaft 4 and rake 26b and can deform.Therefore, it is inserting The inside of through-hole 26a is able to carry out the inclined movement of operating shaft 4.In addition, it is dynamic to carry out indentation in operating shaft 4 as shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9 When making, the ring bodies 29 that is kept by operating shaft 4 from rake 26b downwards far from, ring bodies 29 will not be for the pressure of operating shaft 4 Enter movement to act on as load.
As shown in figure 3, clipping insertion hole 26a in the lower surface of the 2nd sliding component 26 and being formed in the two sides of X-direction Reply cam 26c.As shown in the cross-sectional view of Fig. 7, replying cam 26c is concavity cam, and it is most deep to be formed as central portion, towards the side X To two sides and the two sides of Y-direction slowly shoal.Reply cam 26c be formed as, when from downside, cross-over configuration have along The extended groove portion of X-direction and groove portion extended along the Y direction, the depth dimensions of the cross section are than other positions Depth dimensions are big, and with the both ends towards groove portion and depth dimensions slowly shoal.
As shown in Fig. 2, clip medium pore 21 in guiding elements 20 and be formed with housing recess 24 in the two sides of X-direction, It is accommodated with inside each housing recess 24 and replys pin 27 and to reply returning spring 28 of the pin 27 towards force.Reply pin 27 be metallic pin, and returning spring 28 is compression helical spring.By the active force of returning spring 28, the sliding snout of pin 27 is replied 27a, which is pushed to, replys cam 26c.Operating shaft 4 carries out crooked movement in the x direction or the y direction, sliding with the everywhere the 2nd therewith When dynamic component 26 moves in the x direction or the y direction, replying cam 26c makes the sliding snout 27a sliding for replying pin 27.It replys The depth of cam 26c slowly shoals with the both ends towards slot, therefore, for opposite 2nd sliding component 26 always to neutrality The reply operation force that posture is replied is acted on.
As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4, crooked actuating member 31 is equipped in shell.Crooked actuating member 31 is synthetic resin system, Sliding eye 31a up and down is formed in central portion.At least part of section of sliding eye 31a is quadrangle.Operating shaft 4 The section of a part be also quadrangle, the section for being partially inserted into sliding eye 31a of the quadrangle of operating shaft 4 is quadrangle Part.Therefore, axially inside the sliding freely in sliding eye 31a of operating shaft 4, still, operating shaft 4 and crooked actuating member 31 mutually limit on the direction of rotation of operating shaft 4, and operating shaft 4 and crooked actuating member 31 are rotated together.
The upper section of crooked actuating member 31 is located at the inside of the medium pore 21 of guiding elements 20.In crooked actuating member 31 midriff is formed with the sliding surface 31b of spherical shape.As shown in figure 4, guiding elements 20 lower inner face be formed with it is recessed The guide surface 20a of dome shape is slided by sliding surface 31b in guide surface 20a, thus, crooked actuating member 31 and operating shaft 4 one It rises and moves freely as skew.By the sliding surface 31b of the crooked actuating member 31 and guide surface 20a of guiding elements 20, constitute The crooked guiding mechanism that the skew movement of operating shaft 4 is guided.
As shown in Fig. 2, crooked actuating member 31 portion integral be formed with flange portion 31c.As shown in figure 4, in method Executive component 32 is clipped between blue portion 31c and fixed base 5.Executive component 32 is disc-shape, at the 8 of lower surface integrally It is formed with pushes protrusion 32a.Each pushes protrusion 32a is opposed with the detection hole 7a of the formation of flange portion 7 in fixed base 5, into Enter to the surrounding elastomeric portion 12 of the film 10 of the inside of detection hole 7a and is abutted respectively with pushes protrusion 32a.
As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4, rotating member 33 is equipped with around the flange portion 31c of crooked actuating member 31.In flange Portion 31c is formed with the connection protrusion 31d extended in the x-direction and the z-direction, is formed with and each connection protrusion in rotating member 33 The corresponding connection recess portion 33a of 31d.Each connection protrusion 31d enters the inside of connection recess portion 33a, operating shaft 4 and skew movement When component 31 is rotated, rotating member 33 can also be rotated together.But connection protrusion 31d can be in connection recess portion It is moved up and down in 33a, therefore, when operating shaft 4 and crooked actuating member 31 carry out skew movement, rotating member 33 will not incline Tiltedly.
As shown in Fig. 2, being formed in a circumferential direction in the upper surface of rotating member 33 with the recessed of certain spacing configuration Protrusion 33b, in the lower end of guiding elements 20, the protrusion 34a that presses of fixed leaf spring 34 is pressed on bump 33b.As a result, Spinning movement is carried out in operating shaft 4, when rotating member 33 rotates together, rotation can be generated and click sense of touch.
In the lower part of rotating member 33, it is integrally formed with the detection lug 33c being along the circumferential direction arranged at a certain pitch.? Insulating substrate 13 in lower case 2 is equipped with optical detection portion (illustration omitted) as rotation detection portion and constitutes rotation detection portion. When rotating member 33 rotates together with operating shaft 4, above-mentioned detection lug 33c is detected by optical detection portion in order, thereby, it is possible to Detect the spinning movement of operating shaft 4.
Then, the movement of multi-directional inputting device 1 is illustrated.
In figures 4 and 5, operating shaft 4 is neutral pose.When the operated unit 4b to operating shaft 4 does not have external force action, The sliding snout 27a and the central portion of the reply cam 26c formed in the 2nd sliding component 26 for replying pin 27 are contacted with pressure, and the 2nd is sliding The insertion hole 26a of dynamic component 26 is restored to the neutral position of X-direction and X-direction.
At this point, the active force in the central elastic portion (replying biasing member) 11 by film 10, exerts a force upwards to operating shaft 4, Therefore, the rake 26b for the 29 and the 2nd sliding component 26 of ring bodies (abutting member) that operating shaft 4 is kept is contacted with pressure.Such as figure Shown in 5, the internal diameter of the insertion hole 26a of the 2nd sliding component 26 is bigger than the outer diameter of operating shaft 4, still, rake 26b and insertion hole 26a forms concentric circles, therefore, is contacted with pressure by ring bodies 29 and rake 26b, thus, operating shaft 4 is positioned to insertion hole The center of 26a.Therefore, shaking of the operating shaft 4 in insertion hole 26a can be prevented, operating shaft 4 is oriented, central spindle O relatively under The bottom 2b of shell 2 is vertical, and is located at the center of the top plate portion 3c of the upper housing 3 opening portion 3b formed.
Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 shows the skew movement of operating shaft 4.
In figure 6 and figure 7, operating force is assigned to the operated unit 4b of operating shaft 4, the central spindle O of operating shaft 4 is to X-direction Unilateral skew.In addition, operating shaft 4 also can be carried out crooked movement in the Y direction.
As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, in 4 skew of operating shaft, (structure is abutted from the ring bodies of the retractility kept by operating shaft 4 Part) 29 opposite 2nd sliding components 26 assign to X-direction and topple over power Fx, and the 2nd sliding component 26 moves in X direction.It is sliding the 2nd The internal diameter for the insertion hole 26a that dynamic component 26 is formed is bigger than the diameter of operating shaft 4, and therefore, operating shaft 4 can be insertion hole 26a's Inner inclination, at this point, ring bodies 29 is free to stretch.
When operating shaft 4 carries out skew movement, tilted together in the crooked actuating member 31 that the periphery of operating shaft 4 is assembled. By crooked actuating member 31 skew movement, positioned at the downside of crooked actuating member 31 executive component 32 tilt, by It is among the pushes protrusion 32a being arranged at the 8 of the lower surface of executive component 32, press positioned at 1 of crooked direction or 2 The surrounding elastomeric portion 12 of film 10.Electric conductor set by the lower surface in the surrounding elastomeric portion 12 being pushed and surrounding contact portion 15 The contact of a pair of conductive portion, conductive part are switched on each other, and tilt detection portion is acted, and detects the inclination of operating shaft 4.
As shown in fig. 6, replying pin when moving in X direction by the 2nd sliding component 26 of tilting action of operating shaft 4 27 sliding snout 27a deviates from the central portion for the reply cam 26c for being formed in the 2nd sliding component 26 to X-direction, therefore, leads to It crosses returning spring 28 and assigns pushing force from sliding snout 27a to cam 26c is replied, with respect to the 2nd sliding component 26 to Fig. 4 and figure The restoring force that neutral pose shown in 5 is replied is acted on.Therefore, when stopping giving the power for carrying out tilting action, operating shaft 4 It is replied to Fig. 4 and neutral pose shown in fig. 5.
Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 shows the indentation movement of operating shaft 4.
When operating shaft 4 is pressed into, operating shaft 4 is in the sliding eye 31a for being formed in crooked actuating member 31 to lower sideslip It is dynamic, liner 8 will push against by the base portion 4a of operating shaft 4 and press downward.The central elastic portion of press mold 10 is pressed by pushing liner 8 11, it is contacted in the electric conductor that the lower surface in central elastic portion 11 is arranged with a pair of conductive portion in center contact portion 14 shown in Fig. 2, Indentation test section is acted.
At this point, as shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9, the ring bodies 29 kept by operating shaft 4 is from being formed in inclining for the 2nd sliding component 26 Inclined portion 26b is separate.The presence of ring bodies 29 not will become the load of the indentation movement of operating shaft 4 as a result,.
Then, when rotating operating shaft 4, crooked actuating member 31 rotates together with operating shaft 4, and then rotating member 33 It rotates together, rotation detection portion is acted.At this point, inclination of the ring bodies 29 kept by operating shaft 4 in the 2nd sliding component 26 Portion 26b sliding.The section of ring bodies 29 is circle, and therefore, the frictional resistance of ring bodies 29 and rake 26b also becomes minimum. The spinning movement of operating shaft 4 also can be carried out swimmingly as a result,.
Symbol description
1 multi-directional inputting device
2 lower cases
3 upper housings
4 operating shafts
4a base portion
4b operated unit
6 are pivotally supported component
6a support holes
6b tapered surface
8 push liner
10 films
(reply biasing member) in 11 central elastic portions
13 insulating substrates
14 center contact portions
15 surrounding contact portions
20 guiding elements
25 the 1st sliding components
26 the 2nd sliding components
26a insertion hole
26b rake
26c replys cam
27 reply pin
28 returning springs
29 ring bodies (abutting member)
31 crooked actuating members
31a sliding eye
33 rotating members
O central spindle

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1. a kind of multi-directional inputting device, above-mentioned equipped with the operating shaft and detection for being able to carry out indentation movement and skew movement The indentation of operating shaft acts and the test section of skew movement, above-mentioned multi-directional inputting device are characterized in that,
Above-mentioned multi-directional inputting device includes sliding component, topples over power, Xiang Yushang by the crooked movement of aforesaid operations axis progress State the direction movement that the central spindle of operating shaft is intersected;Insertion hole is formed in above-mentioned sliding component;And biasing member is replied, to upper The axial direction force opposite with indentation movement of operation is stated,
It is equipped with the abutting member of retractility in the periphery of aforesaid operations axis, aforesaid operations axis is inserted through above-mentioned insertion hole, above-mentioned Abutting member by above-mentioned reply biasing member active force and with above-mentioned sliding component contact with pressure, the above-mentioned power of toppling over is via upper It states abutting member and is transmitted to above-mentioned sliding component.
2. multi-directional inputting device as described in claim 1, wherein
When aforesaid operations are axially forced to direction of action movement, above-mentioned abutting member is far from above-mentioned sliding component.
3. multi-directional inputting device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein
It is equipped with rake in above-mentioned sliding component, the rake and above-mentioned insertion hole are continuous, and with towards aforesaid operations axis Base portion and open width slowly becomes larger, above-mentioned abutting member and above-mentioned rake contact with pressure.
4. multi-directional inputting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein
It is formed with the retention groove extended in a circumferential direction in aforesaid operations axis, is assemblied in by the ring bodies that elastic component is formed It states retention groove and forms above-mentioned abutting member.
5. multi-directional inputting device as described in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein
Above-mentioned multi-directional inputting device is equipped with and is pivotally supported component to what the base portion of aforesaid operations axis was supported, is pivotally supported above-mentioned It is askew that component, which is formed with and is pivotally supported aforesaid operations to be pressed into the thrust receiving portion to move freely and being pivotally supported aforesaid operations, The crooked supporting part tiltedly to move freely.
6. such as multi-directional inputting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein
Above-mentioned multi-directional inputting device is equipped with crooked actuating member, is formed in above-mentioned crooked actuating member by aforesaid operations axis branch The sliding eye to move freely to indentation direction of action is held, when aforesaid operations axis carries out skew movement, above-mentioned skew movement structure Part carries out skew together, and above-mentioned test section is acted.
7. such as multi-directional inputting device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein
The reply cam for replying the neutral position of the axial skew movement of aforesaid operations is equipped in above-mentioned sliding component.
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