PUSH SWITCH

• US 20190326078A1
• Filed: 12/04/2017
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Doro, Kunio
• Application Number:
  US16/473,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20190326078A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/14 Operating parts, e.g. push-button
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/66 the operating member having only two positions
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/704 characterised by the layers, e.g. by their material or structure H01H13/703 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2205/002 fixed to operating part
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2205/004 fixed to substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2205/032 Several contacts formed in one plate or layer

Abstract

In a stationary state, a first fixture contact is electrically connected to a contact member, and the first fixture contact is electrically connected to a second fixture contact. When the stationary state is transited to a first operation state where the pressure receiving section is pressed through a press unit toward a surface of a case in an operation direction, a third movable contact becomes separated from the contact member, thereby breaking off the electrical connection between the first fixture contact and the contact member. When the first operation state is transited to a second operation state where the pressure receiving section is further pressed through the press unit, the first movable contact becomes separated from the first fixture contact, and the second movable contact becomes separated from the second fixture contact. The electrical connection between the first fixture contact and the second fixture contact is thereby broken off.

Claims

1. A push switch comprising:

a first fixture contact;

a second fixture contact;

a member that holds the first fixture contact and the second fixture contact;

a contact member possessing electrical conductivity, the contact member being disposed on a surface of the member in an operation direction;

a first movable contact that moves between a location at which the first movable contact is in contact with the first fixture contact and a location at which the first movable contact is separated from the first fixture contact;

a second movable contact that moves between a location at which the second movable contact is in contact with the second fixture contact and a location at which the second movable contact is separated from the second fixture contact;

a third movable contact having a pressure receiving section, the third movable contact moving between a location at which the third movable contact is in contact with the contact member and a location at which the third movable contact is separated from the contact member; and

a press unit positioned on an opposite side of the contact member to the surface of the member in the operation direction,

wherein

in a stationary state where no external force acts on the pressure receiving section, the first fixture contact is electrically connected to the contact member, and the first fixture contact is electrically connected to the second fixture contact,

when the stationary state is transited to a first operation state where the pressure receiving section is pressed through the press unit toward the surface of the member in the operation direction, the third movable contact becomes separated from the contact member to break off an electrical connection between the first fixture contact and the contact member, and

when the first operation state is transited to a second operation state where the pressure receiving section is further pressed through the press unit, the first movable contact becomes separated from the first fixture contact and the second movable contact becomes separated from the second fixture contact, to break off an electrical connection between the first fixture contact and the second fixture contact.

2. The push switch according to claim 1, wherein the member includes a case.

3. The push switch according to claim 2, wherein the member further includes a wiring substrate.

4. The push switch according to claim 1, wherein

the contact member includes a third fixture contact and a contact piece,

the third fixture contact is held by the member,

the contact piece is electrically connected to the third fixture contact, and

at least a portion of the contact piece is positioned on an opposite side of the first movable contact to the surface of the member in the operation direction.

5. The push switch according to claim 1, wherein

each of the first movable contact, the second movable contact, and the third movable contact is at least a portion of a movable member,

the movable member is positioned opposite the surface of the member in the operation direction,

the movable member has a movable joint that joins the first movable contact to the second movable contact, and

the movable joint includes the third movable contact.

6. The push switch according to claim 4, further comprising a holding plate, the holding plate fixing the contact piece to the member.

7. The push switch according to claim 6, wherein the holding plate is fused into the member.

8. The push switch according to claim 5, further comprising a holding plate, the holding plate fixing the contact piece to the member.

9. The push switch according to claim 8, wherein the holding plate is fused into the member.