Inhibiter switch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10002730-B2
Application number	US-201615283256-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Priority date	Oct 1, 2015
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

In an inhibiter switch, a detent plate may be rotated on one side around a rotational shaft to be assembled in a pole board, and a stopper may be provided in the pole board to define a rotation range of the detent plate on the one side. An interference portion may be provided on a movement track of a movable contact piece when the detent plate rotates around the rotational shaft, wherein the interference portion may interfere with the movable contact piece to become resistance to rotation of the detent plate to the other side around the rotational shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inhibiter switch comprising:
a pole board on a surface of which a fixed contact point is provided;
a detent plate that is rotatably supported on the pole board;
a movable contact point that is fixed on an opposing part of the detent plate to the surface and includes a contact piece with the fixed contact point;
a retaining member that makes contact with the detent plate assembled in the pole board to allow rotation of the detent plate around a rotational shaft and restrict movement of the detent plate in a direction of the rotational shaft, and retains the detent plate in a state where the contact piece is elastically engaged to the fixed contact point, the detent plate being rotated in one side around the rotational shaft to be assembled in the pole board; and
a stopper that is provided in the pole board to define a rotation range of the detent plate in the one side, wherein
an interference portion is provided on a movement track of the contact piece when the detent plate rotates around the rotational shaft, the interference portion interfering with the movable contact piece to become resistant to the rotation of the detent plate to another side around the rotational shaft.

2. The inhibiter switch according to claim 1 , wherein:
the interference portion is provided on the movement track and outside of a movement range when the detent plate rotates in a detection range of the inhibiter switch.

3. The inhibiter switch according to claim 2 , wherein:
the interference portion includes a swollen portion swelling to the detent plate side from the surface of the pole board,
the swollen portion has a first inclined surface positioned on the one side in the peripheral direction around the rotational axis defined by the rotational shaft and a second inclined surface positioned on the another side, and
an inclined angle of the first inclined surface to the surface is set to an angle greater than an inclined angle of the second inclined surface to the surface.

4. The inhibiter switch according to claim 2 , wherein:
the interference portion includes a concave groove portion recessed in the inside portion of the pole board from the surface of the pole board,
the concave groove portion has a first inclined surface positioned on the one side in the peripheral direction around the rotational axis defined by the rotational shaft and a second inclined surface positioned on the another side, and
an inclined angle of the first inclined surface to the surface is set to an angle smaller than an inclined angle of the second inclined surface to the surface.

5. The inhibiter switch according to claim 1 , wherein:
the interference portion includes a swollen portion swelling to the detent plate side from the surface of the pole board,
the swollen portion has a first inclined surface positioned on the one side in the peripheral direction around the rotational axis defined by the rotational shaft and a second inclined surface positioned on the another side, and
an inclined angle of the first inclined surface to the surface is set to an angle greater than an inclined angle of the second inclined surface to the surface.

6. The inhibiter switch according to claim 5 , wherein:
the fixed contact point comprises a plurality of fixed contact points provided in the radial direction of the rotational axis by predetermined intervals,
the movable contact point comprises a plurality of abutting pieces corresponding to the fixed contact points on a one-to-one basis, and
the interference portion is provided on at least one movement track of the respective movement tracks of the movable contact pieces when the detent plate rotates around the rotational axis.

7. The inhibiter switch according to claim 6 , wherein:
partition walls are provided on both the sides of the fixed contact points in the radial direction of the rotational axis to lay out an area in which the fixed contact point is provided and an area in which the other fixed contact point adjacent in the radial direction is provided, and each of the contact pieces is arranged in the groove between the partition walls.

8. The inhibiter switch according to claim 7 , wherein:
the inhibiter switch is provided in a position on which lubricating oil containing foreign substances acts, and
on the pole board, the fixed contact point in which the interference portion is provided on the movement track and the fixed contact point in which the interference portion is not provided are alternately provided in the radial direction.

9. The inhibiter switch according to claim 7 , wherein:
in the plurality of fixed contact points provided in the pole board, the fixed contact point positioned in the innermost diameter side in the radial direction of the rotational axis includes a ground contact point exposed on the surface of the pole board over an entire length of the peripheral direction around the rotational axis and the other fixed contact point includes a contact point having a part in the peripheral direction around the rotational axis that is exposed on the surface of the pole board, and
the interference portion is provided on the movement track of the other fixed contact point.

10. The inhibiter switch according to claim 1 , wherein:
the interference portion includes a concave groove portion recessed in an inside portion of the pole board from the surface of the pole board,
the concave groove portion has a first inclined surface positioned on the one side in the peripheral direction around the rotational axis defined by the rotational shaft and a second inclined surface positioned on the another side, and
an inclined angle of the first inclined surface to the surface is set to an angle smaller than an inclined angle of the second inclined surface to the surface.

11. The inhibiter switch according to claim 10 , wherein:
the fixed contact point comprises a plurality of fixed contact points provided in the radial direction of the rotational axis by predetermined intervals,
the movable contact point comprises a plurality of abutting pieces corresponding to the fixed contact points on a one-to-one basis, and
the interference portion is provided on at least one movement track of the respective movement tracks of the movable contact pieces when the detent plate rotates around the rotational axis.

12. The inhibiter switch according to claim 11 , wherein:
partition walls are provided on both the sides of the fixed contact points in the radial direction of the rotational axis to lay out an area in which the fixed contact point is provided and an area in which the other fixed contact point adjacent in the radial direction is provided, and each of the contact pieces is arranged in the groove between the partition walls.

13. The inhibiter switch according to claim 12 , wherein:
the inhibiter switch is provided in a position on which lubricating oil containing foreign substances acts, and
on the pole board, the fixed contact point in which the interference portion is provided on the movement track and the fixed contact point in which the interference portion is not provided are alternately provided in the radial direction.

14. The inhibiter switch according to claim 12 , wherein:
in the plurality of fixed contact points provided in the pole board, the fixed contact point positioned in the innermost diameter side in the radial direction of the rotational axis includes a ground contact point exposed on the surface of the pole board over an entire length of the peripheral direction around the rotational axis and the other fixed contact point includes a contact point having a p

Assignees

• Valeo Japan Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shimada Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H01H19/585

  provided with printed circuit contacts · CPC title

• H01H19/03 Primary

  Means for limiting the angle of rotation of the operating part · CPC title

• H01H19/10

  Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon · CPC title

• H01H2300/02

  Application transmission, e.g. for sensing the position of a gear selector or automatic transmission · CPC title

• H01H19/08 Primary

  Bases; Stationary contacts mounted thereon · CPC title