Structure of a fob key for increasing the operating force of a button

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10796864-B2
Application number	US-201916429559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2019
Priority date	Jul 3, 2018
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

A fob key for a vehicle. The fob key for a vehicle includes a housing accommodating a printed circuit board mounted with touch switches and electrical parts, buttons arranged on the housing and able to move toward touch switches, and a button-supporting structure elastically supporting buttons in a direction far away from touch switches.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fob key for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing accommodating a printed circuit board mounted with touch switches and electrical parts,
buttons arranged on the housing and able to move toward the touch switches, and
a button-supporting structure elastically supporting the buttons in a direction far away from the touch switches,
wherein said button includes the following structures:
a body portion on which an operating force is exerted, and
a rod portion protruding from the body portion toward a touch switch to transfer the operating force to the touch switch

wherein said button-supporting structure elastically supports the body portion of said button and said button-supporting structure is supported by a support block formed on said housing, and
wherein said button-supporting structure includes:
a base plate, which is a sheet plate supported by said support block, and
elastic support pieces protruding aslant from said base plate to elastically support said body portions of said buttons.

2. The fob key for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said button-supporting structure is a coil spring whose size is large enough that it allows said rod portion of said button to pass through.

3. The fob key for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein guide slots are formed in said base plate to constitute channels allowing said rod portions of said buttons to move in.

4. The fob key for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said body portion of said button is supported by a pair of said aslant elastic support pieces, and said elastic support pieces approach each other as they approach said body portion.

5. The fob key for a vehicle as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a contact plate is formed at the end of said pair of elastic support pieces to increase the area of contact with said body portion of said button.

6. The fob key for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said button-supporting structure is a coil spring whose size is large enough that it allows said rod portion of said button to pass through.

7. A fob key for a vehicle comprising:
a housing accommodating a printed circuit board mounted with touch switches and electrical parts,
buttons arranged on the housing and able to move toward the touch switches, and
a button-supporting structure elastically supporting the buttons in a direction far away from the touch switches,
wherein said button includes the following structures:
a body portion on which an operating force is exerted, and
a rod portion protruding from the body portion toward a touch switch to transfer the operating force to the touch switch,

wherein said button-supporting structure elastically supports the body portion of said button and said button-supporting structure is supported by a support block formed on said housing,
wherein through-holes are formed in said support block and said rod portions of said buttons pass through the through-holes, and
wherein said button-supporting structure includes:
a base plate, which is a sheet plate supported by said support block, and
elastic support pieces protruding aslant from said base plate to elastically support said body portions of said buttons.

8. The fob key for a vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said button-supporting structure is a coil spring whose size is large enough that it allows said rod portion of said button to pass through.

Assignees

• Continental Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Mun Jaeho

Classifications

• H01H13/705

  characterised by construction, mounting or arrangement of operating parts, e.g. push-buttons or keys · CPC title

• G07C2009/00984

  fob · CPC title

• G05G5/05

  Means for returning or tending to return controlling members to an inoperative or neutral position, e.g. by providing return springs or resilient end-stops (G05G5/28 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01H2231/026

  Car · CPC title

• H05K2201/10446

  Mounted on an edge · CPC title