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EP0545832A1
EP0545832A1 EP92420437A EP92420437A EP0545832A1 EP 0545832 A1 EP0545832 A1 EP 0545832A1 EP 92420437 A EP92420437 A EP 92420437A EP 92420437 A EP92420437 A EP 92420437A EP 0545832 A1 EP0545832 A1 EP 0545832A1
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Michel Dorey
Roger Junillon
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a joystick (22) equipped with a plurality of electrical control buttons (24) adapted to deform beams (14) fitted with strain gauges (20) and attached rigidly to a base (8). The stick (22) is mounted removably on a hollow spherical part (3) of a swivel joint (3, 7) of the stick (22) on the base (8). A connector (5) arranged so as to be plugged into a complementary connector (32) integral with the stick is housed in the hollow spherical part. The beams (14) are arranged substantially perpendicularly to the axis (A) of the stick, the far end of each beam being fixed to the base and the near end being connected to the spherical part (3). <IMAGE>

Description

La présente invention concerne une poignée de manipulation que l'on peut incliner dans diverses directions et dont l'inclinaison est mesurée par des jauges de contrainte adéquatement disposées sur un élément capteur qui est directement déformé par l'inclinaison de la poignée. La présente invention concerne en particulier une telle poignée munie de boutons de commande électrique.The present invention relates to a manipulation handle which can be inclined in various directions and whose inclination is measured by strain gauges suitably disposed on a sensor element which is directly deformed by the inclination of the handle. The present invention relates in particular to such a handle provided with electrical control buttons.

Il existe de nombreux types classiques de poignée de manipulation sans boutons de commande. Dans un premier type de poignée, tel que décrit dans la demande de brevet britannique 2 211 280, l'élément capteur est une poutre prismatique disposée dans l'axe de la poignée. Des jauges de contrainte adéquatement disposées sur la poutre détectent des inclinaisons selon toutes les directions. Dans un autre type de poignée, tel que décrit dans la demande de brevet européen 23 864, l'élément capteur est un disque perpendiculaire à la poignée. Dans encore d'autres types de poignée, l'élément capteur est un cylindre dans l'axe de la poignée, ce cylindre étant parfois creux et de diamètre relativement grand afin de pouvoir y loger des éléments pour réduire l'encombrement.There are many conventional types of manipulation handles without control buttons. In a first type of handle, as described in British patent application 2,211,280, the sensor element is a prismatic beam placed in the axis of the handle. Strain gauges suitably placed on the beam detect inclinations in all directions. In another type of handle, as described in European patent application 23 864, the sensor element is a disc perpendicular to the handle. In still other types of handle, the sensor element is a cylinder in the axis of the handle, this cylinder sometimes being hollow and of relatively large diameter in order to be able to accommodate elements therein to reduce the bulk.

Les poignées de manipulation classiques munies de boutons de commande électrique sont généralement associées aux mécanismes capteurs d'inclinaison des poignées sans boutons susmentionnées. Afin de réduire l'encombrement des poignées ainsi constituées, leur contruction est compacte et de nombreux éléments sont montés les uns dans les autres. Dans l'espace restant entre ces divers éléments, les nombreux fils électriques provenant des boutons de commande sont acheminés vers les dispositifs à commander.Conventional manipulation handles fitted with electric control buttons are generally associated with the tilt sensor mechanisms of the handles without buttons mentioned above. In order to reduce the size of the handles thus formed, their construction is compact and numerous elements are mounted one inside the other. In the space remaining between these various elements, the numerous electrical wires coming from the control buttons are routed to the devices to be controlled.

Dans de telles poignées, il se pose le problème du démontage, notamment pour désolidariser la poignée elle-même de son mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison. Cette désolidarisation est particulièrement délicate à cause des fils électriques passant de la poignée vers le mécanisme.In such handles, there is the problem of disassembly, in particular to separate the handle itself from its tilt sensor mechanism. This separation is particularly delicate because of the electrical wires passing from the handle to the mechanism.

Une solution pour simplifier le démontage consisterait à munir les fils de connecteurs afin de pouvoir désaccoupler ces fils pour séparer la poignée de son mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison. Toutefois, la compacité des mécanismes existants n'autorise pas l'insertion de connecteurs, même de petites dimensions.One solution to simplify disassembly would be to provide the wires with connectors so that these wires can be uncoupled to separate the handle from its tilt sensor mechanism. However, the compactness of the existing mechanisms does not allow the insertion of connectors, even of small dimensions.

Un objet de la présente invention est de réaliser un mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison de poignée de manipulation autorisant l'insertion de connecteurs pour permettre de désolidariser les fils électriques de la poignée des fils allant vers les dispositifs commandés.An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for tilting the manipulation handle allowing the insertion of connectors to allow the electrical wires to be separated from the handle of the wires going to the controlled devices.

Un autre objet de la présente invention est de réaliser une poignée de manipulation munie de boutons de commande qui soit montable ou démontable en une seule opération particulièrement simple.Another object of the present invention is to provide a manipulation handle provided with control buttons which can be mounted or dismounted in a single particularly simple operation.

Ces objets sont atteints grâce à un mécanisme de poignée de manipulation munie d'une pluralité de boutons de commande électrique adaptée à déformer des poutres munies de jauges de contrainte et solidaires d'un socle. La poignée est montée de façon amovible sur une partie sphérique creuse d'une articulation à rotule de la poignée sur le socle. Un connecteur disposé pour être branché à un connecteur complémentaire solidaire de la poignée est logé dans la partie sphérique creuse. Les poutres sont disposées sensiblement perpendiculairement à l'axe de la poignée, l'extrémité distale de chaque poutre étant fixée sur le socle et l'extrémité proximale étant reliée à la partie sphérique.These objects are achieved by means of a handle handling mechanism provided with a plurality of electrical control buttons adapted to deform beams provided with strain gauges and integral with a base. The handle is removably mounted on a hollow spherical part of a ball joint of the handle on the base. A connector arranged to be connected to a complementary connector integral with the handle is housed in the hollow spherical part. The beams are arranged substantially perpendicular to the axis of the handle, the distal end of each beam being fixed on the base and the proximal end being connected to the spherical part.

Selon un mode de réalisation de la présente invention, la poignée comprend une bague filetée montée tournante autour de l'axe de la poignée et destinée à être vissée sur une bague complémentaire solidaire de la partie sphérique.According to one embodiment of the present invention, the handle comprises a threaded ring mounted to rotate about the axis of the handle and intended to be screwed onto a complementary ring secured to the spherical part.

Selon un mode de réalisation de la présente invention, la poignée comprend une partie cylindrique à l'intérieur de laquelle est disposé ledit connecteur complémentaire et venant s'ajuster à l'intérieur de ladite bague complémentaire.According to an embodiment of the present invention, the handle comprises a cylindrical part inside which is disposed said complementary connector and coming to fit inside said complementary ring.

Selon un mode de réalisation de la présente invention, les poutres sont au nombre de quatre, disposées à 90°.According to an embodiment of the present invention, the beams are four in number, arranged at 90 °.

Selon un mode de réalisation de la présente invention, l'extrémité proximale de chaque poutre est ajustée dans la partie sphérique sur une faible longueur, d'où il résulte que la liaison entre la poutre et la partie sphérique se comporte sensiblement comme une liaison à rotule.According to an embodiment of the present invention, the proximal end of each beam is adjusted in the spherical part over a short length, where it follows that the connection between the beam and the spherical part behaves substantially like a connection to patella.

Ces objets, caractéristiques et avantages ainsi que d'autres de la présente invention seront exposés en détail dans la description suivante de modes de réalisation particuliers faite en relation avec les figures jointes parmi lesquelles :These objects, characteristics and advantages as well as others of the present invention will be explained in detail in the following description of particular embodiments made in relation to the attached figures, among which:

la figure 1 illustre, en position démontée, un mode de réalisation d'une poignée de manipulation démontable selon la présente invention ; etFigure 1 illustrates, in the disassembled position, an embodiment of a removable handling handle according to the present invention; and

la figure 2 représente une vue de dessus du mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison à poutres et jauges de contrainte apparaissant en vue de côté dans la figure 1.FIG. 2 represents a top view of the tilt sensor mechanism with beams and strain gauges appearing in side view in FIG. 1.

A la figure 1, un mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison à poutres et jauges de contrainte selon la présente invention comprend une articulation à rotule dont la sphère 1 est mobile par rapport à une référence fixe, par exemple un tableau de bord 2, et sur laquelle peut être fixée, comme cela sera décrit ultérieurement, une poignée de manipulation anatomique 4. Les extrémités proximales de poutres radiales 6 disposées dans un plan sensiblement perpendiculaire à l'axe A de la poignée 4, sont articulées sur la sphère 1. Les extrémités distales des poutres 6 sont encastrées dans des supports 7 fixes par rapport au tableau de bord 2. Ainsi, toute inclinaison de la poignée 4 se traduit par une rotation de la sphère 1 qui à son tour fait fléchir les poutres 6. Des jauges de contrainte 9 adéquatement disposées sur les poutres 6 permettent alors de fournir une indication de l'inclinaison de la poignée 4.In FIG. 1, a tilt sensor mechanism with beams and strain gauges according to the present invention comprises a ball joint whose sphere 1 is movable relative to a fixed reference, for example a dashboard 2, and to which can be fixed, as will be described later, an anatomical manipulation handle 4. The proximal ends of radial beams 6 arranged in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis A of the handle 4, are articulated on the sphere 1. The distal ends of the beams 6 are embedded in supports 7 fixed relative to the dashboard 2. Thus, any inclination of the handle 4 results in a rotation of the sphere 1 which in turn causes the beams to flex 6. Strain gauges 9 suitably disposed on the beams 6 then make it possible to provide an indication of the inclination of the handle 4.

Lorsque la poignée est inclinée d'avant en arrière, les poutres 6 visibles à la figure 1 fléchissent en sens opposés et les jauges de contrainte 9 associées fournissent un signal différentiel indicatif de l'inclinaison. Lorsque la poignée 4 est inclinée latéralement, ce sont des poutres 6 orthogonales aux précédentes, visibles à la figure 2, qui fléchissent en sens opposés. Une inclinaison composée de la poignée 4 fera fléchir toutes les poutres 6. Au repos, l'élasticité des poutres 6 elles-mêmes, éventuellement assistée par un système élastique non représenté, ramène la poignée 4 à sa position initiale.When the handle is tilted back and forth, the beams 6 visible in FIG. 1 flex in opposite directions and the associated strain gauges 9 provide a differential signal indicative of the tilt. When the handle 4 is inclined laterally, these are beams 6 orthogonal to the previous ones, visible in FIG. 2, which flex in opposite directions. An inclination composed of the handle 4 will cause all the beams to flex 6. At rest, the elasticity of the beams 6 themselves, possibly assisted by an elastic system not shown, brings the handle 4 back to its initial position.

Avec la configuration de la figure 1, on dispose de suffisamment de place pour loger un connecteur 11 dans la sphère 1 et un connecteur complémentaire 12 dans la poignée 4, ce connecteur 12 venant se brancher sur le connecteur 11 lorsque la poignée 4 est fixée sur la sphère 1. Les fils 14 provenant de boutons de commande électrique 15 de la poignée 4 sont reliés au connecteur 12 et les fils 16 allant vers les dispositifs à commander sont reliés au connecteur 11.With the configuration of FIG. 1, there is sufficient space to accommodate a connector 11 in the sphere 1 and a complementary connector 12 in the handle 4, this connector 12 coming to be connected to the connector 11 when the handle 4 is fixed on the sphere 1. The wires 14 coming from electrical control buttons 15 of the handle 4 are connected to the connector 12 and the wires 16 going to the devices to be controlled are connected to the connector 11.

La poignée 4 se fixe à la sphère 1 grâce à une bague filetée 18 qui se visse sur une bague filetée complémentaire 19 solidaire de la sphère 1. La sphère 1 est mobile dans une bague 21 épousant la sphère et solidaire d'un socle 23. Ce socle 23 est fixé sur le tableau de bord 2 par l'intermédiaire de parties ascendantes 24.The handle 4 is fixed to the sphere 1 by means of a threaded ring 18 which is screwed onto a complementary threaded ring 19 secured to the sphere 1. The sphere 1 is movable in a ring 21 conforming to the sphere and secured to a base 23. This base 23 is fixed to the dashboard 2 by means of ascending parts 24.

Les supports 7 dans lesquels sont encastrées les extrémités distales des poutres 6 sont solidaires du socle 23. Chaque poutre 6 traverse un passage de la bague 21, arrive dans un puits 26 de la sphère 1 et son extrémité proximale est ajustée, comme cela est représenté, au fond du puits 26 sur une faible longueur. Cet ajustement sur une faible longueur réalise sensiblement une liaison à rotule entre la poutre 6 et la sphère 1.The supports 7 in which the distal ends of the beams 6 are embedded are integral with the base 23. Each beam 6 passes through a passage of the ring 21, arrives in a well 26 of the sphere 1 and its proximal end is adjusted, as shown , at the bottom of well 26 over a short length. This adjustment over a short length substantially achieves a ball joint between the beam 6 and the sphere 1.

A proximité de l'extrémité distale de chaque poutre 6, deux jauges de contrainte 9 sont disposées face à face et perpendiculairement à la direction verticale A. Des circuits électroniques (non représentés) réalisables par l'homme du métier traitent les signaux provenant des jauges 9 et sont logés, par exemple, sous le socle 23.Near the distal end of each beam 6, two strain gauges 9 are arranged face to face and perpendicular to the vertical direction A. Electronic circuits (not shown) realizable by a person skilled in the art process the signals coming from the gauges 9 and are housed, for example, under the base 23.

La base de la poignée 4 comprend une partie cylindrique creuse 30 raccordée à une partie cylindrique 31 de diamètre inférieur solidaire du corps de la poignée 4. Un épaulement intérieur de la bague filetée 18 prend appui sur la partie supérieure du cylindre 30. Le cylindre 30 est prévu pour s'ajuster à l'intérieur de la bague 19.The base of the handle 4 comprises a hollow cylindrical part 30 connected to a cylindrical part 31 of smaller diameter secured to the body of the handle 4. An internal shoulder of the threaded ring 18 is supported on the upper part of the cylinder 30. The cylinder 30 is provided to fit inside the ring 19.

On remarquera que la poignée 4 se monte ou se démonte par un simple vissage ou dévissage de la bague 18. Les fils 14 et 16 sont automatiquement branchés ou débranchés grâce aux connecteurs complémentaires 11 et 12 que la disposition selon l'invention a permis de loger. De plus, le mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison selon l'invention est particulièrement plat et sera peu encombrant lorsqu'il est monté sous une plaque plane (2).It will be noted that the handle 4 is assembled or disassembled by a simple screwing or unscrewing of the ring 18. The wires 14 and 16 are automatically connected or disconnected thanks to the complementary connectors 11 and 12 which the arrangement according to the invention made it possible to accommodate . In addition, the tilt sensor mechanism according to the invention is particularly flat and will be compact when mounted under a flat plate (2).

De préférence, une jupe élastique 38 fixée sur la plaque 2 par vis vient se serrer autour de la bague 19 pour protéger le mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison des agents extérieurs.Preferably, an elastic skirt 38 fixed to the plate 2 by screws is tightened around the ring 19 to protect the tilt sensor mechanism from external agents.

La figure 2 illustre une vue de dessus du mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison de la figure 1. Comme cela est représenté, le système comprend quatre poutres 6 disposées à 90 °. Chacun des supports de poutre 7 est fixé sur le socle 23 (non représenté) à l'aide de deux vis 40 disposées de part et d'autre de la poutre. On aurait pu également prévoir trois poutres 6 disposées à 120°, voire deux poutres disposées à 90°.Figure 2 illustrates a top view of the tilt sensor mechanism of Figure 1. As shown, the system includes four beams 6 arranged at 90 °. Each of the beam supports 7 is fixed to the base 23 (not shown) using two screws 40 arranged on either side of the beam. One could also have provided three beams 6 arranged at 120 °, or even two beams arranged at 90 °.

L'homme du métier pourra envisager différentes solutions pour réaliser la bague 21 à surface intérieure sphérique, par exemple en réalisant cette bague en deux parties symétriques par rapport à un plan contenant l'axe A. Divers autres modes de fixation de la poignée 4 sur le mécanisme capteur d'inclinaison peuvent être envisagés.A person skilled in the art will be able to envisage different solutions for producing the ring 21 with a spherical inner surface, for example by making this ring in two symmetrical parts with respect to a plane containing the axis A. Various other methods of fixing the handle 4 to the tilt sensor mechanism can be considered.

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Poignée de manipulation (22) munie d'une pluralité de boutons de commande électrique (24) adaptée à déformer au moins une poutre (14) munie de jauges de contrainte (20) et solidaire d'un socle (8), caractérisée en ce qu'elle est montée de façon amovible sur une partie sphérique creuse (3) d'une articulation à rotule (3, 7) de la poignée (22) sur le socle (8), un connecteur (5) disposé pour être branché à un connecteur complémentaire (32) solidaire de la poignée étant logé dans la partie sphérique creuse, ladite au moins une poutre (14) étant disposée sensiblement perpendiculairement à l'axe (A) de la poignée, l'extrémité distale de la poutre étant fixée sur le socle et l'extrémité proximale étant reliée à la partie sphérique (3).Handling handle (22) provided with a plurality of electrical control buttons (24) adapted to deform at least one beam (14) provided with strain gauges (20) and secured to a base (8), characterized in that that it is removably mounted on a hollow spherical part (3) of a ball joint (3, 7) of the handle (22) on the base (8), a connector (5) arranged to be connected to a complementary connector (32) integral with the handle being housed in the hollow spherical part, said at least one beam (14) being disposed substantially perpendicular to the axis (A) of the handle, the distal end of the beam being fixed on the base and the proximal end being connected to the spherical part (3). Poignée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une bague filetée (30) montée tournante autour de l'axe (A) de la poignée et destinée à être vissée sur une bague complémentaire (1) solidaire de la partie sphérique (3).Handle according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a threaded ring (30) rotatably mounted around the axis (A) of the handle and intended to be screwed onto a complementary ring (1) integral with the spherical part ( 3). Poignée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une partie cylindrique (26) à l'intérieur de laquelle est disposé ledit connecteur complémentaire et venant s'ajuster à l'intérieur de ladite bague complémentaire (1).Handle according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a cylindrical part (26) inside which is disposed said complementary connector and coming to fit inside said complementary ring (1). Poignée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite au moins une poutre comprend quatre poutres (14) disposées à 90°.Handle according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one beam comprises four beams (14) arranged at 90 °. Poignée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'extrémité proximale de ladite au moins une poutre (14) est ajustée dans la partie sphérique (3) sur une faible longueur, d'où il résulte que la liaison entre la poutre et la partie sphérique se comporte sensiblement comme une liaison à rotule.Handle according to claim 1, characterized in that the proximal end of said at least one beam (14) is adjusted in the spherical part (3) over a short length, whereby the connection between the beam and the spherical part behaves substantially like a ball joint.
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