FR2911000A1 - Metallic contact dome for switch in motor vehicle, has contact zone whose projecting distance is such that contact zone reaches tangential plane before central projection during handling of dome by applying force towards tangential plane - Google Patents
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Description
La présente invention concerne les dômes de contact, par exemple du typeThe present invention relates to contact domes, for example of the type
utilisé dans des claviers, et des commutateurs les comportant. On connaît déjà des dômes de contact, utilisés notam- ment dans les claviers, qui appartiennent à de simples interrupteurs, c'est-à-dire qui ouvrent ou ferment un seul circuit sous la commande d'un organe de manoeuvre. Il est parfois souhaitable d'effectuer plusieurs commandes avec un seul organe de manoeuvre. Ainsi, le docu- ment US-6 794 589 décrit un ensemble à plusieurs commutateurs électriques commandés par un seul organe de manoeuvre qui peut pivoter ; à un moment donné, parmi quatre commutateurs à dôme élastique de contact, un seul est sélectionné pour fermer un circuit associé. used in keyboards, and switches with them. Contact domes are already known, used in particular in keyboards, which belong to simple switches, that is to say which open or close a single circuit under the control of an operating member. It is sometimes desirable to perform several commands with a single actuator. Thus, US-6,794,589 discloses an assembly with a plurality of electrical switches controlled by a single actuator that is pivotable; at any one of four contact elastic dome switches, only one is selected to close an associated circuit.
On connaît aussi, d'après le document JP-2001006498, un commutateur multidirectionnel commandé par un organe de manoeuvre et qui comprend plusieurs dômes de contact qui sont manoeuvrés sélectivement. Dans d'autres domaines, par exemple dans le domaine automobile, il est souhaitable de disposer de commutateurs dont un seul organe de manoeuvre permet la sélection de plusieurs fonctions. Par exemple, il est souhaitable qu'une commande de lève-vitre de portière d'automobile comporte un seul organe de manoeuvre qui, dans une première position d'activation permet d'arrêter la vitre manoeuvrée à n'importe quelle hauteur, et, dans une seconde position, commande le déplacement de la vitre jusqu'à la fin de sa course. On considère maintenant, en référence aux figures 1 et 30 2, un tel dôme de contact, utilisé notamment dans les claviers pour ouvrir ou fermer un circuit. La figure 1 représente un dôme de contact connu qui porte la référence générale 10 et comporte un corps bombé 12 ayant à son bord une lèvre 14 qui délimite, du côté opposé 35 au sommet bombé du corps, une arête 16 formant une zone de contact avec une piste conductrice d'un circuit imprimé par exemple. Cette arête se trouve pratiquement dans un plan. Le centre du corps comprend une saillie 18 destinée à venir ou non au contact d'une autre piste conductrice du circuit imprimé. Cette disposition du dôme apparaît sur la figure 2 qui est une coupe du dôme suivant la ligne AûA de la figure 1. It is also known from JP-2001006498, a multidirectional switch controlled by an actuator and which comprises a plurality of contact domes which are selectively manipulated. In other fields, for example in the automotive field, it is desirable to have switches with a single actuator allows the selection of several functions. For example, it is desirable that an automobile window regulator control comprises a single operating member which, in a first activation position, makes it possible to stop the window operated at any height, and, in a second position, controls the movement of the window until the end of its travel. With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, reference is now made to such a contact dome, used especially in keyboards to open or close a circuit. FIG. 1 shows a known contact dome which has the general reference 10 and comprises a convex body 12 having at its edge a lip 14 which delimits, on the opposite side 35 to the domed top of the body, an edge 16 forming a zone of contact with a conductive track of a printed circuit for example. This ridge is almost in a plane. The center of the body comprises a projection 18 intended to come or not in contact with another conductive track of the printed circuit. This arrangement of the dome appears in Figure 2 which is a section of the dome along the line AûA of Figure 1.
Lorsqu'une force est appliquée au centre du corps vers le plan de l'arête 16, le contact 18 vient s'appliquer contre la piste conductrice du circuit du substrat sur lequel est placé le dôme ; il s'en écarte dès que la force de manoeuvre est supprimée, grâce à l'élasticité donnée par la forme bombée du corps 12. Cette forme bombée présente l'avantage de se déformer dans le sens opposé au bombement lorsque la force appliquée atteint une certaine valeur, en venant appliquer fermement le contact central 18 contre la piste conductrice antagoniste. When a force is applied to the center of the body towards the plane of the edge 16, the contact 18 is applied against the conductive track of the circuit of the substrate on which is placed the dome; it departs from it as soon as the maneuvering force is eliminated, thanks to the elasticity given by the curved shape of the body 12. This curved shape has the advantage of being deformed in the opposite direction to the bulge when the force applied reaches a certain value, coming to firmly apply the central contact 18 against the antagonistic conductive track.
Ce comportement est illustré par la figure 3 qui indique que, lorsque la force F est appliquée, elle provoque un déplacement progressif D de la partie centrale par rapport au substrat qui porte le dôme, et que, dès qu'une certaine valeur maximale est atteinte, le dôme se déforme plus facilement en venant au contact de la partie conductrice antagoniste. Selon la technique connue, illustrée par les documents précités, il faut utiliser plusieurs dômes pour obtenir plusieurs contacts successifs. On ne ferme pas successive- ment plusieurs circuits électriques avec un seul dôme. L'invention a pour objet la réalisation d'une commutation par réalisation successive de deux fermetures de circuits électriques ayant une partie commune avec un seul dôme coopérant avec un circuit ayant plusieurs pistes conductrices. Selon l'invention, le dôme comporte un corps bombé dont non seulement la partie périphérique se comporte comme un premier organe de contact toujours au contact d'une piste du circuit et la partie centrale se comporte comme un second organe de contact, mais aussi qui possède un troi- sième organe de contact placé entre les premier et second organes de contact, les second et troisième organes de contact étant commandés par des forces de manoeuvre différentes appliquées par un même organe de manoeuvre, de sorte qu'ils ne sont que temporairement au contact d'une piste conductrice. D'autres organes de contact peuvent aussi être ajoutés. Plus précisément, l'invention concerne un dôme de contact, du type qui comprend un corps bombé découpé dans une feuille métallique et délimitant, à sa périphérie ou à proximité, un premier organe de contact disposé pratiquement dans un plan tangent au corps du côté opposé à un sommet disposé au centre du corps ou à proximité, le corps ayant au moins un second organe de contact disposé au centre du corps ou à proximité et à distance de sa périphérie ; selon l'invention, le dôme comprend, entre le premier organe de contact disposé vers la périphérie et le second organe de contact disposé vers le centre, un troisième organe de contact disposé en saillie du côté creux du dôme, la dis-tance de saillie du troisième organe de contact étant telle que, pendant la manoeuvre du dôme par application à la partie centrale d'une force dirigée vers le plan tangent à la périphérie du corps, le troisième organe de contact parvient à ce plan tangent avant le second organe de contact placé vers le centre. De préférence, la périphérie est sensiblement circulaire, le premier organe de contact suit pratiquement un cercle externe, et le troisième organe de contact suit pratiquement un cercle plus petit que le cercle externe. Dans ce cas, tous les organes de contact, à l'exception éventuelle du second, sont de préférence disposés sur des arcs de cercle entourant le centre de corps bombé. Dans un mode de réalisation, le premier organe de contact est continu et couvre plus de la moitié de la périphérie du corps, et le troisième organe de contact est aussi continu. Dans un autre mode de réalisation, le premier organe de contact est discontinu et comporte au moins trois zones de contact formées à l'extrémité libre d'au moins trois bras obtenus par découpe de la feuille métallique à sa périphérie. This behavior is illustrated in FIG. 3 which indicates that, when the force F is applied, it causes a progressive displacement D of the central part relative to the substrate which carries the dome, and that, as soon as a certain maximum value is reached , the dome is more easily deformed by coming into contact with the antagonistic conductive part. According to the known technique, illustrated by the aforementioned documents, it is necessary to use several domes to obtain several successive contacts. Several electrical circuits are not successively closed with a single dome. The object of the invention is to perform a commutation by successive realization of two electric circuit closures having a common part with a single dome cooperating with a circuit having a plurality of conductive tracks. According to the invention, the dome comprises a convex body of which not only the peripheral part behaves like a first contact member always in contact with a track of the circuit and the central part behaves like a second contact member, but also which has a third contact member placed between the first and second contact members, the second and third contact members being controlled by different actuating forces applied by the same operating member, so that they are only temporarily in contact with a conductive track. Other contact members may also be added. More specifically, the invention relates to a contact dome, of the type which comprises a curved body cut in a metal sheet and delimiting, at its periphery or in proximity, a first contact member disposed substantially in a plane tangent to the body of the opposite side at a vertex disposed at or near the center of the body, the body having at least one second contact member disposed at or near the center of the body; according to the invention, the dome comprises, between the first contact member disposed towards the periphery and the second contact member arranged towards the center, a third contact member disposed projecting from the hollow side of the dome, the projection distance the third contact member being such that, during the operation of the dome by applying to the central portion a force directed towards the plane tangential to the periphery of the body, the third contact member reaches the tangent plane before the second member of the body; contact placed towards the center. Preferably, the periphery is substantially circular, the first contact member substantially follows an outer circle, and the third contact member substantially follows a smaller circle than the outer circle. In this case, all the contact members, with the possible exception of the second, are preferably arranged on circular arcs surrounding the curved body center. In one embodiment, the first contact member is continuous and covers more than half of the periphery of the body, and the third contact member is also continuous. In another embodiment, the first contact member is discontinuous and comprises at least three contact zones formed at the free end of at least three arms obtained by cutting the metal sheet at its periphery.
Dans une variante, le troisième organe de contact comporte au moins deux zones de contact formées à l'extrémité libre d'au moins deux bras obtenus par découpe de la feuille métallique entre le centre et la périphérie. In a variant, the third contact member comprises at least two contact zones formed at the free end of at least two arms obtained by cutting the metal sheet between the center and the periphery.
Dans des exemples, le dôme comporte des organes modificateurs de rigidité, par exemple des fentes découpées dans la feuille métallique du dôme, ou des déformations de cette feuille. Selon un perfectionnement, le dôme comporte plusieurs 10 troisièmes organes de contact décalés entre le premier et le second organe de contact. L'invention concerne aussi un commutateur à dôme métallique, qui comporte un dôme selon l'un des paragraphes précédents, de sorte qu'il ferme successivement deux circuits électriques par mise en contact d'un troisième, puis d'un second organe de contact avec un substrat avec lequel un premier organe de contact est toujours en contact. D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention seront mieux compris à la lecture de la description qui va 20 suivre d'exemples de réalisation, faite en référence aux dessins annexés sur lesquels, les figures 1, 2 et 3 ayant déjà été décrites : la figure 4 est une vue en plan d'un dôme de contact dans un mode de réalisation de l'invention ; 25 la figure 5 est une coupe suivant la ligne B-B de la figure 3 ; la figure 6 est un graphique déplacement-force de manoeuvre illustrant le fonctionnement du dôme représenté sur les figures 4 et 5, ne représentant, comme la figure 3, 30 que la partie d'application de la force, et non sa réduction ; la figure 7 est une vue en perspective d'un commutateur réalisé selon l'invention, fermant successivement deux circuits électriques, le dôme étant du type à bras élastiques ; 35 la figure 8 est analogue à la figure 7, mais a des parties arrachées indiquant clairement la disposition des pistes conductrices du substrat du commutateur ; et les figures 9, 10 et 11 sont des coupes représentant la disposition du dôme des figures 7 et 8 successivement lorsque aucune fermeture, une première fermeture et des première et seconde fermetures de circuit sont effectuées respectivement. La figure 4 représente en plan un dôme selon l'invention, ayant la même disposition que celui de la figure 1 pour pouvoir lui être comparé. Ce dôme 20 comporte un corps bombé 22, 23 ayant une lèvre périphérique 24 délimitant un premier organe de contact 26 disposé sur un arc de cercle qui recouvre environ 220'. L'organe 26 est destiné à être maintenu au contact d'une piste conductrice d'un substrat sur lequel est placé le dôme. Une saillie centrale 28 constitue un second organe de contact destiné à venir au contact d'une autre piste conductrice du substrat sur lequel est placé le dôme, lorsqu'une force suffisante de manoeuvre lui est appliquée. Selon l'invention, le corps bombé comprend deux parties 22, 23 qui ont des courbures différentes et sont séparées par une arête 29 qui constitue un troisième organe de contact. La courbure de la partie 23 est plus grande que celle de la partie 22. En conséquence, lorsqu'une force est appliquée au centre du dôme, celui-ci est déformé jusqu'à ce que l'arête 29 vienne au contact d'une piste conductrice du substrat. A ce moment, la saillie centrale 28, formant le second organe de contact est toujours distante du substrat. Une force supplémentaire est donc nécessaire pour que ce second organe de contact 28 de la partie centrale vienne contre une piste conductrice du substrat. La figure 6 illustre ce comportement. Lorsqu'une force est appliquée progressivement, le dôme présente un certain déplacement jusqu'à une certaine force à laquelle la partie 22 du corps bombé présente un retournement si bien que le déplacement augmente rapidement jusqu'au contact de la ner- vure 29 avec la plage conductrice associée du substrat. Ensuite, la poursuite de l'application d'une force provoque le rapprochement du second organe central de contact 28, de sorte que la partie centrale 23 du corps bombé présente se retourne lorsqu'une certaine force est atteinte, et assure une seconde fermeture de circuit électrique. On a décrit un dôme dont le corps bombé ne comporte que deux parties concentriques 22, 23. On peut évidemment envisager de réaliser un plus grand nombre de parties concentriques destinées à être commandées successivement. La limite de ce nombre est déterminée par la dimension du dôme. La gradation des forces de manoeuvre des différentes parties concentriques peut être maîtrisée soit par affaiblissement de parties trop rigides, par exemple par formation de découpes ou par réduction d'épaisseur, soit par augmentation de rigidité de parties trop souples, par exemple par création de déformations, telles que des arêtes, pratiquement en direction radiale. Les figures 7 à 11 représentent un autre exemple de dôme selon l'invention destiné à fermer successivement deux circuits électriques. Le dôme est du type dans lequel des zones de contact sont formées aux extrémités de bras flexibles. Sur les figures 7 à 11, la référence 30 désigne l'ensemble du dôme qui comprend un corps bombé ayant quatre bras extérieurs 32 qui délimitent chacun, par une lèvre 34, une zone de contact 36 avec une piste conductrice 38 d'un substrat 40 portant plusieurs pistes conductrices. Dans le mode de réalisation représenté, le dôme comporte quatre bras 32. Les zones de contact 36 des quatre bras constituent le premier organe de contact placé à la périphérie en contact permanent avec une piste conductrice du substrat. In examples, the dome comprises stiffness-modifying members, for example slits cut into the metal sheet of the dome, or deformations of this sheet. According to an improvement, the dome comprises a plurality of third contact members offset between the first and second contact members. The invention also relates to a metal dome switch, which comprises a dome according to one of the preceding paragraphs, so that it successively closes two electrical circuits by contacting a third and a second contact member. with a substrate with which a first contact member is always in contact. Other features and advantages of the invention will be better understood on reading the following description of embodiments, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which, FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 have already been described: Figure 4 is a plan view of a contact dome in an embodiment of the invention; Figure 5 is a section along line B-B of Figure 3; Fig. 6 is a movement-driving force graph illustrating the operation of the dome shown in Figs. 4 and 5, showing only, as in Fig. 3, the force application portion, and not its reduction; Figure 7 is a perspective view of a switch made according to the invention, successively closing two electrical circuits, the dome being of the type with elastic arms; Figure 8 is similar to Figure 7, but has torn portions clearly indicating the arrangement of the conductive tracks of the switch substrate; and Figs. 9, 10 and 11 are sections showing the dome arrangement of Figs. 7 and 8 successively when no closing, first closing and first and second circuit closures are respectively performed. Figure 4 shows in plan a dome according to the invention, having the same arrangement as that of Figure 1 to be compared. This dome 20 has a curved body 22, 23 having a peripheral lip 24 defining a first contact member 26 disposed on a circular arc which covers about 220 '. The member 26 is intended to be held in contact with a conductive track of a substrate on which the dome is placed. A central projection 28 constitutes a second contact member intended to come into contact with another conductive track of the substrate on which the dome is placed, when a sufficient maneuvering force is applied thereto. According to the invention, the domed body comprises two parts 22, 23 which have different curvatures and are separated by an edge 29 which constitutes a third contact member. The curvature of the portion 23 is greater than that of the portion 22. Accordingly, when a force is applied to the center of the dome, it is deformed until the edge 29 comes into contact with a conducting track of the substrate. At this time, the central projection 28, forming the second contact member is always distant from the substrate. An additional force is therefore necessary for this second contact member 28 of the central part to come against a conductive track of the substrate. Figure 6 illustrates this behavior. When a force is applied progressively, the dome has a certain displacement up to a certain force at which the portion 22 of the domed body has a turnaround so that the displacement increases rapidly until contact of the rib 29 with the associated conductive range of the substrate. Then, the continuation of the application of a force brings about the approaching of the second central contact member 28, so that the central part 23 of the curved body presents turns when a certain force is reached, and ensures a second closing of electrical circuit. A dome has been described in which the curved body has only two concentric portions 22, 23. It is obviously conceivable to make a larger number of concentric parts intended to be successively ordered. The limit of this number is determined by the size of the dome. The gradation of the operating forces of the different concentric parts can be controlled either by weakening of too rigid parts, for example by forming cuts or by reducing thickness, or by increasing the rigidity of too flexible parts, for example by creating deformations , such as ridges, substantially radially. Figures 7 to 11 show another example of a dome according to the invention for closing successively two electrical circuits. The dome is of the type in which contact zones are formed at the ends of flexible arms. In FIGS. 7 to 11, reference numeral 30 denotes the entire dome which comprises a convex body having four outer arms 32 which each delimit, by a lip 34, a contact zone 36 with a conductive track 38 of a substrate 40 bearing several conductive tracks. In the embodiment shown, the dome comprises four arms 32. The contact zones 36 of the four arms constitute the first contact member placed at the periphery in permanent contact with a conductive track of the substrate.
Les bras sont disposés à l'extérieur d'un cercle 42 à l'intérieur duquel est formée, dans la même feuille, une structure constituant un second dôme ayant lui-même des bras 44 dont les extrémités externes forment des zones de contact 46 destinées à venir au contact d'une autre piste conduc- trice 48 du substrat 40. Ces zones de contact 46 constituent le troisième organe de contact selon l'invention. The arms are arranged outside a circle 42 inside which is formed, in the same sheet, a structure constituting a second dome having itself arms 44 whose outer ends form contact zones 46 intended to to come into contact with another conductive track 48 of the substrate 40. These contact areas 46 constitute the third contact member according to the invention.
Une déformation centrale 50 est destinée à venir au contact d'une piste conductrice 52, et constitue le second organe de contact selon l'invention. Les figures 9 à 11 indiquent les positions de ce dôme 30 lorsqu'il est soumis à l'application d'une force de manoeuvre qui tend à l'écraser. Dans la position de la figure 9, seul le premier organe de contact périphérique, formé par les zones de contact 36 d'extrémité des bras 34, est au contact de la piste conduc- trice 38 du substrat 40. Les zones de contact 46 des bras 44, qui constituent le troisième organe de contact, et la saillie centrale 50, qui constitue le second organe de contact, sont distantes de leur piste conductrice respective 48, 52. A central deformation 50 is intended to come into contact with a conductive track 52, and constitutes the second contact member according to the invention. Figures 9 to 11 indicate the positions of this dome 30 when it is subjected to the application of a maneuvering force that tends to crush. In the position of FIG. 9, only the first peripheral contact member, formed by the end contact zones 36 of the arms 34, is in contact with the conductive track 38 of the substrate 40. The contact zones 46 of the arm 44, which constitutes the third contact member, and the central projection 50, which constitutes the second contact member, are spaced apart from their respective conductive track 48, 52.
Dans la position de la figure 10, dans laquelle une force modérée est appliquée au dôme, les zones de contact 46 formées aux extrémités des bras intérieurs 44 sont venues contre la piste conductrice 48, si bien qu'un circuit électrique est fermé entre les pistes 38 et 48. Par contre, le second organe de contact formé par la saillie centrale 50 est toujours distant de la piste conductrice 52 du substrat 40. Le circuit électrique est donc ouvert entre cette piste 52 et chacune des autres pistes 38 et 48. Dans la position de la figure 11, dans laquelle une force plus élevée est appliquée au dôme, le second organe de contact constitué par la saillie 50 est venu contre la piste conductrice centrale 52 du substrat 40, si bien que les trois pistes conductrices 38, 48, 52 sont à un même potentiel, et deux circuits conducteurs sont fermés. In the position of Figure 10, in which a moderate force is applied to the dome, the contact areas 46 formed at the ends of the inner arms 44 have come against the conductive track 48, so that an electrical circuit is closed between the tracks. 38 and 48. On the other hand, the second contact member formed by the central projection 50 is always remote from the conductive track 52 of the substrate 40. The electrical circuit is therefore open between this track 52 and each of the other tracks 38 and 48. the position of Figure 11, in which a higher force is applied to the dome, the second contact member consisting of the projection 50 has come against the central conductive track 52 of the substrate 40, so that the three conductive tracks 38, 48 , 52 are at the same potential, and two circuits are closed.
Bien qu'on ait décrit un mode de réalisation dans lequel il existe un premier organe de contact formé par les zones de contact 36 des bras extérieurs 32, un second organe de contact formé par la saillie centrale 50 et un troisième organe de contact formé par les zones de contact 46 des extrémités des bras intermédiaires 44, il est possible d'incorporer plusieurs troisièmes organes de contact étagés entre le premier organe de contact placé à la périphérie et le second organe de contact placé au centre. Ces troisièmes organes de contact peuvent comporter des bras, tels qu'indiqués sur les figures 7 et 8, ou avoir une forme circulaire telle que représentée sur la figure 3. L'examen des figures 7 et 8 montre qu'il existe un grand nombre de paramètres qui peuvent être utilisés pour la gradation des forces avec lesquelles les fermetures successives de circuit sont obtenues. De tels paramètres sont par exemple la longueur des bras 32, 44, la largeur de ces bras, leur distance au centre, etc., sans qu'il soit nécessaire d'avoir recours à des découpes localisées ou des déformations localisées de la feuille formant le dôme métallique à cet effet. Cependant, de telles découpes et déformations peuvent être utilisées aussi le cas échéant. Bien qu'on ait décrit des dômes dont la forme s'inscrit 15 dans un cercle, d'autres formes non circulaires sont possibles. La réalisation d'un dôme tel que représenté sur les figures 7 à 11 ne nécessite que l'addition d'un outillage simple dans la chaîne de fabrication des dômes, sans modifi- 20 cation de la feuille utilisée ni réduction du débit de fabrication. Le coût de ces dômes intégrés à des commutateurs est donc du même ordre de grandeur que celui des dômes intégrés à de simples interrupteurs. Comme la réalisation de trois pistes conductrices ou 25 plus, à la place de deux seulement, sur un circuit imprimé ne correspond qu'à une augmentation de coût négligeable, un commutateur assurant les fermetures consécutives d'au moins deux circuits a pratiquement le même coût qu'un simple interrupteur qui ne ferme qu'un circuit. L'invention permet 30 donc la réalisation d'organes de commutation de coût particulièrement réduit, notamment intéressants pour des fabrications en grande série, par exemple pour la commande de circuits de véhicules automobiles. Although an embodiment has been described in which there is a first contact member formed by the contact zones 36 of the outer arms 32, a second contact member formed by the central projection 50 and a third contact member formed by the contact areas 46 of the ends of the intermediate arms 44, it is possible to incorporate a plurality of third staged contact members between the first contact member placed at the periphery and the second contact member placed in the center. These third contact members may comprise arms, as indicated in FIGS. 7 and 8, or have a circular shape as shown in FIG. 3. The examination of FIGS. 7 and 8 shows that there are a large number of of parameters that can be used for gradation of the forces with which successive circuit closings are obtained. Such parameters are, for example, the length of the arms 32, 44, the width of these arms, their distance from the center, etc., without it being necessary to resort to localized cuts or localized deformations of the sheet forming the metal dome for this purpose. However, such cuts and deformations can be used as appropriate. Although domes whose shape is in a circle have been described, other non-circular shapes are possible. The realization of a dome as shown in FIGS. 7 to 11 requires only the addition of simple tooling in the dome production line, without modifying the sheet used or reducing the production rate. The cost of these domes integrated in switches is therefore of the same order of magnitude as that of the domes integrated in simple switches. Since the production of three or more conductive tracks instead of only two on a printed circuit corresponds only to a negligible cost increase, a switch providing consecutive closures of at least two circuits has substantially the same cost. than a simple switch that closes only one circuit. The invention therefore makes it possible to produce switching elements of particularly low cost, particularly of interest for large-scale production, for example for the control of motor vehicle circuits.
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