WO2010142516A2

WO2010142516A2 - Control device and method for the operation thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2010142516A2
Application number: PCT/EP2010/056802
Authority: WO
Inventors: Matthias Alexander Weber
Original assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Priority date: 2009-06-11
Filing date: 2010-05-18
Publication date: 2010-12-16
Also published as: WO2010142516A3; EP2440438B1; PL2440438T3; EP2440438A2; DE102009024950A1

Abstract

The invention relates inter alia to a control device (10) with an operating lever (20) that can be pivoted in a predefined adjustment range (50) for the control of a vehicle, in particular for the control of a locomotive or a traction vehicle. According to the invention, it is provided that the adjustment range has a symmetrical axis (60) which divides the adjustment range into two axis-symmetrical pivoting segments (70, 80). Furthermore, a locking device (200) is provided which enables a partial locking of the one or other pivoting segment in such a manner that operating commands which are valid for a locked partial range of the partially locked pivoting segment are excluded from being activated by the operator.

Description

description

Operating device and method for its operation

The invention relates to an operating device with a pivotable in a predetermined adjustment range operating lever for controlling a vehicle, in particular for controlling a locomotive or a traction vehicle.

In rail vehicles, such as locomotives or locomotives, usually operating levers are used, in which by adjusting the deflection angle of the operating lever, the operating function to be performed is selected operator side. Deflection angles, which are associated with a specific operating function, are fixed in previously known operating levers, for example by a locking disk.

The invention has for its object to provide an operating device that can be used particularly universally.

This object is achieved by an operating device with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the operating device according to the invention are specified in subclaims.

According to the invention, it is provided that the adjustment region has an axis of symmetry which divides the adjustment range into two axisymmetric pivoting sections and a locking device is provided which enables partial locking of the one pivot section or of the other pivot section in such a way that operating commands corresponding to a blocked section of the pivoting section partially locked swinging Sections are excluded, are excluded from a user-side activation.

A significant advantage of the operating device according to the invention is the fact that it allows a very simple and cost-effective side wall mounting in the vehicle due to its mirror-symmetrical adjustment, optionally both on the left side of the vehicle and on the right side of the vehicle. Any necessary adjustment of the pivoting range of the operating lever can - depending on the selected vehicle side - be achieved in a simple manner by the inventively provided locking device by this with a portion of a pivot portion or the other pivot portion is locked. In other words, it is not necessary in the inventively provided construction concept of the operating device, for a side wall mounting on the left side of the vehicle to design and manufacture a different operating device than for a side wall mounting on the right side of the vehicle; instead, it is sufficient to produce a single operating device and to provide it for installation and to carry out any necessary adjustment of the adjustment range depending on the mounting side with the aid of the locking device provided according to the invention.

Preferably, the locking device prevents the operating lever from being pivoted into the blocked partial region of the partially locked pivoting section.

According to a first particularly preferred embodiment, it is provided that in the region of the axis of symmetry, a latching zero position for the operating lever is available and the operating lever, incidentally, works restlessly and within half of the rest of the adjustment range of the operating lever is self-holding.

Alternatively, according to a second particularly preferred embodiment, it may be provided that the operating lever operates without detents in the entire adjustment range and is self-holding within the entire adjustment range.

In order to make operation of the operating device for the vehicle driver particularly simple and comfortable, it is considered advantageous according to a third preferred embodiment if the operating positions of the operating lever are each assigned a detent position which holds the operating lever in the respectively selected operating position ; In view of the above-described universal applicability of the operating device, the locking positions are preferably arranged mirror-symmetrically with respect to the axis of symmetry.

Preferably, the locking device allows the blocking of one or more locking positions in the one pivot portion and / or in the other pivot portion.

The locking device is preferably designed such that it allows at least the locking of the last detent position in one or the other pivoting section. Under the last detent position that detent position is understood, which has the largest pivot angle in the respective pivot portion to the axis of symmetry.

Particularly simple and thus advantageous can be the locking device with one or more locking element recordings form, in the optional locking elements can be introduced to achieve a lock.

The blocking element receptacles are preferably arranged in such a way that a blocking element introduced therein prevents further pivoting of the operating lever past the blocking element in the direction of greater pivoting angles relative to the symmetry axis of the adjustment region.

The blocking element receptacles can each one, for example, a

Be assigned detent position; the blocking element receptacles are in this case preferably arranged such that a blocking element introduced therein blocks at least the respective associated detent position.

As already mentioned, the operating device is preferably mountable on a vehicle side of the vehicle. In this regard, it is considered advantageous if the operating device has a total symmetrical structure and an assembly - seen in the direction of travel - optionally allows both on the left and on the right side of the vehicle.

The invention also relates to a rail vehicle with an operating device as described above.

In addition, the invention relates to a method for mounting a side-mounted operating device with a pivotable in a predetermined adjustment operating lever for controlling a vehicle, in particular for controlling a locomotive or a traction vehicle, on a side wall of the vehicle. According to the invention, it is provided with respect to such a method that an operating device is mounted on the side wall whose adjustment has an axis of symmetry, which divides the adjustment into two axisymmetric sections, partially blocked before mounting on the side wall of a pivot portion or the other pivot portion of the adjustment is that at least one operating command, which is assigned to the restricted portion of the section, is excluded from a user-side activation after mounting the operating device on the side wall of the vehicle.

With regard to the advantages of the method according to the invention, reference is made to the advantages of the operating device according to the invention, since the advantages of the method according to the invention essentially correspond to those of the operating device according to the invention.

Preferably, prior to assembly on the side wall of a pivot portion or the other pivot portion of the adjustment partially partially locked so that a pivoting of the operating lever is prevented in the locked portion of the partially locked portion, whereby the at least one operating command is excluded by a user-side activation vib ,

It is regarded as advantageous if a blocking element is introduced into a blocking element receptacle of the blocking device and at least one operating position of the operating lever, in particular a detent position of the operating lever, is blocked by the blocking element. The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to two embodiments; thereby show exemplarily:

1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of an inventive control device, with reference to which an embodiment of the inventive method is explained,

FIG. 2 shows the operating device according to FIG. 1 in cross-section, wherein a blocking element is inserted into a blocking element receptacle of the operating device;

Figure 3 shows the operation of the locking device of the operating device according to Figure 1, wherein the

Vorvorneschwenken the control lever is partially locked,

FIG. 4 shows the operating device according to FIG. 1, a rearward pivoting of the operating lever being partially blocked,

Figure 5 shows a second embodiment of an operating device according to the invention in a schematic representation and

FIG. 6 shows the operating device according to FIG. 5 in another pivoting position of the operating lever.

For the sake of clarity, the same reference numbers are always used in the figures for identical or comparable components. FIG. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of an operating device 10. The operating device 10 has an operating lever 20, which is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis 30. For pivoting the operating lever 20, a knob 40 is provided, with which the operating lever 20 can be pivoted along the direction of the arrow V forward or along the direction of the arrow H backwards. The pivoting of the operating lever 20 results in an adjustment range 50 of the operating device 10.

In addition, it can be seen in FIG. 1 that the operating device 10 has an axis of symmetry 60 which subdivides the adjustment range 50 into two equally sized and axially symmetrical pivot portions 70 and 80. In the front pivot portion 70 of the operating lever 20 is pivoted when it is pivoted along the direction of the arrow V to the front. In the rear pivot portion 80, the operating lever, when the knob 40 is pivoted along the direction of the arrow H to the rear.

Connected to the operating lever 20 in a rotationally fixed manner is a detent disk 100, which is rotated when the operating lever 20 is pivoted about the pivot axis 30. The locking disk 100 has locking grooves 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 and 116, which are arranged on the outer contour of the locking disk 100 with respect to the axis of symmetry 60 axisymmetric. The locking groove 113 defines a latching zero position of the operating lever 20, because it is located in the region of the axis of symmetry 60th

The locking grooves 110 to 116 cooperate with a latching device 120, which comprises a locking element 130 and a spring 140. The spring 140 expresses in the illustration Measure the figure 1, the locking element 130 upwards, so that this einsteuert in one of the grooves 110 to 116, as soon as the locking disc 100 has a corresponding pivot angle. The latching device 120 and the latching grooves 110 to 116 thus define latching positions of the operating device 10, to each of which an operating position of the operating lever 20 is assigned. Each operating position of the operating lever 20 may each be associated with an individual operating command of the operating device 10.

Due to the axisymmetric structure of the operating device 10 or due to the axially symmetrical locking grooves 110 to 116 in the locking disc 100, the operating device 10 both along the front pivoting direction V and along the rear pivot direction H the same number of locking positions and thus the same number of operating commands on, which can be generated by the operating device 10. With this structure, it is possible to mount the operating device 10 on a vehicle side of a vehicle, not further shown in FIG. 1, namely selectively - as seen in the direction of travel - on the left or right side of the vehicle.

Depending on the use of the operating device 10, it may be desirable to provide fewer operating positions or operating commands along the front pivoting direction V or along the rear pivoting direction H than in the respective other pivoting direction. In order to make this possible, the operating device 10 according to FIG. 2 is equipped with a locking device 200, which encompasses two locking element receptacles 210 and 220. In the illustration according to FIG. 1, no blocking elements are introduced into the locking receptacles 210 and 220, so that the two blocking element receptacles are inactive. FIG. 2 shows the structure of the operating device 10 according to FIG. 1 in cross section. It can be seen the operating lever 20, at the outer end of the knob 40 is attached. The operating lever 20 is attached to a shaft 240, which forms the pivot axis 30 according to FIG. On the shaft 240, moreover, coaxial with the operating lever 20, the locking disc 100 is fixed, which is rotated in the event of pivoting of the operating lever 20 together with this.

In addition, it can be seen in Figure 2, the locking element receptacle 220 which is fixed to a housing 245 of the operating device 10. In the locking element receptacle 220, a locking element 250 is inserted, which is, for example, a bolt, a pin, a screw or another element which can cooperate with the locking disc 100.

The mode of operation of the locking device 200 according to FIG. 1 will now be explained in more detail by way of example with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIG. 3 shows the operating device 10 according to FIG. 1 after the blocking element 250 according to FIG. 2 has been inserted into the blocking receptacle 220. The blocking element 250 cooperates with a stop face 300 of the detent disc 100 and results in a partial section 310 of the front pivoting section 70 being partially blocked; because when the operating lever 20 moves forward, the abutment surface 300 will abut against the blocking element 250 as soon as the pivoting angle of the operating lever 20 has reached a predetermined maximum pivoting angle α.

Through the interaction of the abutment surface 300 with the blocking element 250 it is achieved that the locking groove 116 in the Detent disk 100 can not get into engagement with the latching device 120. The detent position assigned to the detent groove 116 or the detent groove 116 assigned operating position of the operating device 10 is thus blocked and can not be adjusted on the operator side.

By introduced into the blocking element receptacle 220 blocking element 250 so only the locking groove 116 is locked, whereas the locking grooves 110 to 115 remain available. The locking grooves 110 to 115 associated operating positions can therefore be adjusted by the driver using the operating lever 20.

FIG. 4 shows by way of example the mode of operation of the operating device 10 when the blocking element 250 according to FIG. 2 is not inserted into the blocking element receptacle 220 but into the blocking element receptacle 210 of the blocking device 200. In this configuration of the locking device 200, the rear pivot portion 80 of the adjustment portion 50 is partially locked; because it will abut the stop surface 310 of the locking disc 100 against the locking element 250 when a predetermined maximum pivot angle is reached by the operating lever 20. The abutment surface 310 together with the blocking element 250 thus block the latching groove 110 so that it can not get into engagement with the arresting element 130 of the latching device 120.

In the configuration of the operating device 10 according to FIG. 4, only the latching grooves 111 to 116 and therefore only those operating positions are available which are assigned to the latching grooves 111 to 116. By the configurability of the locking device 200 can be achieved that optional subregions of the front pivot portion 70 or portions of the rear pivot portion 80 can be locked. This makes it possible to appropriately configure the operating device 10 for side mounting on the left side of the vehicle or the right side of the vehicle as needed.

FIG. 5 shows a further exemplary embodiment of an operating device 10. Also, this operating device has an operating lever 20 which is pivotally mounted about a pivot axis 30. In contrast to the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1, the operating device 10 according to FIG. 5 is equipped with an additional locking disk 400, which is preferably arranged coaxially to the locking disk (not shown in FIG. 5).

The locking disc 400 cooperates with a locking device 410 having two locking element receptacles 420 and 430. By inserting a locking element 440 into the blocking element receptacle 420 or the blocking element receptacle 430, the pivotability of the operating lever 20 can be configured individually. In the illustration according to FIG. 5, the right blocking element receptacle 430 is provided with the blocking element 440, so that a pivoting of the operating lever 20 into the front pivoting section 70 is partially blocked.

FIG. 6 shows, by way of example, how the rear pivot section 80 of the adjustment region 50 can be partially blocked by inserting the locking element 440 into the blocking element holder 420 in FIG. 6, for example to block the last operating position in the rear pivot section 80 of the operating device 10 , LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10 operating device

20 operating lever

30 pivot axis

40 pommel

50 adjustment range

60 symmetry axis

70 pivoting section

80 pivoting section

100 locking disc

110-116 locking grooves

120 latching device

130 locking element

140 spring

200 locking device

210 ratchet absorbers

220 ratchet absorbers

240 wave

245 housing

250 blocking element

300 stop surface

310 subsection

400 lock washer

410 locking device

420 Speranernentaufnähme

430 interceptor suspension

440 blocking element

V arrow direction

H arrow direction α swivel angle

Claims

claims

1. operating device (10) with a in a predetermined adjustment range (50) pivotable control lever (20) for controlling a vehicle, in particular for controlling a locomotive or a traction vehicle, characterized in that the adjustment region has an axis of symmetry (60), the Adjustment range in two axisymmetric pivoting sections (70, 80) divides, and a locking device (200) is present, which allows a partial locking of the one pivot portion or the other pivot portion such that operation commands that a locked portion of the partially locked pivot portion are excluded from activation on the part of the user.

2. Operating device according to claim 1, d a d u r c h e c e n e c e s in that a blocking pivoting of the operating lever in the locked portion of the partially locked pivot portion is prevented.

3. Operating device according to claim 1 or 2, d a d u r c h e c e n e c e s in that latching positions are assigned to the operating device, which hold the operating lever in predetermined operating positions, wherein the locking positions are arranged axially symmetrically with respect to the symmetry axis.

4. Operating device according to claim 3, characterized in that the locking device allows the locking of one or more detent positions in the one pivot section and / or in the other pivot section.

5. Operating device according to claim 4, characterized in that the locking device allows the locking of the last detent position in one or the other pivot portion, wherein the last detent position in the respective pivot portion is the one which has the largest pivot angle to the axis of symmetry.

6. Control device according to one of the preceding claims, in that a locking device comprises one or more blocking element receptacles (210, 220) into which blocking elements (250) can optionally be inserted in order to achieve blocking.

7. Operating device according to claim 6, characterized in that the blocking element receptacles are arranged such that a blocking element inserted therein prevents further pivoting of the operating lever past the blocking element in the direction of greater pivoting angles relative to the symmetry axis of the adjustment region.

8. Operating device according to one of the preceding claims 6-7, characterized in that the locking element receptacles each have a detent position is assigned and the locking element receptacles are arranged such that a blocking element inserted therein blocks the respectively associated detent position.

9. Operating device according to claim 1, characterized in that a latching zero position for the operating lever is available in the region of the axis of symmetry.

10. Operating device according to claim 9, characterized in that the operating lever, moreover, operates without restraint and is self-holding within the entire remaining adjustment range of the operating lever.

11. Operating device according to claim 1, characterized in that the operating lever operates detent-free throughout the adjustment range and is self-holding within the entire adjustment range.

12. Operating device according to one of the preceding claims, d a d u r c h e k e n e c i n e s that the operating device is side mountable.

13. Operating device according to claim 12, a d u r c h e k e n e c e s in that the operating device has a symmetrical structure and an assembly - seen in the direction of travel - optionally on both the left and on the right side of the vehicle allows.

14. A method for mounting a side mounted operating device (10) with a in a predetermined adjustment range (50) pivotable operating lever (20) for controlling a Vehicle, in particular for controlling a locomotive or a traction vehicle, on a side wall of the vehicle, characterized in that on the side wall, an operating device is mounted, whose adjustment region (50) has an axis of symmetry (60), the adjustment in two axisymmetric sections (70, 80), before mounting on the side wall of a pivoting portion or the other pivot portion of the Verstellbe- rich partially locked so that at least one operating command, which is associated with the restricted portion of the section, from a user-side activation after assembly of the operating device the side wall of the vehicle is excluded.

15. Method according to claim 14, wherein a blocking element is introduced into a blocking element receptacle of the blocking device and at least one operating position of the operating lever, in particular a detent position of the operating lever, is blocked by the blocking element.