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US 10,095,323 B1Granted
Mouse device
AssigneeCheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsChi-Ming Tseng, Yu-Hsiang Ting
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Abstract
A mouse device includes a lower shell, an upper shell mounted to the lower shell, a circuit board and at least one button module. A receiving space is formed between the upper shell and the lower shell. The circuit board is fastened in the receiving space. A front of a top surface of the circuit board is equipped with at least one electronic switch. The at least one button module includes a touch element, a connecting shaft and a torsion spring. The touch element is pivotally connected to a front end of a top of the upper shell. The torsion spring is pivotally mounted around the connecting shaft. The torsion spring has a first spring foot elastically abutting against the top of the upper shell, and at least one second spring foot elastically abutting against a top surface of the touch element.
Claims17
A mouse device, comprising:
- a lower shell;
- an upper shell mounted to the lower shell, and a receiving space being formed between the upper shell and the lower shell;
- a circuit board fastened in the receiving space, a front of a top surface of the circuit board being equipped with at least one electronic switch;
- and at least one button module including a touch element, a connecting shaft and a torsion spring, the touch element being pivotally connected to a front end of a top of the upper shell by virtue of the corresponding connecting shaft, a front of a bottom surface of the touch element protruding downward towards a front of an inside of the upper shell to form at least one pressing portion corresponding to the at least one electronic switch, the touch element being capable of reciprocating upward and downward relative to the at least one electronic switch, the torsion spring being pivotally mounted around the connecting shaft, the torsion spring having a first spring foot elastically abutting against the top of the upper shell, and at least one second spring foot elastically abutting against a top surface of the touch element;
- wherein the at least one second spring foot elastically abuts against the top surface of the touch element and exerts a downward pressing force on the touch element by virtue of the first spring foot and the at least one second spring foot acting bending stresses on the upper shell and the touch element respectively, the downward pressing force is smaller than a pressure needed by triggering the at least one electronic switch, so that a bottom surface of the at least one pressing portion abuts against the at least one electronic switch and the at least one electronic switch will be without being triggered;
- wherein the upper shell includes a shell body and a fastening board, a middle of a top surface of the shell body is recessed inward towards an inside of the shell body to form a fastening groove, the fastening board is fastened in a rear of the fastening groove;
- wherein the touch element of the at least one button module has a touch portion, a rear of a bottom surface of the touch portion extends rearward to form a cantilever arm projecting beyond a rear surface of the touch portion, the cantilever arm is pivotally connected to the fastening board by virtue of the connecting shaft, the first spring foot elastically abuts against a top of the fastening board, the at least one second spring foot elastically abuts against a top surface of the cantilever arm;
- and wherein a front of the fastening board is connected with at least one group of first fixing portions, each group of the first fixing portions include two first fixing portions spaced from each other and arranged transversely, the two first fixing portions open two first fixing holes transversely penetrating through the two first fixing portions, respectively, a rear of the cantilever arm protrudes rearward towards the front of the fastening board to form a second fixing portion corresponding to the two first fixing portions, the second fixing portion opens a second fixing hole transversely penetrating through the second fixing portion, the second fixing portion is mounted between the two first fixing portions, the two first fixing holes are corresponding to the second fixing hole, the connecting shaft passes through the second fixing hole and the two first fixing holes, so that the cantilever arm is pivotally connected to the fastening board by virtue of the connecting shaft.
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A mouse device, comprising:
- a lower shell;
- an upper shell mounted to the lower shell, and a receiving space being formed between the upper shell and the lower shell;
- a circuit board fastened in the receiving space, a front of a top surface of the circuit board being equipped with at least one electronic switch;
- and at least one button module including a touch element, a connecting shaft and a torsion spring, the touch element being pivotally connected to a front end of a top of the upper shell by virtue of the corresponding connecting shaft, a front of a bottom surface of the touch element protruding downward towards a front of an inside of the upper shell to form at least one pressing portion corresponding to the at least one electronic switch, the touch element being capable of reciprocating upward and downward relative to the at least one electronic switch, the torsion spring being pivotally mounted around the connecting shaft, the torsion spring having a first spring foot elastically abutting against the top of the upper shell, and at least one second spring foot elastically abutting against a top surface of the touch element;
- wherein the at least one second spring foot elastically abuts against the top surface of the touch element and exerts a downward pressing force on the touch element by virtue of the first spring foot and the at least one second spring foot acting bending stresses on the upper shell and the touch element respectively, the downward pressing force is smaller than a pressure needed by triggering the at least one electronic switch, so that a bottom surface of the at least one pressing portion abuts against the at least one electronic switch and the at least one electronic switch will be without being triggered;
- wherein the upper shell includes a shell body and a fastening board, a middle of a top surface of the shell body is recessed inward towards an inside of the shell body to form a fastening groove, the fastening board is fastened in a rear of the fastening groove;
- wherein the touch element of the at least one button module has a touch portion, a rear of a bottom surface of the touch portion extends rearward to form a cantilever arm projecting beyond a rear surface of the touch portion, the cantilever arm is pivotally connected to the fastening board by virtue of the connecting shaft, the first spring foot elastically abuts against a top of the fastening board, the at least one second spring foot elastically abuts against a top surface of the cantilever arm;
- and wherein a front of the top surface of the shell body is recessed inward towards the inside of the shell body to form a locating groove, the fastening groove is located behind the locating groove, a bottom wall of the locating groove opens at least one pressing hole communicated with the receiving space, the touch element is assembled in the locating groove and located in front of the fastening board, the at least one pressing portion is received in the at least one pressing hole, the touch portion is located in the locating groove.
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A mouse device, comprising:
- a lower shell;
- an upper shell mounted to the lower shell, and a receiving space being formed between the upper shell and the lower shell;
- a circuit board fastened in the receiving space, a front of a top surface of the circuit board being equipped with at least one electronic switch;
- and at least one button module including a touch element, a connecting shaft and a torsion spring, the touch element being pivotally connected to a front end of a top of the upper shell by virtue of the corresponding connecting shaft, a front of a bottom surface of the touch element protruding downward towards a front of an inside of the upper shell to form at least one pressing portion corresponding to the at least one electronic switch, the touch element being capable of reciprocating upward and downward relative to the at least one electronic switch, the torsion spring being pivotally mounted around the connecting shaft, the torsion spring having a first spring foot elastically abutting against the top of the upper shell, and at least one second spring foot elastically abutting against a top surface of the touch element;
- wherein the at least one second spring foot elastically abuts against the top surface of the touch element and exerts a downward pressing force on the touch element by virtue of the first spring foot and the at least one second spring foot acting bending stresses on the upper shell and the touch element respectively, the downward pressing force is smaller than a pressure needed by triggering the at least one electronic switch, so that a bottom surface of the at least one pressing portion abuts against the at least one electronic switch and the at least one electronic switch will be without being triggered;
- wherein the upper shell includes a shell body and a fastening board, a middle of a top surface of the shell body is recessed inward towards an inside of the shell body to form a fastening groove, the fastening board is fastened in a rear of the fastening groove;
- wherein the mouse device includes two button modules of which each includes the touch element, the connecting shaft and the torsion spring, the touch element of each of the two button modules has a touch portion, rears of bottom surfaces of the touch portions of the touch elements of the two button modules extend rearward to form two cantilever arms projecting beyond rear surfaces of the touch portions of the two touch elements, respectively, the two cantilever arms are pivotally connected to the fastening board by virtue of the connecting shafts of the two button modules, the first spring foot of each of the two torsion springs of the two button modules elastically abuts against a top surface of the fastening board, the at least one second spring foot of each of the two torsion springs of the two button modules elastically abuts against a top surface of one of the two cantilever arms;
- and wherein the two touch elements of the two button modules are pivotally connected to the front end of the top of the upper shell by virtue of the corresponding connecting shafts of the two button modules, the front of the top surface of the circuit board is equipped with two electronic switches arranged transversely, the fronts of the bottom surfaces of the two touch elements protrude downward towards the inside of the shell body to form two pressing portions corresponding to the two electronic switches, respectively, the touch elements of the two button modules are capable of reciprocating upward and downward relative to the two electronic switches, respectively, the torsion springs of the two button modules are pivotally mounted around the connecting shafts of the two button modules, respectively, each of the torsion springs of the two button modules has the first spring foot elastically abutting against the top of the upper shell, and the at least one second spring foot elastically abutting against a top surface of one of the two touch elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.