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US 2008/0165128 A1Published application
Mouse device
AssigneePrimax Electronics Ltd.
InventorsYu-Chih Cheng, Cheng-Wen Wang
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Abstract
A mouse device includes a mouse main body, a roller, a rolling shaft and a switching mechanism. The roller is disposed within the mouse main body and partially protruded from the mouse main body. The rolling shaft is sheathed by the roller and has plural saw-toothed structures on the periphery thereof. The witching mechanism includes a metallic piece stand a first resilient element, a metallic piece, an indentation, a push rod and a fixing hook. By means of the switching mechanism, the mouse device is operated in a clicking-feel-imparting mode or a clicking-feel-lacking mode.
Claims6
A mouse device comprising:
- a mouse main body;
- a roller disposed within said mouse main body and partially protruded from said mouse main body;
- a rolling shaft sheathed by said roller and having plural saw-toothed structures on the periphery thereof;
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- a switching mechanism disposed within said mouse main body, and including:
- a metallic piece stand;
- a first resilient element beside said metallic piece stand;
- a metallic piece coupled to said metallic piece stand, and having a first terminal adjacent to the saw-toothed structures and a second terminal in contact with said first resilient element;
- an indentation receiving therein a second resilient element;
- a push rod including a protrusion piece in the vicinity of said metallic piece, a tip protruded from said mouse main body, a bottom portion in contact with said second resilient element and a gliding slot formed at said bottom portion;
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- a fixing hook having a first end embedded into said gliding slot of said push rod and a second end engaged with said indentation.
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